The Apple Help Viewer is an example of what I want: its a separate process but doesn’t have a menu bar, doesn’t appear in the dock, and floats on top. So it appears to be running in the current process. How can I achieve this with Cocoa?
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The Apple Help Viewer is an example of what I want: its a separate process but doesn’t have a menu bar, doesn’t appear in the dock, and floats on top. So it appears to be running in the current process. How can I achieve this with Cocoa?
A little googling with the right keywords and I arrive at the solution:
Add the following to the Info.plist file:
This is courtesy of http://uselessthingies.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/an-app-without-dock-icon-and-menu-bar/