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How to create a Menubar application for Mac

I was wondering how to make a menubar application, what are the requirements for that to do so?

I saw a simple application for the menubar was to open links using your Internet Explorer, I want to create something similar to that.

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This is the application I like to make similar.

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NSStatusItem is what you are looking for. Also add NSUIElement with string value of 1 to your Info.plist to hide it from Dock.

Steam Trout  2010-08-04 21:43:22
Are there any samples I can work with?
YouBook  2010-08-04 21:46:40
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.22/22.02/Menulet/ - here's a sample code with some explanation.
Steam Trout  2010-08-05 06:46:36
Pretty helpful. Thanks.
YouBook  2010-08-05 07:33:08

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