Re: How to add a program as a login item after installing?

Subject: Re: How to add a program as a login item after installing?
From: Michael Kiaer <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:32:13 -0400

JongAm,

This is how I do it. In this case I'm adding Keychain Minder to the current user's login items. I also check to make sure it isn't already there, so it the package is run more than once, it won't get added multiple times. You'll have to log out and back in to see the item in the preference pane.

1. Find a copy of Apple's PlistBuddy (can be found as part of many of Apple's own installer packages) and put it in yourpackage.pkg/Contents/Resources

2. Add this postflight script to your package:

#!/bin/sh

PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin; export PATH

# addLoginItem.sh

# $1: full path to the installation package

# $2: full path to the installation destination

# $3: mountpoint of the destination volume

# $4: root directory / for the current System folder

plistBuddy="$1"/Contents/Resources/PlistBuddy

# We will check to see if Keychain Minder is already a login item (in the loginwindow.plist). If it is not, we will add it using PlistBuddy.

# The plist we are writing to:

userPlist="$3"/Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist

# Look for Keychain Minder in loginwindow.plist:

keychainExists=`defaults read "$3"/Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/loginwindow | grep "Keychain Minder"`

if [ "$keychainExists" = "" ]; then

$plistBuddy -c 'Add :AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary:0 dict' "$userPlist"

$plistBuddy -c 'Add :AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary:0:Hide bool false' "$userPlist"

$plistBuddy -c 'Add :AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary:0:Path string "/Applications/Utilities/Keychain Minder.app"' "$userPlist"

exit 0

-Michael

On Jun 21, 2008, at 3:03 PM, email@hidden wrote:

Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:34:56 -0700
From: JongAm Park <email@hidden>
Subject: [Q] How to add a program as a login item after installing?
To: email@hidden
Message-ID: <email@hidden">email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Hello, all.

I'm trying hard to wrap an application program using the PackageMaker.
By searching on the Apple site, I could copy & paste this AppleScript :

tell application "System Events"
make new login item at end with properties {
path:"/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System
Support/Plugins/blah blah.app", hidden:false}
end tell

It is saved as an application and also added to the package.

After choosing the whole packages heading and I added the Apple Script
app as a post installation item.
However, it doesn't add the blahblah.app to the login item.

If I double click the file in the Finder, it adds the interested app to
the login item successfully.

Can anyone help me to solve this problem?

Thank you.

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