[missing-sync-palmos-dev-talk] how to create conduit installer?

[Scott Gruby]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Mark Chung wrote:

> I used the Mark/Space SampleConduit code to develop a conduit, which
> works for me on OS X 10.4.3  and HotSync 3.2.1 (thanks to Mark/ 
> Space for
> the sample code, it was a lifesaver!). I also created an installer  
> with
> PackageMaker.
>
> I've tested the installer and the conduit successfully on my  
> development system, but a beta user said that the conduit doesn't  
> show up in the Conduit Settings even though the installer copied  
> the file to the right
> location, and the user was an administrator. I get similar results  
> on a test machine. Before creating the installer, I recursively set  
> the permissions on the conduit to 775 and the ownership to  
> root:admin, and set the installer to authorize as root.
> Am I missing something?
>

I'll reply to the entire list; HotSync Manager seems to require the  
bundle bit to be set on the conduit folder. The only way I've found  
to do this from an installer is to write a PostInstall application  
that does it. Here's code that should work; compile it as a command  
line Foundation Tool and link in the Carbon Framework.

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

void SetBundleFlag(NSString *inFilePath)
{
	OSErr				err;
	FSRef				targetRef;
	FSRef				parentRef;
	FSCatalogInfo		catalogInfo;
	FileInfo			finderInfo;
	
	err = FSPathMakeRef((UInt8*)[inFilePath fileSystemRepresentation],  
&targetRef, NULL );
	if (err )
	{
		return;
	}
	
	err = FSGetCatalogInfo( &targetRef, kFSCatInfoFinderInfo,  
&catalogInfo, NULL, NULL, &parentRef);
	if (err)
	{
		return;
	}
	
	memcpy(&finderInfo, catalogInfo.finderInfo, sizeof 
(catalogInfo.finderInfo));
	finderInfo.finderFlags |= kHasBundle;
	memcpy(catalogInfo.finderInfo, &finderInfo, sizeof 
(catalogInfo.finderInfo));
	(void) FSSetCatalogInfo( &targetRef, kFSCatInfoFinderInfo,  
&catalogInfo);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
	
	SetBundleFlag(@"/Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Conduits/ 
MyConduit.plugin");	
	[pool release];
	return 0;
}




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Scott Gruby
Lead Engineer
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