SUEnableSystemProfiling Doesn't start sending profiling information.

Sparkle just accesses your appcast and sends a bunch of information via GET.

Setting that key in Info.plist will cause the permissions dialog which appears on second launch to include an option to send profiling information. Erase your preferences .plist or at least the appropriate keys to see this.

You shouldn't need to set anything programmatically on the Updater object.

I think I've figured this out. The issue is that I am adding system profiling information late in the game. Many people are already using the app and using Sparkle to get updates. So, if they get a new version of the app that has SUEnableSystemProfiling set to yes, nothing ever gets sent because they never encounter the permissions dialog a second time. I've fixed this by ginning up my own dialog that gets launched if they have already been using the app and then using the SUUpdater method to set the preference.

I used a couple of updater delegate methods to make it work, it was pretty easy. This is probably a pretty infrequent use case, so I imagine there is no need to build support into the framework.

Thanks!

-MacRae

I am having the same problem as MacRae. I've set SUEnableSystemProfiling in the bundle's Info.plist:

    % defaults read ~/Library/PreferencePanes/MyPref.prefPane/Contents/Info | grep SU
        SUEnableSystemProfiling = 1;
        SUFeedURL = "http://192.168.1.2/software/updates";
        SUPublicDSAKeyFile = "Software Update Public Key.pem";
        SUScheduledCheckInterval = 604800;

and I've cleared/reset the bundle's preferences and see the following when re-running the application:

    % defaults read MyPref | grep SU
        SUEnableAutomaticChecks = 1;
        SULastCheckTime = 2010-03-02 12:16:00 -0800;
        SUScheduledCheckInterval = 604800;

and I see my delegate get called:

    --> NSArray* -[MyPref feedParametersForUpdater:sendingSystemProfile:](MyPref *, objc_selector*, SUUpdater*, BOOL)
     Send Profile? 0
    <-- NSArray* -[MyPref feedParametersForUpdater:sendingSystemProfile:](MyPref *, objc_selector*, SUUpdater*, BOOL)
    Comparing version `1.0.0d50' to version `1.0.0d51'

However, despite this I never see the sendingProfile argument set to true. Any tips?

Digging in with the debugger, it would appear that since this is a preference pane rather than a standalone application, the applicationDidFinishLaunching notification never fires and consequently, the profile prompt logic never fires and SUSendProfileInfoKey is never set.

So, to address this, I use the didSelect preference pane method (you might also use mainViewDidLoad) and proxy the applicationDidFinishLaunching method to the SUUpdater (or in this case my derived version thereof):

    - (void) didSelect
    {
     // Proxy an application did finish launching notification to Sparkle.
     //
     // We have to do this because we are a preference pane and the
     // updater object is not instantiated until our pane is loaded and
     // because that happens well after the System Preferences
     // application itself gets the same notification.

     [mUpdater applicationDidFinishLaunching: NULL];
    }

with that change, the prompt correctly appears along with the default profile information.

I'm a bit of a newb here but SUUpdater does not have an applicationDidFinishLaunching method. If I send the message to my instance of SUUpdater it throws an exception. Any help would be appreciated.