Re: NSArrayController population
Re: NSArrayController population
- Subject: Re: NSArrayController population
- From: Scott Anguish <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:52:48 -0500
Are you suggesting that you need both a controller and an array
controller? (you don't)
On Nov 9, 2003, at 11:42 PM, Aubrey wrote:
This was confusing me for a while but I figured out this today.
... and it was amazingly easy.
So, if you don't want to go to the trouble of creating a document based
app
Create a cooca application and:
in Interface Builder:
create the object
1. create a subclass of NSObject named theObject
2. create an instance of theObject
3. create the files for theObject
4. open theObject.h
5. create and instance variable: NSMutableArray * theArray;
6. save and close.
configure a controller
1. drag out a NSObjectController from the controllers pallet
2. goto the inspector ( command 1)
3. select attributes in the popup
4. add - theArray to the keys list of the Object Controller
5. select connections
6. control-drag a connection to form Object Controller to theObject
7. connect the content outlet to theObject
configure the Array Controller
1. select the Array Controller and select the Bindings Popup
2. Bind the content to your new controller and array key.
3. hook up your add and remove buttons and all the UI stuff.
this will work without even initializing the objects array. (good or
bad?)
... and it doesn't take two many more lines of code to save and restore
it's value to a plist.
On Nov 9, 2003, at 8:42 PM, mmalcolm crawford wrote:
On Nov 9, 2003, at 6:17 PM, Aaron Patterson wrote:
Right now, contentArray for the NSArrayController isn't bound to
anything. I'm
having a tough time figuring out how to bind anything to the
contentArray. What
kind of objects can I bind to it? The drop down only lets me choose
from
"Shared User Defaults", and "File's Owner".
In many cases you'll bind to File's Owner. You must then bind to a
variable in that object which is either an array or which may be
accessed as an array (for which you have provided the array
accessors).
Please pardon my ignorance, I'm very new at Cocoa dev. I will
happily RTFM if
someone can point me to documentation on dealing with controllers.
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/
ControllerLayer/index.html>
The controller layer provides a layer of abstraction above the already
fairly well-abstracted Cocoa frameworks. It is not yet clear how
readily comprehensible this matter will be to novices. My gut feeling
(which I'm certainly willing to amend) is that, attractive though this
technology is, you would better served by getting to grips first with
"classic" Cocoa first, then progressing on to controllers later.
There is certainly much more material available to help newcomers
learn classic Cocoa...
mmalc
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