April 2007 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Re: Problem in hyperlinks in 10.5
by Stéphane Sudre 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, avril 25, 2007, at 01:12 AM, Wayne Linder wrote: 1. File a bug report on  Bug Reporter. _______________________________________________ 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 have an installer that works great in 10.3 and 10.4 where the Welcome screen text has a clickable hyperlink in it that points to a hidden file on the .dmg. In 10.3 and 10.4 this works great, launching the registration app. In the latest builds of 10.5, life is not so good. It instead opens the folder containing the file and my previously hidden folder is open and naked to the world. Not exactly desirable. Here is a snippet of the text as seen through TextMate: You will be guided through the steps necessary to install this software.\ \ First, we recommend that you register this product. Registration is easy and offers many benefits. To quickly register this product, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "file:///Volumes/Solutions/Resources/Register.app"}}{\fldrslt click here}}.\ \ When you have registered your product, you may continue the install.} Any ideas? 2. A potential issue with your link: What does happen on 10.3 and 10.4 if I copy your installer to another volume? Does the link still work? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Problem in hyperlinks in 10.5
by Michael Watson 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -- m-s On 24 Apr, 2007, at 19:12, Wayne Linder wrote: Any ideas? _______________________________________________ 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.… Those of us with Leopard seed access are not allowed to discuss matters pertaining to it publicly. Read your NDA. I have an installer that works great in 10.3 and 10.4 where the Welcome screen text has a clickable hyperlink in it that points to a hidden file on the .dmg. In 10.3 and 10.4 this works great, launching the registration app. In the latest builds of 10.5, life is not so good. It instead opens the folder containing the file and my previously hidden folder is open and naked to the world. Not exactly desirable. Here is a snippet of the text as seen through TextMate: You will be guided through the steps necessary to install this software.\ \ First, we recommend that you register this product. Registration is easy and offers many benefits. To quickly register this product, {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "file:///Volumes/Solutions/Resources/ Register.app"}}{\fldrslt click here}}.\ \ When you have registered your product, you may continue the install.} Wayne Linder Senior Macintosh Test Engineer Iomega Corporation linder(a)iomega.com _______________________________________________ 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/mikey-san% 40bungie.org This email sent to mikey-san(a)bungie.org This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Problem in hyperlinks in 10.5
by Wayne Linder 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

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Locators
by James Walker 23 Apr '07

23 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Macintosh/20070326) I wanted to make a package that would only install when it finds a particular application. So I specified locators, and left the "default location" field empty. But when I run the package, it shows all volumes available as destinations. If I select a volume, then I see text saying "You can choose a folder to install into", but the Choose button is dimmed. Am I totally misunderstanding how locators are supposed to work, or what? -- James W. Walker, Innoventive Software LLC <http://www.frameforge3d.com/> _______________________________________________ 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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How to merge folder hierarchies
by James Walker 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) Is it possible to use Apple's installer to insert a bunch of new files into an existing folder hierarchy? Ideally I'd be able to choose what to do when there's a collision: Always leave the original alone, or replace if the original has an older mod date. -- James W. Walker, Innoventive Software LLC <http://www.frameforge3d.com/> _______________________________________________ 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: Set Document Icon from the Command Line
by Ken Mankoff 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

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Access choicedictionaries object before "Installation Type' screen
by Kolur, Panduranga 15 Apr '07

