Re: Creating Installer Package from Cocoa

FROM : Ryan Harter
DATE : Wed Jun 25 22:59:09 2008

That sounds like exactly what I would like to do, but I'm not quite 
sure how to copy the plist into the package.  I was looking at using 
pax, but since I'm targeting Leopard, and developing on Leopard, 
package maker keeps making metapackages, which pax doesn't seem to 
understand, and I can't find out the equivelent of the old "Show 
Package Contents."

So far it seems o be the metapackages screwing me up.  Any thoughts?

Ryan

On Jun 25, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Wayne Packard wrote:

> If the only thing that changes about the pkg is that one plist file, 
> you could create the pkg manually and store it as a resource. When 
> you want to write out the custom installer, write a copy of your pkg 
> template to disk and then copy in your newly-created plist file.
>
> wp
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 25, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Ryan Harter <<email_removed>> 
> wrote:
>

>> Thanks for the response Thomas.
>>
>> What I want to do is create the pkg on the fly by the code.  The 
>> setup program has text fields for the user (in this case the lab 
>> administrator) to set the custom preferences which my program pulls 
>> from the plist.  Now I just need to be able to construct a plist 
>> from those textfields (not too difficult with NSUserDefaults) and 
>> create an installer pkg on the fly that includes that custom 
>> plist.  This way the user will be able to deploy their customized 
>> version of my software without ever having to manually edit the 
>> plist and then copy it down to all the machines.
>>
>> Is this something you have done before and might know how to do.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Thomas Bartelmess wrote:
>>

>>> Hi Ryan,
>>> i have not unterstand your question completely.
>>> Do you what to create a Installer pkg on the fly by code or do you 
>>> what to create a InstallerPackage with some custom pages and 
>>> settings.
>>> Both is possible.
>>> I would like to help you
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 24.06.2008 um 01:17 schrieb Ryan Harter:
>>>

>>>> Hey all-
>>>>
>>>> I have a helper program that essentially only needs to create a 
>>>> plist for a different gui-less program.  This can be done 
>>>> manually, but I want a gui to aid users.  What I would like, is 
>>>> for the user to open this setup program, set some custom strings 
>>>> and other preferences, and have the setup program make a pkg 
>>>> including the plist that can then be deployed to all the macs.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts,
>>>>
>>>> Ryan
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