System menus

[Richard Gaskin]

Klaus Major wrote:
> Buongiorno Paul,
> 
>> Someone knows if the new Rev. 1.7 give some new chance to create a system
>> menu on Mac Os X (the menus visible by all applications, as
>> MenuCalendarClock, MenuMeters, iKey, etc.)?
> 
> sorry, I'm afraid that is not possible with Rev :-/

It may be worth noting that there is no sanctioned API for that, as 
Apple considers those menus to be exclusively for their own use:

     Reserved for use by Apple, the right side of the menu bar
     may contain items that provide feedback on and access to
     certain hardware or network settings.
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGMenus/chapter_16_section_4.html>


Third-party programs which make such menus for themselves do so by 
violating Apple's design mandate and effectively "hacking" the system.

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