AW: How do I create an autorun CD for Mac?

Tiemo Hollmann TB toolbook at kestner.de
Tue May 8 02:23:25 EDT 2007


Bill, and what do I have to do to let the CD open when inserted and what
options are you talking about?
Thanks Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Bill Vlahos
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 04:37
> An: How to use Revolution
> Betreff: Re: How do I create an autorun CD for Mac?
> 
> 
> As others have pointed out autorun is a security problem that Apple
> discontinued long ago.
> 
> However you can achieve almost the same thing by setting up the CD to
> open the CD when it is inserted without the user double-clicking it.
> That way your Mac users will see the application right away and
> simply open it. Note that you will want to play with this a bit as
> you are given a number of interesting options to have a graphical
> representation of the file and instructions.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On May 7, 2007, at 2:44 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I don't have any Mac experience and hope Rev cares about the
> > most for
> > me. Yes I still will test my app on a Mac of a friend, but right
> > now I am
> > missing some Mac basics and didn't find anything about it in the
> > tutorials.
> >
> > I want to create a dual platform CD (Win and MacOS X) running the
> > app from
> > CD. Until now I don't use any externals or plugins, so for Win I
> > just take
> > the standalone.exe put it on my CD with an autorun.inf and that's it.
> >
> > How do I create a autorun CD for Mac? Is there something like a
> > autorun.inf
> > file on Mac?
> >
> > And what do I have to put on the CD from the standalone building
> > folders?
> > There are 2 files Info.plist and PkgInfo (one folder above the app), 4
> > Plugins folders with themes and 3 Revolution resource files
> > (Revolution.icns, Revolution rsrc, RevolutionDoc.icns) Do I just
> > have to put
> > all these files and folders in same structure on CD, or don't I
> > need these
> > additional files?
> >
> > I would be happy if someone could direct me in the right direction
> > or point
> > me to any tutorial or example
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Tiemo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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