Icons in menu bar or dock

Is there a way to run regular programs (such as iCal) with the icon in the menu bar and not the dock? Even if they aren't necessarily designed to do so?
I was wondering if there was some terminal command for it.
Adam

no terminal commands for this. but there are lots of 3rd party apps that will let you place application shortcuts in the menu bar. I use Butler which lets you do it. I'm sure just about any other app launcher like Quicksilver or Spark offers this functionality too.

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