Your on the wrong forum for this but..
1) Good for a custom made extension but not for mass distribution. Tell the client to unzip and plonk it in the correct folder.
2) Slightly more graceful script the above. see my Mac version below.
3) Tell them to download an installer from http://zxpinstaller.com/
3.5) You can package the installer if you don't care about ridiculously bloating the size of your extensions
4) Slightly more graceful script the above. You can have a look at GitHub - CreativeDo/ZXPInstaller: Open Source ZXP Installer for Adobe Extensions
5) See some other ideas HTML Panels Tips: #10 Packaging / ZXP Installers | Photoshop, etc.
HTH
Trevor
var xFile = File.openDialog("Please select the extension file", function(f){return /zxp$/.test(f.name) || f instanceof Folder})
if (!xFile) exit();
xSuffix = ".zxp";
xSuffix = xFile.name.slice(-4);
xName = '"' + xFile.name.replace(/\.[^.]+$/,"") + '"';
zipSource = '"' + xFile.fsName + '"';
installExtension = """
tell application "Finder"
set tryInstallToUser to true
set xFolder to "Library:Application Support:Adobe:CEP:extensions"
if tryInstallToUser then
-- first try set the User specific location
set xPath to POSIX path of ((home as Unicode text) & xFolder)
try
if not (exists xPath as POSIX file) then do shell script "mkdir -p -m a=rwx " & xPath
on error errMsg
set xPath to POSIX path of (xFolder as Unicode text)
end try
else
set xPath to POSIX path of (xFolder as Unicode text)
end if
set zipSource to quoted form of """ + zipSource + """
set xName to """ + xName + """
-- process the files
set destFolder to ((xPath & "/" & xName) as Unicode text)
set zipDestination to quoted form of destFolder
-- record file mod date to check that it's changed with installation
if exists destFolder as POSIX file then
set modDate to do shell script "mdls -name kMDItemFSContentChangeDate " & zipDestination
do shell script "rm -fR " & zipDestination
else
set modDate to "No Date"
end if
delay 1
set installXtn to "unzip -o " & zipSource & " -d " & zipDestination
do shell script installXtn
if exists destFolder as POSIX file then
set newModDate to do shell script "mdls -name kMDItemFSContentChangeDate " & zipDestination
else
set newModDate to false
end if
if (newModDate is not false) and (modDate is not newModDate) then
display notification "Great it looks like the installation was successful. Please restart InDesign"
else
-- Customize the message as required
display notification "Sorry the installation failed."
end if
delay 1
end tell
""";
//installExtension
app.doScript (installExtension, ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE);
A plain applescript sample is
tell application "Finder"
set destinationPath to POSIX path of (((home as Unicode text) & "Library:Application Support:Adobe:CEP:extensions") as Unicode text)
set resourcePath to quoted form of POSIX path of ((((path to me)) as Unicode text) & "Contents:Resources:InDesign_Druckbogen_Vorschau.zip")
set zipFile to "\"" & destinationPath & "/InDesign_Druckbogen_Vorschau.zip\""
set zp to destinationPath & "/InDesign_Druckbogen_Vorschau"
set zipFolder to "\"" & zp & "\""
do shell script "cp -RfX " & resourcePath & " " & zipFile
set unzip to "unzip -o " & zipFile & " -d " & zipFolder
do shell script unzip
delay 1
do shell script "rm " & zipFile
if exists zp as POSIX file then
display notification "Die InDesign Druckbogen Vorschau Erweiterung scheint erfolgreich installiert haben"
else
display notification "Die InDesign Druckbogen Vorschau Verlängerung Erweiterung scheint gescheitert erfolgreich installiert haben"
end if
delay 1
end tell
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