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Re: Launching Application immediately after installation
by Alexander von Below 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Sorry, I could not resist the disclaimer. I apologise. http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/ On 19.06.2006, at 14:37, amritendu.majumdar(a)wipro.com wrote: Hi All, _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… You can do that with a postflight script: http://developer.apple.com/ documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution/Concepts/ sd_pre_post_processing.html Alex Please note: If you received this email in error, or you are not the addressee, you may be committing a crime under UK law if you do not destroy this message, delete any copies and inform the sender. Please report unexpected emails immediately to whatever(a)example.com Any information contained in this email, including the signature, is private and confidential. It may also be legally privileged or contain legally privileged information. You may not send this email to non-concerned parties. It is not to be relied upon by any person other than the addressee except with our prior written approval. If no such approval is given, we will not accept any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on such information. Unauthorised recipients are required to maintain confidentiality. By reading this, you agree to abide by these rules. Failure to comply with this request, under both UK law and the judicial systems of other jurisdictions, may result in a fine, a term in jail, or both. This message may be digitally signed to ensure authenticity, proof of ownership and security. This is for the protection both of the recipient and the sender. If your email client is unable to support this feature, please disregard any attached, unreadable file. I am relatively new to Mac OS X . I want to launch my Cocoa Application immediately after it has been installed, without restarting the system. How do I achieve this functionality? I am using Package Maker to Build the Distribution packages. Looking forward for some help and guidance, This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Launching Application immediately after installation
by amritendu.majumdar＠wipro.com 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

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Re: After installing our package, 10.2 chokes on some things.
by matt jaffa 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

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Installing Java 1.5 release 4
by Matt Weiss 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcaRRf3atdqrW2FoSGmgExb6qCi28g== Thread-topic: Installing Java 1.5 release 4 Hey All, Is it possible to package java 1.5 VM with my java application such that I can install it without having to concern myself with the prerequisites? I don't want to require the user to get java updates through the software updater. Also, my clients may not have their macs hooked up to the internet. I'd like to be able to package the VM and any prerequisites it may need on a disk or dmg. Has anyone had any luck with this? I'm on tiger 10.4. I know that if you start from scratch with a new fresh 10.4 install, the first prerequisite is java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 release 2 update. Then it looks like the next prerequisite is an OSX Combined update, which requires a restart (ugh). Then, finally after downloading these two components (and rebooting) I am able to download the J2SE 5.0 Release 4 update. I do have a DMG of J2SE 5.0 Release 2 (I believe it's Release 2), but it's not release 4. It has the frustrating prerequisite of the 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 updates and it doesn't set java 1.5 to be the system default, Thus I really want the latest 1.5 JVM. Has anyone had any luck with installing individual software update components? Thanks in advance, Matt -- Matt Weiss - Software Journeyman X-Rite, Incorporated 3100 44th Street SW Grandville, MI 49418 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: After installing our package, 10.2 chokes on some things.
by Peter Bierman 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com All from a single package? -pmb On 6/15/06, Peter Bierman <<mailto:bierman@apple.com>bierman(a)apple.com> wrote: What does your package install? -pmb Hi, I was wondering if anyone has seen this before. We have a .pkg file we made to install our software. After installing this and rebooting the system starts to have problems. Trying to open .dmg file cause an error saying "The application cannot be launched because this system is incompatible". But I can open .dmg files using commandline hdiutil, but it only occurs when I try to double click on the file. I am wondering what our installer is doing to the system to cause this. And also text edit you can open up in Applications and then open a .txt file, but it seems if you double click on a .txt file on the desktop TextEdit crashes. Also same behavior when double clicking on .pkgs. The crash logs look like this: Command: TextEdit PID: 435 Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006) Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280 Thread 0 Crashed: #0 0x8fe01280 in halt #1 0x8fe106b4 in link_in_need_modules #2 0x8fe01e4 in _dyld_init _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I'd look first at the users and permissions you're setting on the intermediate folders. You're changing something such that dyld can't read files in one or more of the typical library locations. At 2:03 PM -0600 6/15/06, matt jaffa wrote: It installs all sorts of commandline apps, cocoa apps into /Library/Application Support/CompanyName and into /usr/CompanyName and a preference pane and some xinetd files that start some of our services. At 1:10 PM -0600 6/15/06, matt jaffa wrote: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: After installing our package, 10.2 chokes on some things.
by matt jaffa 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

