Root Of Dmg File How To Control This

I then tried to configure CMake to build a DMG installation of the program specifying a background image using.

When I mount the image it comes up with the correct size and icon placement, however the background is always set to white instead of specified background image.

This has been a frustrating experience, however, it looks like I finally solved it so Im posting a description here to save someone else the grief if they ever have to deal with this.

From there someone will select the Picture option for the Background and drag the background file to the placeholder in the Show View Options panel.

When someone sets the background for the installation, builds, and mounts the image it will not look like there is any background to drag to the Show View Options panel.

Since the file is hidden from the Finder it is not possible to drag the file to the Show View Options panel.

Removing this attribute should make the file visible in the Finder.

The attribute can be removed using this command from the Terminal.

Once this has happened, the background file should appear in the Finder and someone can drag it to the Show View Options panel, which will cause the background image to display in the Finder window for the install image.

After that, someone can copy the.DSStore file from the root of the install image and apply it to the CPACKDMGDSSTORE attribute, and the background image should appear whenever an install image is built.

Not to supplant his answer, heres some additional information about the process that I just worked through.

Our strategy will be to use Finder to make the window exactly how we want, then copy out the.DSStore file.

Note, the current view must be as Icons otherwise this dialog will not be there.

From here, go into the.background folder and select the background image.

The cmd-shift-. trick can be used view the file or just use the Terminal at this point to copy everything.

Note, we can change the name of this file to DSStore, so that its not hidden when we store it.

Root Of Dmg File How To Control This

At the moment, I dont know how to control this information, so be a little careful when distributing the final DMG file.

If youre curious as to whats in there, use a hex editor like xxd.

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