Scripting FileStorm
rooSwitch Lite shipped with a disk image that was created using FileStorm. Previously I was using DropDMG, which is great, but I wanted something that let me use a background and position 128×128 icons on it. FileStorm was pretty easy to navigate with the UI, but I wanted to have this scripted. I had a hard time with some of it, so I’m posting my script here in hopes that it helps someone:
set appFile to item 1 of argv
set applicationsAlias to item 2 of argv
set backgroundImage to item 3 of argv
set diskImageIcon to item 4 of argv
set licenseAgreement to item 5 of argv
set appName to “rooSwitch Lite”
tell application “FileStorm”
activate
make new document at before first document with properties {name:appName, background image path:backgroundImage, height:387, width:512, volume name:appName, icon path:diskImageIcon}
tell first document
make new file at before first file with properties {file path:appFile, left position:55, top position:50} –(change path & file name to the location of your file)
make new file at before first file with properties {file path:applicationsAlias, left position:280, top position:50} –(change path & file name to the location of your file)
make new license agreement at before first license agreement with properties {language:”English”, text file path:licenseAgreement}
finalize image with rebuilding
repeat while building
delay 1
end repeat
end tell
quit
end tell
end run
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p> The script is then invoked from my “package.sh” shell script via “osascript”. That line looks like this:
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p> Disclaimer: I’m not an AppleScript guru. I barely get around with it. I just wanted to post this because I found FileStorm’s examples lacking in some areas (although this is based largely on their examples). Again, hopefully this helps someone.
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p> Tip ‘o the hat to Jonathan Wight for educating me in the ways of SubEthaEdit‘s “Copy as XHTML” magic.
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