writing an OS X package from a custom property

Scott Morrow scott at elementarysoftware.com
Fri Aug 27 04:45:29 EDT 2004


Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:
> An alternative method to solving this problem would be to use array 
> notation (custom property set ?) to read in and store each individual 
> file in the bundle, rather than try to read it as a whole.  Bear in 
> mind that this would mean recreating the bundle's internal structure 
> -- directories and all -- when spitting it back out later on.

Ha! I did this last night... er, well I almost did It.  I got a package 
that looked right to me but it didn't work when I tried to run the 
AppleScript.  Perhaps with more fiddling...

> If you are distributing a standalone for OS X, it might be easier to 
> simply copy the needed bundle into the resources folder of your 
> standalone app bundle, then copy it back out when it needs to be 
> installed.

Well that is a fine idea!  Both simple and quick.  Worked like a charm! 
  Thanks.
-Scott Morrow
Elementary Software


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