Re: Package Maker background color
Re: Package Maker background color
- Subject: Re: Package Maker background color
- From: Howard Moon <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:31 -0700
Umm, ok...
but what does that tell me? I already know how to insert a background
image into my installer package. That's working fine. The problem is
that if the installer window changes size (as it does sometimes), then
the background has to either stretch (which can look bad) or stay
pinned to some side (which exposes the Installer's default window
color). The question is, how to resolve this?
Since there does not seem to be an attribute that tells the installer
to use a specific default background *color* (so that any area exposed
by the window expanding in size is the same color as the custom
background's background color), is there a color choice that I can use
as the background color of my custom background image, such that if
the window grows and exposes "unpainted" areas, it will blend in with
my background seamlessly? (And will this color be the same across OS
versions 10.4,10.5 and 10.6 (etc.)?)
Thanks,
-Howard
On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Bill Coderre wrote:
So there's two cases: distribution-based installers, and the older
format.
In the distribution scripts, there's a tag in the xml called
"background" which is documented in this document: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/DistributionDefinitionRef/000-Introduction/Introduction.html
The older format, there are flags in the Info.plist, which I am not
sure where they are documented. Stephane has probably written them up.
IFPkgFlagBackgroundAlignment
IFPkgFlagBackgroundScaling
On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Howard Moon wrote:
So does that mean the answer is "no"?
Those measurements only apply for the default size of the pane.
They don't help if the pane changes size.
Under the new OS, if the user is able to change volumes, then the
screen that appears increases in vertical size (instead of using a
sideways-scrolling window for the list of volumes). This makes the
background image the wrong size. As the OP stated, this makes a
region appear that's not the same as our background. And making it
stretch to fit causes our logo to stretch vertically, which is not
acceptable.
Is this an Installer.app bug in the new OS?
Or, is there a specific color we should use as our background color?
-Howard
On Aug 7, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Rusty Myers wrote:
This site has a good picture with the measurements
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Tim
Murison<email@hidden> wrote:
Hi,
I am setting a background image to my installer packages.
Sometimes the
installer resizes its windows and when this happens, I can see the
background color which is not the same as my image.
Is it possible to set background color in Package Maker, if not,
what size
do I need to make my image to ensure that it will always cover
the entire
background of the installer window (I do not want to it stretch
out of
proportion).
-Tim
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