customizing the gui

[omacdog]

Hi i am wanting to customize the gui on an OSX 10.3 application,
instead of using aqua, but can't find much info on the subject. I
have looked at some apple references - NewThemeButtonDrawUPP, but i
can find out how to actually set my image(s) to become or customize
a button/control, window etc.

Any suggestions?

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[Simon Slavin]

On 22/06/2005, omacdog wrote in message <u1119...@aknode.invalid>:

> Hi i am wanting to customize the gui on an OSX 10.3 application,
> instead of using aqua, but can't find much info on the subject.

That's because Mac users depend on having a standard GUI so that
they know how to use their applications.

> I
> have looked at some apple references - NewThemeButtonDrawUPP, but i
> can find out how to actually set my image(s) to become or customize
> a button/control, window etc.

You can use images as buttons: set up an NSImageView and react to
clicks on it. You can make a window look like anything you like:
subclass NSWindow and write your own routine to draw it. Do what
you like in your own application. Just don't mess with other
people's applications.

It is possible to change the user interface but it's very complicated
and all programs which do it seem to cause problems sooner or later.

Simon.
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[Michael Ash]

Simon Slavin <slavins.delete....@hearsay.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> You can use images as buttons

Sure you can. Make a new button in IB, set its type to Square Button,
uncheck the Bordered check box, and drag an image onto the button from the
Images tab of your nib file.