site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=M3fvyE2mE/FfkwtBNDpKX5/hsxM/pm7nceUd5nDhpemp6FC8XTUDXqkMO4129zz67C9fXxaDWMju3C/sf/9aCh56Hcuvj2+sFrNeSNgh0w+XkoqIDn196pYcPlzqe+RES7Bk5psfl+6QlxS5MdaU8jXA+z7Qtns0I7utzIsqDUA= User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) Hi Luke, Our installation requires uses 10 DVDs of data. The first DVD is cross platform, and includes Windows and Mac installers. Both of these reference a common set of files on the first DVD, which are not bundled in the installers. DVDs 2-10 are data which is common to both platforms, and we have a custom app (launched from the installer) which copies and verifies those files. The only way I could see to accomplish this (common set of files shared by Windows and Mac installers, not stored in the package) using PackageMaker was to copy files using scripts. Some of the files are going to standard locations in the hierarchy (e.g. AU plugins). Other files are going to a user-specified destination, which is most likely on another drive entirely. We are using "Select Destination" to allow the user to specify their main drive for the "standard" components, but another method to select their data destination. My scripts cannot fire until the main part of the installation starts (after the "Easy/Custom install" screen). On the whole, this scheme is working well. However, some users are confused and scared on the Select Destination screen. So we want the Select Destination screen to say "yes, please select your system drive here. Don't worry, we will not be copying 40 GB of data to it!" I hope this is clear. In the future it would be great if PackageMaker could directly reference files that are external to the package. I guess that using plugins (Tiger and later only) some of the customization I desire might be possible, but I'm not sure and in any case we are also supporting Jaguar and Panther for now. - Rick Hi Rick, On Sep 25, 2006, at 10:09 AM, cohen.rick@gmail.com wrote: - Luke Thanks! - Rick _______________________________________________ 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/luke%40apple.com _______________________________________________ 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/site_archiver%40lists.a... Luke Bellandi wrote: Is there any way to add some additional text to the "Select Destination" screen? My product installer copies files to other destinations and we're worried that users might be confused about both the destination and the file sizes. Can you provide some specifics? If a user selects a disk in your installer, where else are you installing files? This email sent to luke@apple.com This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com