New topic: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image Volume
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=29693> Page 1 of 1 [ 6 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message rbasic20091005153 Post subject: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image VolumePosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:44 pm Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 255 Hola, Under Mac OS X 10.4, placing a customized background image inside a disc image volume was pretty simple. You just need to drop a background image file inside the disc image volume, making the file invisible, and creating a read-only disc image out of it to make it permanent. I've just realized that this procedure no longer works under Mac OS X 10.5 partly because the operating system doesn't create a .DS_Store inside the volume any more. Does anybody know how to place a customized background image inside a disc image volume programmatically? I don't know if there are UNIX commands for this procedure. I know that SetFile won't do the job. Thanks for your advice, Tom _________________ Mac OS X 10.5.6/REALBasic 2008 R4 I say 'no' to MBS plug-ins. I boycott them. Top npalardy Post subject: Re: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image VolumePosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:28 pm Joined: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:18 pm Posts: 5217 Location: Canada, Alberta, Near Red Deer Actually the image had to be ON the disk image (other wise the DMG only looked like that to you as it could find the image) That still holds true _________________ My web site Great White Software RBLibrary.com REALbasic learning Top rbasic20091005153 Post subject: Re: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image VolumePosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:45 pm Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 255 Thanks for your advice, npalardy. Quote:Actually the image had to be ON the disk image (other wise the DMG only looked like that to you as it could find the image) I'm not terribly sure what you mean. If you unmount the disc image and then mount it again under Leopard, you will notice that the background image with dot that you have placed is gone. There's no .DS_Store. But you mean the background image information is stored somewhere though the background image has disappeared? if so, where? Thanks. _________________ Mac OS X 10.5.6/REALBasic 2008 R4 I say 'no' to MBS plug-ins. I boycott them. Top DaveS Post subject: Re: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image VolumePosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:46 pm Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:46 am Posts: 1456 Location: San Diego, CA It can be done with a series of HDIUTIL commands, and a declare or two... I have a simple DMG maker available that does all that..... http://www.rdsisemore.com/flashdmg _________________ Dave Sisemore MacPro, RB2008r3.1 Top rbasic20091005153 Post subject: Re: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image VolumePosted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:56 pm Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 255 Thanks, DaveS. Declare again... Ughh... His app's system requirement is Mac OS X v10.5 or greater. So the background image swap can be done even under Leopard. _________________ Mac OS X 10.5.6/REALBasic 2008 R4 I say 'no' to MBS plug-ins. I boycott them. Top rbasic20091005153 Post subject: Re: Customized Background Image of a Disc Image VolumePosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:19 am Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 255 Dave, has any of your users told you that your app may not even run at start up? At least, it won't under my system with Mac OS X 10.5.8. I get OutofBoundsException error. _________________ Mac OS X 10.5.6/REALBasic 2008 R4 I say 'no' to MBS plug-ins. I boycott them. Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 6 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
