Hi,
I've been digging and delving and have found out why this is flakey!
When I Drag in the folder in PM, it sets the privileges to the same
as the local copy. I then override then in the content pane, so then
become owner: root, group: admin. This seems to work ok when you
press "Apply Re
On 17 Dec 2008, at 20:17, Kyle Sluder wrote:
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Dave wrote:
So I can now ship both and let them decide which they want. I
reckon they
will go for the AppleScript version, it's so much easier and
quicker. I just
timed it, from opening the Script to the app laun
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Dave wrote:
> So I can now ship both and let them decide which they want. I reckon they
> will go for the AppleScript version, it's so much easier and quicker. I just
> timed it, from opening the Script to the app launching is about 10 seconds.
> By the time the us
On 17 Dec 2008, at 17:00, Jeremy Pereira wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 15:27, Dave wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 12:03, Jeremy Pereira wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 11:28, Dave wrote:
Hi Mark,
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It
On 17 Dec 2008, at 15:27, Dave wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 12:03, Jeremy Pereira wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 11:28, Dave wrote:
Hi Mark,
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It does not create a folder in
"/Applications" it j
On 17 Dec 2008, at 15:25, Graham Lee wrote:
Hi Dave,
On 17/12/2008 15:19, "Dave" wrote:
2. When I run the Install Package after the Initial Screen and
clicking "Continue", I get to the Screen where is says - Standard
Install on "VolumeName", there is a button that says "Change Install
Loc
Le 17 déc. 08 à 16:40, Dave a écrit :
On 17 Dec 2008, at 15:29, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
Le 17 déc. 08 à 16:19, Dave a écrit :
Hi Matt,
Thanks so much for this. I was using PM version 3.0.2, I hadn't
realized that there was a new version of XCode available, for some
reason I thought
On 17 Dec 2008, at 15:29, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
Le 17 déc. 08 à 16:19, Dave a écrit :
Hi Matt,
Thanks so much for this. I was using PM version 3.0.2, I hadn't
realized that there was a new version of XCode available, for some
reason I thought it would auto-magically detect a new vers
Le 17 déc. 08 à 16:19, Dave a écrit :
Hi Matt,
Thanks so much for this. I was using PM version 3.0.2, I hadn't
realized that there was a new version of XCode available, for some
reason I thought it would auto-magically detect a new version and
offer to update itself. Anyway I downloaded
On 17 Dec 2008, at 12:03, Jeremy Pereira wrote:
On 17 Dec 2008, at 11:28, Dave wrote:
Hi Mark,
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It does not create a folder in
"/Applications" it just installs the raw files there instead.
Hi Dave,
On 17/12/2008 15:19, "Dave" wrote:
>
> 2. When I run the Install Package after the Initial Screen and
> clicking "Continue", I get to the Screen where is says - Standard
> Install on "VolumeName", there is a button that says "Change Install
> Location", if I press it brings up a list o
Hi Matt,
Thanks so much for this. I was using PM version 3.0.2, I hadn't
realized that there was a new version of XCode available, for some
reason I thought it would auto-magically detect a new version and
offer to update itself. Anyway I downloaded the latest and installed
it, so I now h
On 17 Dec 2008, at 11:28, Dave wrote:
Hi Mark,
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It does not create a folder in "/
Applications" it just installs the raw files there instead. I'm
giving up on PackageMaker, it just doesn't w
On 17 Dec 2008, at 12:28, Dave wrote:
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It does not create a folder in "/
Applications" it just installs the raw files there instead. I'm
giving up on PackageMaker, it just doesn't work and the
Hi Mark,
Thanks a lot, it certainly is a lot easier to use and a lot less
flakey, but it still doesn't work. It does not create a folder in "/
Applications" it just installs the raw files there instead. I'm
giving up on PackageMaker, it just doesn't work and there doesn't
seem to be any su
On 16 Dec 2008, at 17:55, Dave wrote:
All I have done is to create an Installer with PackageMaker, but I
can't get it to installer a folder with the files in it.
Have you tried using the version of PackageMaker which comes with
Xcode 2.5? I'm probably in the minority here, but I find it muc
On Dec 15, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Dave wrote:
Hi,
I looked at the Man page below, I can't see anything that says
"udifrez". Is this meant for me? I'm not sure what I am supposed to
do with it.
