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Re: Adding menu to right side of system menu bar

On Aug 31, 2003, at 6:30 PM, Neil Shore wrote:

I'm new to the MAC world and have been following this thread and this
newsgroup to, perhaps, get some idea of how to start. I will be developing an
app that will need to run on both OS 9 and OS X. Apple docs seem to imply
that carbon is the way to start. Any suggestions? Am I even in the correct
place to ask this question?

The techniques for adding a menu to the right side of the menubar are actually completely different for Mac OS 9 and X. There's no common API that's usable on both.

For 9, there are several techniques; most involve patching one trap or another. I believe there's some sample code in the MoreIsBetter sample package available on developer.apple.com that shows one possibility.

For X, you'll need to write a Cocoa application that uses the NSStatusItem class.

-eric
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