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Re: Adding to an applications menu.

Subject: Re: Adding to an applications menu.
From: Ben Spink <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:51:11 -0500
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I have presented alternate method to then that i think would work well. However they are currently sticking to their requirement that it must be an additional menu under the Finder's "Go" menu.

I even thought about making a fake menu there, and having the real menu be a service application under the services menu. So by selecting the Finder menu, it would really trigger the service menu. Is this possible?

I was just hoping to edit a nib file, point it to a different action, etc.

I don't like the idea of doing this, I am just trying to satisfy their requirement. They have heard my issues, but still have not budged on the requirement so far. :(

Thanks,
Ben

On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:45 AM, development2 wrote:

What exactly are you trying to do? Could you do this with a Finder Context menu? If you tell us what you are trying to do, maybe we can help you find a way around this that you can present to you client.
On Sep 3, 2007, at 2:41 AM, Ben Spink wrote:
This should be an easy question.
I need to add a new item under the "Go" menu in the OS X Finder. My client has stipulated this, otherwise I would not do so. I have tried to talk them out of it, but so far no luck.

I have edited the objects.xib file contained in /System/Library/ CoreService/Finder.App/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Menus.nib/.

I added my new entries in there, picked an ID that did not appear to be used (716), assigned a key, but what do I do with the "command" entry? If I leave it as is, it launches the command I copied instead of doing something I want. I assume there is some listener that is catching all events generated by the menu. Can I hook into that in some way?

Is it possible to register a command to launch a specific application on the machine? Or launch a specific path?
I cannot seem to figure that part out.
My experience in Cocoa is limited.
Any suggestions on this?
Is it possible?
Thanks,
Ben
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