site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=5cmz3GiAjmyU4A9rQNBamY8NSioyCJrIM+QwOEHUUIIU+zPSTei/5UX442aa37MdGbbByPKnjf9LvKb50Qo1XNxu7qwXchpeVf5xH/zX/JxSPBYGbfm/iCjk+XngQnfRrkPHU7+U/TV4iHZc1c8pHInPIYQKbXB++SKTMJ7zFeY=; Hi, I work for a company that makes effects applications and plugins for video applications and we have ported several apps and plugins from Windows to Mac OS X 10.4 and higher. We're a couple of months away from releasing these and I have the task of building an installer that does some custom functions, but still looks and feels like a typical installer. It also needs to support ARD and so I have build an installer using PackageMaker and Interface Builder and Xcode for the custom pluging. This installer performs system checks (OS version, processor type, memory size, etc.) and can change the choices visible and enabled attributes based on the system. However, I also need to be able to let our users answer some questions and only show certain options based on their responses - we have implemented this part as an installer plugin. We also have an installer plugin that lets users enter a serial number, that serial number is checked, some licensing files are put on the user's system, and the outcome of the check will also limit what the user can install. We have to limit this at install time because once some items are installed, there is no way to prevent usage (custom 3D object libraries and such). We have a metapackage and several child packages - each child package runs an executable to find the required licensing files to try to further protect our products. I know this is a bit different and does not exactly follow Apple's HIG, but this is the way we have to do it because of internal policies (don't ask). My question is - is there a way to get the installer to evaluate the choice dictionary attributes after our users provide some input? Or to write the choice dictionary dynamically? Thanks So Much, Jon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz _______________________________________________ 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... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com