Re: Adding to an applications menu.
Re: Adding to an applications menu.
- Subject: Re: Adding to an applications menu.
- From: Ben Spink <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:07:18 -0500
Under the Finder's Go, iDisk menu, they want a link to launch an
email with instructions for connecting to the idisk. This would be
handled by Applescript, and I have no issue doing that provided I can
get the app to launch.
The second one is they want the idisk "Connect to:" url copied to the
clipboard. This too I was going to do with applescript, provided I
can get it to launch.
That's it. Launch two different applications, from two separate menu
items.
Thanks,
Ben
On Sep 3, 2007, at 10:01 AM, development2 wrote:
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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