On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Ron Olson <tachokni...@gmail.com> 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 _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
