[mattpat]

Hey there,

I'm an AppleScript Studio developer, and I'm currently trying to design a new interface for an app of mine. I received an email from a GUI designer who offered to help, and what I received was basically a Photoshop mock-up of a finished product. The mock-up featured custom controls that behaved exactly as their standard Cocoa equivalents, but used different images as bases to create a different feel.

Is there anyone out there who could either a) tell me how to subclass the standard Cocoa controls and change their images, preferably with as little Objective-C as possible (if it can be done without any code, that would be wonderful ), and tell me how I could then access these through AppleScript Studio, or b) help develop some of the controls, I would greatly appreciate it.

If no one can do either of these, I'd appreciate a link to some info on developing Cocoa controls normally anyway, just in case I decide to move the app to Objective-C (which I may in the not too distant future).

Thanks in advance!

-Matt

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Originally Posted by mattpat 

Is there anyone out there who could either a) tell me how to subclass the standard Cocoa controls and change their images, preferably with as little Objective-C as possible (if it can be done without any code, that would be wonderful )

you could try subclassing a nsscontrol and over-riding drawRect:, maybe? basically, change how it's drawn but don't change how it functions.

though, i think you're going to need to learn some Objective-C if you want to do it right.

the project sounds fun. i had the idea of doing something similar a la blender, but haven't done anything with it yet.

Originally Posted by mattpat 

If no one can do either of these, I'd appreciate a link to some info on developing Cocoa controls normally anyway, just in case I decide to move the app to Objective-C (which I may in the not too distant future).

from apple's developer site - Clock Control

[mattpat]

Thanks for the advice, I'll look into that.

By the way, the project: TuneConnect (excuse the appearance, still working on a website redesign).

The version that's available for download isn't all that impressive, but v1.1 (which is in beta, and I'm just finishing up with my beta testers) is pretty awesome. If you're interested in giving it a try, or maybe even working on designing some custom controls for a later version, let me know!

-Matt

[mattpat]

Another idea... would it be possible to use this method: Rogue Amoeba - Under The Microscope

For more than just the window control? I figure if you can set a background image for each control, might be easier than I thought.

Then again, probably not.

-Matt