14345 - [feature] Support for Mac alias creation in Install object

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect, P2)

Description

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Installer needs to create shortcut/alias to exe after install on desktop.

Comment 1

[Samir Gehani]

Rewording summary. Setting milestone to M12. We need support in the Install
object that parallels FileWinCreateShortcut(), maybe FileMacCreateAlias(). The
core .xpi installer's install script needs to take advantage of this feature and
that's a separate task.

Comment 2

[Samir Gehani]

Two new forms of the FileMacAlias are now supported in the Install object:

   // public int FileMacAlias( String aSourceFolder,
   //                          String aSourceFileName,
   //                          String aAliasFolder,
   //                          String aAliasName );
   // where
   //      aSourceFolder -- the installed file's folder from Get*Folder() APIs
   //      aSourceName   -- the installed file's name
   //      aAliasFolder  -- the folder of the new alias from Get*Folder() APIs
   //      aAliasName    -- the actual name of the new alias
   //
   //      return codes are - Mac OSErr's bubbled up from NewAliasMinimal()
   //                       - Install.SUCCESS if alias was created

and

   // public int FileMacAlias( String aSourcePath,
   //                          String aAliasPath );
   // where
   //      aSourcePath -- the full path to the installed file
   //      aAliasPath  -- the full path to the new alias
   //
   //      return codes are - Mac OSErr's bubbled up from NewAliasMinimal()
   //                       - Install.SUCCESS if alias was created

Will check in when tree reopens for regular development.

Comment 3

[Samir Gehani]

For an example see
    http://puma/xpinstall/test/trigger.html [select testcase Mac Alias]  -or-
    http://puma/xpinstall/test/macalias.xpi

Comment 4

[Samir Gehani]

Fix checked in.

Comment 5

[Jimmy Lee]

Build 1999-10-14-08-M11

Looks good.

Comment 6

[leger]

Bulk move of XPInstall (component to be deleted) bugs to Installer: XPInstall
Engine