All the Best
Dave
I also looked at the hdiutil manpage:
For the verb udifrez it states:
Le 16 déc. 08 à 20:02, Dave a écrit :
Hi,
I looked at xattr but can't find a man page and couldn't seem to
find much about it anywhere. I did a xattr -l CleanUp.App, and it
produced a dump of the data and resource forks. I can't see any
attribute names. Is there any docs on xattr? Or bet
Hi,
I looked at xattr but can't find a man page and couldn't seem to find
much about it anywhere. I did a xattr -l CleanUp.App, and it produced
a dump of the data and resource forks. I can't see any attribute
names. Is there any docs on xattr? Or better still, what is the
command I would
I see. I didn't catch the dialog on the disk image itself. While
diving into package maker is the right thing to do, you should be able
to fix your installer so that your workflow looks like:
1. Download the .dmg file.
2. Mount the image. (security dialog? i don't think i get these)
3. Launch the
On 16 Dec 2008, at 17:46, Geoff Beier wrote:
Sorry. I was pointing to a different part of the advice:
you
want to bypass the warning for your real app after the user has
accepted
the
warning in for your installer, look at the keys and constants in
for what you can pass to
LSSetItemAttribu
Sorry. I was pointing to a different part of the advice:
>>> you
>>> want to bypass the warning for your real app after the user has accepted
>>> the
>>> warning in for your installer, look at the keys and constants in
>>> for what you can pass to
>>> LSSetItemAttribute() in LaunchServices.
>>
>>
On 16 Dec 2008, at 17:17, Geoff Beier wrote:
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Dave wrote:
This has worked wonderfully since MacOS X 10.3.x.
There 10.5.x was released and the above still works BUT, we get 4
or 5
security dialogs.
We just want to suppress all but the first.
You were gi
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Dave wrote:
>
> This has worked wonderfully since MacOS X 10.3.x.
>
> There 10.5.x was released and the above still works BUT, we get 4 or 5
> security dialogs.
>
> We just want to suppress all but the first.
>
You were given this advice last week:
On Fri, Dec 12
On 16 Dec 2008, at 15:25, Dave wrote:
In response to this I was advised to use PackageMaker in order to
create an Installer, which would in turn suppress the Security
dialogs. So I built an installer but I can't get it to install the
folder containing file, so far I have only managed to ge
Hi All,
This thread seems have to have wondered about a bit. This is an
attempt to simplify what I am trying to achieve. Before 10.5.x we had
the following:
1. A .dmg file containing an Installer AppleScript Application
(called "Double Click to Install & Launch".app) and a Folder. The
Hi,
On 16 Dec 2008, at 13:17, Kyle Sluder wrote:
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Dave wrote:
It wouldn't really make sense to be able to run it from anywhere
other than
"/Applications" on the system drive.
I'm sorry but I find this hard to believe. What is your application
doing that it
Hi,
On 16 Dec 2008, at 13:14, matt.go...@agfa.com wrote:
On 16 Dec 2008, at 13:54, Dave wrote:
I don't install files into that folder, my application writes
files to that location (by default, the user can change it) once
installed. From the above document:
"It is important to remember th
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Dave wrote:
> It wouldn't really make sense to be able to run it from anywhere other than
> "/Applications" on the system drive.
I'm sorry but I find this hard to believe. What is your application
doing that it's installation location is relevant to its operation
On 16 Dec 2008, at 13:54, Dave wrote:
I don't install files into that folder, my application writes files
to that location (by default, the user can change it) once
installed. From the above document:
"It is important to remember that the user domain (/Users) is
intended for files created
On 16 Dec 2008, at 11:37, Kyle Sluder wrote:
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Dave wrote:
But that isn't the requirement, we just want it installed in "/
Applications"
and accessible to all users, that's it!
By which do you mean "it's not a requirement that we have thought of?"
No, we ha
Hi,
On 16 Dec 2008, at 11:41, Kyle Sluder wrote:
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Dave wrote:
It doesn't write any user specific data within "/Applications",
any files it
does create and in the current users "home" folder, in a folder
for the
Application.
Your files belong in ~/Library/
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Dave wrote:
> It doesn't write any user specific data within "/Applications", any files it
> does create and in the current users "home" folder, in a folder for the
> Application.
Your files belong in ~/Library/Application Support/YourSubfolder, not
in ~/YourSubfo
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Dave wrote:
> But that isn't the requirement, we just want it installed in "/Applications"
> and accessible to all users, that's it!
By which do you mean "it's not a requirement that we have thought of?"
See the HIG:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/user
On 15/12/2008 17:41, "Dave" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I looked at the Man page below, I can't see anything that says
> "udifrez". Is this meant for me? I'm not sure what I am supposed to
> do with it.
>
Hi Dave, on my system (10.5.6):
udifrez [options] image
Attaches resources (soft
On 15 Dec 2008, at 18:04, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
On Dec 15, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Dave wrote:
Why doesn't drag and drop work?
AFAIK it does work, but my boss wants to be able to display a
"T&C" page etc. and he wants an installer. Also it isn't a
straight forward .app file, it's an App file t
On 15 Dec 2008, at 17:59, Mike Abdullah wrote:
On 15 Dec 2008, at 16:53, Dave wrote:
On 15 Dec 2008, at 16:31, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
On Dec 15, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Dave wrote:
I've being experimenting since I wrote the above. My
installation consists of a folder that contains an applicati
Le 15 déc. 08 à 19:04, Bill Bumgarner a écrit :
On Dec 15, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Dave wrote:
Why doesn't drag and drop work?
AFAIK it does work, but my boss wants to be able to display a "T&C"
page etc. and he wants an installer. Also it isn't a straight
forward .app file, it's an App file t
On Dec 15, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Dave wrote:
Why doesn't drag and drop work?
