[tz3gm]

i know most of u will probably say why would i want to do this, but is it in any way possible to create an OSX application with your own proprietary interface and not the aqua interface?

like oddly shaped windows and widgets?

thanks

or is there a way to create a skinnable application?

[Gul Banana]

There is indeed; make your own widgets and use those.

[Rickster]

And as for the oddly shaped windows -- you can create a borderless non-opaque window, and draw any shape you want into it. This is how apps like Clock and Jared (the Butcher of Song) get circular windows, and there's example code for this provided on developer.apple.com somewhere.

[Chuckit]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by tz3gm:
<strong>i know most of u will probably say why would i want to do this, but is it in any way possible to create an OSX application with your own proprietary interface and not the aqua interface?

like oddly shaped windows and widgets?

thanks

or is there a way to create a skinnable application?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Both of these ideas are quite possible. Just look at Audion or anything by Haxial. They won't be as simple as just using normal windows, since you'll have to forgo all the work Apple already put into making Aqua windows for you, but it's possible.

[Millennium]

It's a bit easier if you're using Cocoa, because you can subclass Apple's own widgets and override their drawing routines to make them look however you want.

Windows are tougher, but still doable. As others have said here, Apple has documentation about this that you should look into.

But why do you want to do this? What will your app gain by it? If you're trying to make it skinnable, that's one thing, but if that's not it, then what's the point?

[Justin W. Williams]

Haxial does this with their software. Not too fond of it myself, but they make great software, so I deal with it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

<a href="http://www.haxial.com" target="_blank">Haxial</a>

[Gul Banana]

Yes, their UI philosophy is a little... strange. The insistence on not conforming to the system "look and feel" I could accept if their own interface was better, or even as good, but it's really rather ugly.