Thanks Matthias and Tiemo for good advice. I have had a look at DropDMG which looks very suitable for making a good-looking Mac version as suggested. Again, I’m also looking at Monte’s InstallGadget which looks very promising.
In answer to Tiemo’s query > What are your problems with installer maker? I had some issues relating to the Windows side of things, of which the killer was an error (141,546,30) which relates to some decompression issue. As I wasn’t using the Compression option in the installer I found this puzzling but so far have not found an explanation. There was another problem with the license document, where I couldn’t get the program to accept my version rather than the default stub. All this happened nearly two months ago, and I may have forgotten some of the details, but that’s an outline. Anyway thanks again. I must start to bite the codesigning bullet (groan). Graham > On 18 Dec 2014, at 12:09, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D > <matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > > Graham, > > for Windows i am using Monte´s InstallGadget which is based on innosetup, but > much easier to use. > On Mac this tool just creates a dmg. > > http://goulding.ws/installgadget/ > > > Is there really a need for an installer on Mac? Most of the mac software is > delivered as dmg. The user just has to drag the app bundle or app folder to > the Application folder. > > If you want to graphically pimp your dmg then i would try DropDMG. Very easy > to use and very good results. > http://c-command.com/dropdmg/ > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > > > >> Am 18.12.2014 um 12:03 schrieb Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com>: >> >> This is not exactly about LiveCode but it's not OT either, I think. I am >> seeking an economical way of having an installer (or two installers) for a >> cross-platform LiveCode standalone - desktop, Windows and Mac. I have tried >> to use Mark Schonewille's LC-oriented solution but I can't make it work. So >> far my researches (Google mostly) seem to point to very expensive solutions >> intended for high volume sales. As I have no idea what sales volume to >> expect (it will be in the range zero to 1000!), this type of solution is not >> for me. >> >> What do other people do? Can one get away without an installer as long as >> one has gone through the very daunting (to me) code-signing process on the >> two platforms? This didn't used to matter, either on Windows or Mac, and I >> have products out there where the installation 'just works', but >> increasingly it seems that the OSs are expecting a proper installing process. >> >> I see that this may be quite a big subject, but I am too ignorant to be >> sure. Can anyone point me to a sensible discussion on this topic, hopefully >> with recommendations as to the way to go? >> >> TIA >> >> Graham >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
