Re: HUD Window from Service?
Re: HUD Window from Service?
- Subject: Re: HUD Window from Service?
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:38:00 -0700
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Ron Olson <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I am writing a service that grabs some data from a selected file and
> displays it in a pop-up HUD-style window a la Quick Look. I have been
> searching around but haven't figured out a way to display a HUD window
> (or any kind of window, for that matter) outside the context of an
> application, with menu bar, etc.
>
> Might anyone have any information about how to accomplish this? I've
> been searching but have come up empty; surely I can't be the only
> person who has wanted to do this. :)
You'll want to read TN2083, Daemons and Agents:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html
Basically, you'll be writing an agent.
--Kyle Sluder
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