Re: package maker - fixing error in my post
Re: package maker - fixing error in my post
- Subject: Re: package maker - fixing error in my post
- From: Jim Dodd <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
Thank you for the links. Yes, those are much more understandable.
Jim
----- Original Message ----
> From: Nick Peelman <email@hidden>
> To: Jim Dodd <email@hidden>
> Cc: email@hidden
> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 10:46:04 AM
> Subject: Re: package maker - fixing error in my post
>
> Please check out Iceberg. The placement and interface for
> adding
scripts is much more straight
> forward.
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Iceberg.html
You'll find much
> more detail about InstallationCheck,
InstallationCheck.strings, and packaging
> in general
> at:
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html
and
http://peelman.us/tech/apple-packages/
-nick
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Nick
> Peelman
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On Tue, Mar 23,
> 2010 at 10:26 AM, Jim Dodd <
> href="mailto:email@hidden";>email@hidden>
> wrote:
> I'm sorry. I got the error return values wrong. The first error
> number
> should be 112 (decimal) which corresponds to the line starting
> with "16" in
> the strings file. The next error number would be 113 which
> corresponds to
> the line starting with "17" in the strings file and so on
> up to an error
> return value of 127 (decimal) corresponding to an error
> message line that
> starts with "31". Only use the numbers you need. Yu
> don't need to enter all
> the numbers from 16 - 13.
>
> This
> is because you want to set bits number 5 and number 6 (with first bit
>
> number being 0) of the return value to indicate it's an error and you
> want
> to stop the installation. That bit-pattern corresponds to 96
> (decimal). The
> least significant five bits (numbers 0 through 4) hold
> the value for the
> error message you want to display to the user. Error
> messages 0 - 15 are
> reserved so your first error message must be 16 and
> you can use up through
> 31. So 96 + 16 gives a return value of 112
> telling the Installer that there
> was an error and you want to display
> error message 16.
>
> I hope this helps explain it.
>
>
> Jim
>
> From: Jim Dodd <
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> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 8:32:36 AM
> Subject: Re: package
> maker
>
> You won't have to do anything special with your
> InstallationScript. Just
> place it in the Install_resources folder where
> you have any other scripts
> (preinstall, postinstall etc.) that are
> included in PackageMaker. Just make
> sure you set its permissions to
> Executable. The script should return 0 if
> there was no error. If there
> is an error, return 113 (decimal) for the first
> type of error you want
> to flag. Then, make a separate
> InstallationCheck.strings file (in the
> same folder) with someting like this
> line:
>
> "16" = "The
> sky is falling.\nBuild a roof and try installing again.";
>
> Enter
> your own string in the quotes, of course. The "16" must be there (and
> in
> quotes) and corresponds to the return value of 113. Yes, this is strange
>
> but it's explained in the documentation. For your next error, return 114
>
> (decimal) and have a line tht begins with "17" etc. Notice I used "\n"
> to
> get a newline in the dialog (Apple Installer takes care of generating
> the
> dialog) and, if you need Unicode characters, make sure you use
> "\Unnnn"
> where the 'U' must be capitalized! The "nnnn" is the four
> Unicode numbers as
> usual. And the semi-colon at the end MUST be
> there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Dodd
> Onset Computer
> Corporation
>
>
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> Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 2:41:30 AM
> Subject: RE: package
> maker
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>
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> I
> have tried putting a requirement "Result of Script" for the distribution
>
> package but the path of the script is always taken as the absolute path
> i.e
> the path on my hard drive.This I have checked by seeing the
> javascript code
> in raw editing mode.Hence package installation always
> fails in other MACs.
>
> I have tried going to distribution's
> 'Actions' menu and use a "Get
> Application" and "Kill
>
> Application",however it warns the user that all applications will be
> closed
> and the installation requires a logout.However i want it to
> prompt that only
> the running instance of my particular application
> should be closed.I have
> given the application's launch path in the
> "identifier" tab of "Get
> Application" and signal #9 in the "Kill
> Application"
>
> I guess adding InstallationCheck script to the
> package will be useful but i
> dont know how to add it to the package
> considering the fact that the
> requirement "Result of Script" always
> takes up the absolute path.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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