site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=ezkuJ2b9vlZ0tbnS9fymkCZziWlw6HXaGQtPf3EPZD8=; b=v22IX5o3X+N9lud5sS5iV6ZqRIu09Fs844C7D6xPp9+BmFX4orjw8sKyEkd+9kTjVB beVqMtf/negnYUy8yuDH5pSTfbP501KUuq5DldudLEwZqBI8mu8eHHdQi307wa51zZ9N EdOS00KImN+FK1v0NWlRFZ2qLVlzP8ecrRvdY= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=f5RTpbZB6OL2XclHxgeULFbPQJiCE74AvVhhLDCyhTBnW/4UNgy9BiGpRk8ol7NJrg Wo3KGixS7WSfDV9bPKEpTSzcuL9FwROoXlFb/Qsmt2CiMefIGzgtmk4hsWED28SHSPSU 7xk0syA5CmlUWetyy/Ut+tmVgQkgI3EiB2m1I= I'll definitely give it a look guys -- thanks very much. -Adam On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Bryan S. Lee <bl@clemson.edu> wrote:
I also use iHook to give user feedback on two different, large installers. One hides lots of GUI scripted stuff from the user's eyes (applescript GUI events can still click/type behind the window) while providing feedback and progress bar.
The other completely takes over and provides lots of feeback. In the installer.app, all I would get was 20+ minutes of "installing postscripts, 3 minutes left". Afraid too many user's were killing it thinking it was hung up.
Have it start as a separate process in the script and have multiple hooks that tie into the main installation to get a vibe on what's happening, where it is in the process and such. Also can use it to provide error reports and logs also. Custom background. Very easy to use.
-- Bryan S. Lee
________________________________ From: Adam Fisk <a@littleshoot.org> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:16:17 -0500 To: "Perbix, Michael" <PERBIX@lmsd.org> Cc: <installer-dev@lists.apple.com> Subject: Re: setting status from postflight
Thanks Mike and Bill. The win isn't big enough *right now* to justify spending a ton of time on it, but I'll definitely take a look at iHook when the time comes.
Thanks very much.
-Adam
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Perbix, Michael <PERBIX@lmsd.org> wrote:
If you include iHook with your package, you can push a script through it and use iHook to display your gui messages with progress bar etc. That is how I do my first loginhook after imaging to let the user know what is going on. Ihook is not big, and free to use.
http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/ihook/
-Mike
On 1/6/09 12:59 PM, "Bill Coderre" <bc@apple.com> wrote:
On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Adam Fisk wrote:
Does anyone know if there's a way to set the status message from a postflight script? My script takes a little while for various reasons, so I'd like to assure the user things are still humming along.
Sorry, we don't have support for that in Installer.app.
If you really want, you could create a GUI application to show progress. Yes, that's a lot of work. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/perbix%40lmsd.org
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