AFAIK it does work, but my boss wants to be able to display a "T&C"
page etc. and he wants an installer. Also it isn't a straight
forward .app file, it's an App file that is in a folder that also
also contains other
On 15 Dec 2008, at 16:53, Dave wrote:
On 15 Dec 2008, at 16:31, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
On Dec 15, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Dave wrote:
I've being experimenting since I wrote the above. My installation
consists of a folder that contains an application. I want the
folder to be created in "/Applica
On 15 déc. 08, at 18:41, Dave wrote:
Hi,
I looked at the Man page below, I can't see anything that says
"udifrez". Is this meant for me? I'm not sure what I am supposed to
do with it.
All the Best
Dave
http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/hdiutil.1.htm
Hi,
I looked at the Man page below, I can't see anything that says
"udifrez". Is this meant for me? I'm not sure what I am supposed to
do with it.
All the Best
Dave
On 15 Dec 2008, at 17:14, Graham Lee wrote:
On 15/12/2008 17:06, "Devon Ferns" wrote:
This is OT for the Cocoa list now,
On 15/12/2008 17:06, "Devon Ferns" wrote:
> This is OT for the Cocoa list now, but you can set an EULA to be
> displayed when mounting a dmg. I don't know how since I've never cared
> to check but many apps do it so it's possible.
>
x-man-page://1/hdiutil
Particularly the 'udifrez' command.
C
This is OT for the Cocoa list now, but you can set an EULA to be
displayed when mounting a dmg. I don't know how since I've never cared
to check but many apps do it so it's possible.
You could just have the user drag the whole folder to the installation
directory with an EULA being displayed
On 15 Dec 2008, at 16:31, Bill Bumgarner wrote:
On Dec 15, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Dave wrote:
I've being experimenting since I wrote the above. My installation
consists of a folder that contains an application. I want the
folder to be created in "/Applications", however, it doesn't seem
to let
On Dec 15, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Dave wrote:
I've being experimenting since I wrote the above. My installation
consists of a folder that contains an application. I want the folder
to be created in "/Applications", however, it doesn't seem to let me
do this. I end up with just the .app file in "/
Hi,
I've been trying to use PackageMaker to build an installer without
much luck, it seems very flakey. I following the instructions in the
manual and actually created one usable installer. When it worked it
created a .mpkg file. I then made some changes and built it again,
this time it
On Dec 12, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Mike Abdullah wrote:
Does your app actually require an installer? If so, use Apple's
built-in installer application; don't roll your own with
AppleScript. If an installer is not really needed, just provide the
application on its own inside the DMG file. Users ca
Does your app actually require an installer? If so, use Apple's built-
in installer application; don't roll your own with AppleScript. If an
installer is not really needed, just provide the application on its
own inside the DMG file. Users can drag and drop it to their preferred
destination.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Dave wrote:
> Can I disable all but the warning when the disk image is opened?
You're asking to disable a critical security feature. Note that on
Internet-enabled DMGs containing a single .app, Safari will
automatically extract the application and throw away the
Hi,
Thanks for this. I have a little more information in the problem:
The user downloads a ,dmg file, this image contains (among others)
the following files:
"Install.app"-- Installation AppleScript.
"Cleanup.app" -- AppleScript that is run after the installation has
completed, (
hi Dave,
that's not Safari unique feature. That's system-wide component.
In your Xcode documentation window type "file quarantine" or navigate
to Guides>Security>Security Overview>Security Services #File Quarantine
regards,
Peter Blazejewicz
On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Dave wrote:
Hi All,
Hi ,
I did that already! I 99% suspected this would be the answer but had
to make the effort to find out.
Thanks a lot,
All the Best
Dave
On 11 Dec 2008, at 12:08, Jeremy Pereira wrote:
On 11 Dec 2008, at 10:53, Dave wrote:
Hi All,
I have an application that is downloaded from the web
On 11 Dec 2008, at 10:53, Dave wrote:
Hi All,
I have an application that is downloaded from the web by Safari.
When the user double-clicks on the .dmg file to open the a Warning
Dialog is displayed. My question is, is there anyway of stopping the
dialog from appearing? My boss doesn't l
On 11 Dec 08, at 02:53, Dave wrote:
I have an application that is downloaded from the web by Safari.
When the user double-clicks on the .dmg file to open the a Warning
Dialog is displayed. My question is, is there anyway of stopping the
dialog from appearing? My boss doesn't like it and want
As far as I know, even the "Apple" supplied applications prompts user
and annoy him with the warning
It's more of a security check from OS end.
Would be great to know if it can be bypassed...
On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Dave wrote:
Hi All,
I have an application that is downloade
Hi All,
I have an application that is downloaded from the web by Safari. When
the user double-clicks on the .dmg file to open the a Warning Dialog
is displayed. My question is, is there anyway of stopping the dialog
from appearing? My boss doesn't like it and wants me to look into
ways of
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