macOS How to edit the "about" box in interface builder?

[adcx64]

HI,
how can I edit the "about" box located in my programs main menu? when I compile it, and click "about" on the editor, it just says the name of my project, how can I edit this? 😕

 

[jiminaus]

How far do you want to customize it? Depending on what you want to do, it could be as simple as dropping a credits.html file into your project, or it could be as complex as implementing a whole new custom window.

 

[adcx64]

I just want to add to what is already there to say by Anthony D.

 

[kainjow]

You can do two things.

One is edit the InfoPlist.strings file and add an NSHumanReadableCopyright value. The format is:

NSHumanReadableCopyright = "© 2011 <you>";

(or something like that)

You can also add an RTF file to your project and name it Credits.rtf - the About box will show this file if it exists in your .app, which lets you display additional information.

 

[jiminaus]

You can also add an RTF file to your project and name it Credits.rtf - the About box will show this file if it exists in your .app, which lets you display additional information.

You can only do it with an HTML file now, credits.html. I can't remember which version of Mac OS X introduced this. It does work at least on Mac OS X 10.5.

 

[kainjow]

You can only do it with an HTML file now, credits.html. I can't remember which version of Mac OS X introduced this. It does work at least on Mac OS X 10.5.

Looks like it's still supported.

 

[jiminaus]

Oops, sorry. I mean to write "you can also", not "you can only". One of these days, I'm going to start proof-reading my posts. Sometimes I re-read a post of mine and I'm left asking myself "Is English really my first language?!" 😱

 

[adcx64]

Thanks for all the help! I got it up and running! THANKS!!😀

 

[firewood]

Thanks!

I was about to hand code an About... panel in Objective C (similar to how I did my iPad popover for About/Info), but the stuff in this thread will make it tons easier.