Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:57:51 -0400
From: "Michael Ash" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: top level objects and NSWindowController
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On 6/23/06, Ken Victor <email@hidden> wrote:
other than by using outlets, is it possible to gain access to the top
level objects in a nib file loaded via an NSWindowController?
i would like to place several custom views in a nib (to be used as
various panes in a tab view), and i would like programmatically to
determine how many of them there are and get pointers to them when i
load the window.
i realize i could switch to using NSNib instead of
NSWindowController, but i really really want to use
NSWindowController.
also, i realize i can do this by using outlets, but that means
editting my source code every time i add another custom view. i also
realize that i could add an outlet to my custom views to point to a
controller in the nib, and then "register" the custom views in
awakeFromNib, but that seems like an extra step if i could simply get
the array of top level objects from NSWindowController.
There doesn't seem to be a direct way, and so you'll have to use
NSNib. However, it's not an either-or choice. You can override
loadWindow to do your own loading. You'll have to replace the method
entirely and not call super, but what it does is well-documented
enough and NSWindowController provides enough support methods that a
total reimplementation should only be a few lines long.
Mike
