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Re: Adding to an applications menu.
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Re: Adding to an applications menu.


  • Subject: Re: Adding to an applications menu.
  • From: development2 <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:01:10 -0600


On Sep 3, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Ben Spink wrote:

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?

No. What is it you are trying to do exactly? This may help us, help you.


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. :(

Well I know I have had clients and employers like this also, it is a tough situation, but this is not possible to do. So if you could tell us exactly what you are trying to accomplish we may be able to give you alternatives that maybe they could live with.




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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