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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