PackageMaker Installer
PackageMaker Installer
- Subject: PackageMaker Installer
- From: Dave <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:58:07 +0000
Hi All,
Prior to MacOS 10.5.x I had an AppleScript based installer as so:
1. A .dmg file containing an Installer AppleScript Application
(called "Double Click to Install & Launch".app) and a Folder. The
Installer copies the folder from the image to "/Applications" on the
system volume.
2. Once the folder had been copied, it launches another AppleScript
App (called "CleanUp.app"). This ejects the image and launches the
main application.
This has worked wonderfully since MacOS X 10.3.x.
There 10.5.x was released and the above still works BUT, we get 4 or
5 security dialogs as so:
When the user attempts to mount the Image file, the OS displays the
"File downloaded from Internet" dialog, this is ok, however, after
that, when the user launches "Install.app" a similar dialog appears,
the same goes for "Cleanup.app" and for "RealApp.app", so we get 4
dialogs in total. Obviously this is unacceptable so I posted to the
Cocoa list and was advised to use PackageMaker to build an installer.
So I built an installer but I can't get it to install the folder
containing the files, so far I have only managed to get it to install
the myApp.app file.
I have read "PackageMaker User Guide" and AFAIK have following the
instructions given there. Basically I just drag the folder containing
the files to the PackageMaker project window and then set the setting
as appropriate.
So, my question is:
Is it possible to create an installer with PackageMaker that does the
same as the AppleScript, e.g. installs a folder in "/Applications"
that contains the Application and other files?
Thanks a lot
All the Best
Dave
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