I have created package (.pkg) file using packagemaker ver 3.0.4. Is it possible to provide custom icon to the .pkg file. Can some one help me how this can be done ? Thanks in advance.
I am not sure if this is still applicable for snow leopard. Did not work for me.
Unicorn
2010-06-03 09:30:54
Unicorn: It is. It works just fine all the way through 10.6.3. Make sure the place where you put the pkg, and the pkg itself, are writable.
Peter Hosey
2010-06-03 09:38:29
Oh yea, it worked for me. Was doing at incorrect place. Thanks a ton for the info.But now the problem is when i create the package again this icon will be changed. Is it possible to add this icon file to pmdoc itself so when ever package is created out of it, it will have custom icon ?
Unicorn
2010-06-03 10:03:18
Not that I know of. You'll have to automate it some other way, such as by AppleScript or by shell-scripting the SetFile(1) command. The latter solution consists of putting the icon in a file in IconFamily (.icns) format inside the .pkg, with the filename “Icon\r” (“Icon” followed by a carriage return, ASCII 0x0d), and using SetFile to give the .pkg the custom-icon bit and take away its inited bit.
Peter Hosey
2010-06-03 10:07:52
Great help, i m gonna try this now.
Unicorn
2010-06-03 10:18:20