15 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acd/IhyCqOJgNTM8QwuZQlx065onUA== Thread-topic: Access choicedictionaries object before "Installation Type' screen _______________________________________________ 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: Get the package's NSBundle from a plugin
by Peter Bierman 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -pmb I've used you suggestion and done: mpkgBundle = [ NSBundle bundleForClass:[ DeletePane class ] ]; DeletePane being my subclass to the InstallerPlugin class. Why wouldn't it work (if you replace Class with class)? On Apr 13, 2007, at 5:02 AM, Mike wrote: Thanks, Mike A useful NSBundle trick for plugins everywhere: [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self Class]] This should find you the bundle that whatever class you're in came from. -pmb _______________________________________________ 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.… Yes, except I don't see any reason for you to instantiate an NSBundle for the .mpkg itself. You just need the path, so you can rename(2) it into the /tmp directory. But removing or moving the package while the installer is still using it is probably not going to go smoothly. It'll probably cause a crash at some point. You'd be better off having your app remove the package when launched. In the meantime, please file an enhancement request in Radar for a flag causing us to delete the package for you when the installer is done with it. At 3:54 PM -0700 4/13/07, Mike wrote: So what you are saying is to get the path to the plugin's bundle, then manually munge it to get the full path to the containing .mpkg, then use bundleWithPath to make a new NSBundle to the .mpkg itself? I am assuming the upshot here is that I have to do some path manipulation myself in order to get at the .mpkg's bundle and that there is no way to get it directly with any NSBundle call from within the plugin. This does indeed give me the bundle to my plugin so if the manual path munging is the way to go, then this will work. Stéphane Sudre wrote: You probably have at least one subclass of the Installer Plugins classes. If you run this method on an instance of this subclass, you will get the NSBundle of the plugin. Then you would just have to build the path of the metapackage "bundle" from the path of the plugin bundle (+[NSBundle bundleWithPath:]). That would be a neat trick but in this case it won't work because self is an InstallerPane which is a member of an InstallerSection which is an NSView in the class object. Peter Bierman wrote: At 6:01 PM -0700 4/12/07, Mike wrote: Is there an easy way to get the NSBundle of the .mpkg that contains a plugin from the plugin's code? I see the InstallerSection class has a -bundle method but it appears to return the plugin's bundle, not the bundle of the .mpkg itself. This also doesn't seem to be mentioned in Software Delivery Guide. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer project directory clarifications
by Mike 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) Sorry about that last post. I hit the Enter key. To continue: mpkgBundle = [ NSBundle bundleForClass:[ DeletePane class ] ]; DeletePane being my subclass to the InstallerPlugin class. Thanks, Mike On dimanche, mars 25, 2007, at 06:20 PM, Mike wrote: So my two questions are: - (I1) put everything in one package - (I2) put different components in different package. I1 is the simplest and most common solution. I2 might be used in the following cases (the list is not exhaustive): My 0.01503€ _______________________________________________ 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 does indeed give me the bundle to my plugin so if the manual path munging is the way to go, then this will work. Stéphane Sudre wrote: I want to make a single-package installer that contains all my product's files but I also want to be able to have that package be deliverable in a Managed Install via Apple Remote Desktop 3. The Software Delivery Guide is a little unclear as to exactly which installer packages can and cannot be delivered via this method. In the fourth chapter it says "Packages contain a product or a product components", but then later on page 31 the directory hierarchy appears to require a separate "component" directory for each component in the install. What if I only want one package but multiple component directories in that package? 1) What is the proper directory hierarchy for a single project directory full of a variety of product files for a single package and 2) is the directory hierarchy listed on page 31 mandatory - that is, does the installer actually read the directory hierarchy and then execute the other items such as "extras" at runtime? The proper directory hierarchy is the one you choose after having considered your needs. Basically, you have 2 possible roads: - your product uses some components that are shared with other products. You then may want to group the shared components in a different package to be able to update them independently. (Example: you use some shared libraries or you need other components to be installed and they are already distributed as a package). - some of the components of your products may not be installed if some requirements are not satisfied. Or you have different versions of a component and you need to install one or the other depending on some requirements. (Example: Kernel Extensions for < 10.4 and >=10.4). - some components are not mandatory and you would like to let the user decide whether these components needs to be installed or not. (Example: localizations, examples, goodies, etc.) But there's really no interest in creating a package per raw components (application, associated frameworks, Application Support sub folder, etc...) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Get the package's NSBundle from a plugin
by Mike 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) I've used you suggestion and done: Why wouldn't it work (if you replace Class with class)? On Apr 13, 2007, at 5:02 AM, Mike wrote: Thanks, Mike A useful NSBundle trick for plugins everywhere: [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self Class]] This should find you the bundle that whatever class you're in came from. -pmb _______________________________________________ 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/ssudre2%40wanadoo.fr _______________________________________________ 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.… So what you are saying is to get the path to the plugin's bundle, then manually munge it to get the full path to the containing .mpkg, then use bundleWithPath to make a new NSBundle to the .mpkg itself? I am assuming the upshot here is that I have to do some path manipulation myself in order to get at the .mpkg's bundle and that there is no way to get it directly with any NSBundle call from within the plugin. Stéphane Sudre wrote: You probably have at least one subclass of the Installer Plugins classes. If you run this method on an instance of this subclass, you will get the NSBundle of the plugin. Then you would just have to build the path of the metapackage "bundle" from the path of the plugin bundle (+[NSBundle bundleWithPath:]). That would be a neat trick but in this case it won't work because self is an InstallerPane which is a member of an InstallerSection which is an NSView in the class object. Peter Bierman wrote: At 6:01 PM -0700 4/12/07, Mike wrote: Is there an easy way to get the NSBundle of the .mpkg that contains a plugin from the plugin's code? I see the InstallerSection class has a -bundle method but it appears to return the plugin's bundle, not the bundle of the .mpkg itself. This also doesn't seem to be mentioned in Software Delivery Guide. This email sent to ssudre2(a)wanadoo.fr --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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