Apple

On Mar 2, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Ali Naddaf wrote:

Hello everyone.

I am a Java developer and have created a Java application (using Eclipse RCP) and have exported that using Eclipse tools. My exported application has a structure that conforms to Mac, namely I have something like:

ParentDirectory/
               MyApp.app/
               configuration/
               plugins/

and double-clicking on MyApp runs my application without any issue. I want to "package" this for others in an installer and include a license agreement and such. I am trying to use the PackageBuilder which seems to be the tool for this task and I have tried to follow the instructions but I am running into this issue: after I create the installer, when I try to install it, it doesn't create the MyApp.app directory, it only creates the other two directories. I am sure I am missing a simple setting somewhere since once I was able to successfully create the correct installer but since then, it has been failing.

What I do in order to create the installer/package is to drag-and-drop the ParentDirectory (see above) into the PackageBuilder and then filling the appropriate fields. I want regular users (with no admin privileges) be able to install this app in their home directory, no need to install in the system dirs. The UI part of the PackageBuilder works nicely.

If you need more specific information, please do let me know so I can provide the correct info to get help.