Re: NSStatus item from background / command line application
Re: NSStatus item from background / command line application
- Subject: Re: NSStatus item from background / command line application
- From: Rosyna <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:45:06 -0700
Ack, at 11/21/06, Alexander Hartner said:
I am working on a command line application. During the execution I
would like to provide some user feedback, similar to what growl
offers. I though of using a NSStatusItem as follows:
NSStatusBar * bar = [NSStatusBar systemStatusBar];
NSStatusItem * theItem = [bar
statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength];
[theItem retain];
...
When I execute my "Tool" application the NSStatusItem is not show
and a error message is printed.
_NXCreateWindow: error setting window property (1002)
PSsetwindowlevel, error setting window level (1002)
Try calling:
ProcessSerialNumber psn;
OSStatus err=GetCurrentProcess(&psn);
First. That will initiate a connection to the window server. However,
this also means that the tool will quit when the user logs out and
the uid of the tool must be the same as the logged in user.
Otherwise, you can create a new subtool that you launch with Launch
Services or NSWorkspace (which uses Launch Services).
I am guessing this is not allows to create a NSStatusItem from a
tool. Yet the iSync NSStatusItem seems to be able to do this. Are
these kind of menus done using MenuExtras?
Correct, the iSync item is a menu extra. Menu Extras are subviews of
one larger NSStatusItem that the SystemUIServer owns.
--
Sincerely,
Rosyna Keller
Technical Support/Carbon troll/Always needs a hug
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insanely Great People
It's either this, or imagining Phil Schiller in a thong.
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