Is it possible to use the UI that mail has (the smooth metal look, not the way everything is arranged)? I would like to do it without including too many pics.
The smooth metal look is actually more iTunes than Mail... however, the Mail look is available; just check the "use unified toolbar"* checkbox in the window inspector in IB. *something like that, anyway
Doable, but requires a lot of custom UI code. See http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleNSSplitview http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MailStyleGradientSelection
Oh, you only wanted the unified look? If just that, then that's just a checkbox in IB like Catfish_Man said. But if you want to spice it up, check out those links. If you don't care, then that's fine too
i found out that i cant make one by following one of the o'reilly tutorials. it uses a controller.h file for something, but i am using one for something else EDIT: forget about it. too much code for something that i don't need... yet...
You can have the NSToolbar delegate code in the same controller.h as the other stuff. Or you could put it in a category if you were feeling flash. Please don't take this the wrong way but I get the feeling you're trying to run before you can walk. I'd strongly recommend getting the Hillegass book ( http://www.bignerdranch.com/products/cocoa1.shtml ) and learning a bit of the basics.