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Re: How do I get the Finder window layout correct?
by Mike Fischer 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Wayne, Am 15.06.2006 um 19:42 schrieb Wayne Linder: Hi Mike, Thanks for the help! Mike -- Mike Fischer Softwareentwicklung, EDV-Beratung Schulung, Vertrieb Note: I read this list in digest mode! Send me a private copy for faster responses. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I don't click the Grow (green) button, I simply click the sizing handle (lower-right corner of the window) during my AppleScript. That gives me what I need. Here's what it looks like: <image.png> OK, got it now. I misunderstood your previous mail, it seems. Now it works as advertised :-) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: After installing our package, 10.2 chokes on some things.
by Peter Bierman 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com What does your package install? -pmb Hi, I was wondering if anyone has seen this before. We have a .pkg file we made to install our software. After installing this and rebooting the system starts to have problems. Trying to open .dmg file cause an error saying "The application cannot be launched because this system is incompatible". But I can open .dmg files using commandline hdiutil, but it only occurs when I try to double click on the file. I am wondering what our installer is doing to the system to cause this. And also text edit you can open up in Applications and then open a .txt file, but it seems if you double click on a .txt file on the desktop TextEdit crashes. Also same behavior when double clicking on .pkgs. The crash logs look like this: Command: TextEdit PID: 435 Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006) Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280 Thread 0 Crashed: #0 0x8fe01280 in halt #1 0x8fe106b4 in link_in_need_modules #2 0x8fe014e4 in _dyld_init _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… At 1:10 PM -0600 6/15/06, matt jaffa wrote: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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After installing our package, 10.2 chokes on some things.
by matt jaffa 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=W2Ble7Uz9L6mWhirtng66ZdWM/Wm4wLfX733nEUEarWa+E6yr6gx4cxLM7WkGWtGpJzgXGRYJxWg4+sxEww4OZCyPHYIT7676qX+vJkNy+uGtcmFoe+0SpoUgG9YDSg+4PaRsnf0O3enYMUi3KlMv2rvFpOohrSLBlK2Ow93s4k= Hi, I was wondering if anyone has seen this before. We have a .pkg file we made to install our software. After installing this and rebooting the system starts to have problems. Trying to open .dmg file cause an error saying "The application cannot be launched because this system is incompatible". But I can open .dmg files using commandline hdiutil, but it only occurs when I try to double click on the file. I am wondering what our installer is doing to the system to cause this. And also text edit you can open up in Applications and then open a .txt file, but it seems if you double click on a .txt file on the desktop TextEdit crashes. Also same behavior when double clicking on .pkgs. The crash logs look like this: Command: TextEdit PID: 435 Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006) Code[0]: 0x00000001Code[1]: 0x8fe01280 Thread 0 Crashed: #0 0x8fe01280 in halt #1 0x8fe106b4 in link_in_need_modules #2 0x8fe014e4 in _dyld_init PPC Thread State: srr0: 0x8fe01280 srr1: 0x0002f030 vrsave: 0x00000000 xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x8fe09c38 ctr: 0x00000000 mq: 0x00000000 r0: 0x00000004 r1: 0xbffffd30 r2: 0x8fe0b7f4 r3: 0x0000010d r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x0000010d r6: 0x0000000a r7: 0x6e656420 r8: 0x6420746f r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0x8fe4850c r11: 0x00000006 r12: 0x8fe71b34 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000 r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000 r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000 r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0xbffffe98 r27: 0xbffffea4 r28: 0x8fe4841c r29: 0x8fe484ec r30: 0x8fe484ec r31: 0x8fe099bc Thanks, Matt _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How do I get the Finder window layout correct?
by Mike Fischer 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Wayne! - Creating and deleting an object (a folder) on the volume. No dice. Mike -- Mike Fischer Softwareentwicklung, EDV-Beratung Schulung, Vertrieb Web: <http://homepage.mac.com/mike_fischer/index.html> Note: I read this list in digest mode! Send me a private copy for faster responses. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… -- this poop is to fix a Finder bug. It wont record the size of the window without a mouseclick set loop to true activate repeat while loop is true display dialog "click grow box" giving up after 2 if button returned of result is "ok" then set loop to false else delay 2 end if end repeat Yes, that did the trick. Thanks! Now I've got to figure out, how to do this without manual interaction... I was a bit premature with this comment. Yes it does cause the window size to be saved but no it doesn't save the size I set. Instead it saves the size the window was zoomed to which is not what I want. For my basic test I want to place a single item in a window sized to 290 x 105 pixels. The item is supposed to be centered horizontally. This makes the window wider than the minimum size the zoom button zooms to. The narrow zoomed state is ugly though because it doesn't leave enough space to properly show the window title. In a second application I want a second item below the first, again horizantally centered in a window with height 197 and the same width as before. So far I have not found a way to get around this limitation using AppleScript. I tried the following: - Setting a background image of the appropriate size and hoping the zoom would go to the size of the image. Nope, zoom doesn't give a hoot about the background image. - Try to set the window zoomed or zoomed full size properties of the window. Yields AppleScript errors. Apparently these properties are not settable contrary to the comments in the AppleScript dictionary of the Finder. The only way remotely successful was to create two additional (empty) files in the source folder for the disk image, position them on the r/ w image in such a way that the zoom button a) doesn't move the other items and b) zooms to the size I want and then deleting them after the zoom was performed. Getting the positions right seems to be black magic though. And I seem to need to click the zoom button twice for this to work. While experimenting with this method I found another weird Finder bug: A file revealed in the terminal by renaming an existing invisible ".something" to "something" will not be seen by the Finders AppleScript interface unless it has been "shown" to the Finder by clicking on it in a Finder window. This pseudo hidden attribute is also copied to the r/w disk image. The item in question will not have an index property (missing value) and will not be included in the list generated by 'get every item of window x'. However it can be accessed by name like this 'get item named "something" of window x'. Unfortunatly I can't reproduce the bug right now so filing it would be rather pointless. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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