Re: (Newbie) How do Multiple NSWindowControllers find MyDocument?
Re: (Newbie) How do Multiple NSWindowControllers find MyDocument?
- Subject: Re: (Newbie) How do Multiple NSWindowControllers find MyDocument?
- From: John Velman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:47:52 -0700
Thanks. I think the self.document method you describe will do it for me.
This is part of the syntax (and a relation) that I'd missed. So much
to learn!
John V.
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 06:16:17PM -0700, Quincey Morris wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2008, at 17:50, John Velman wrote:
>
>> So, if the button is pushed to bring up a new window, the IBAction is in
>> the master window controller. But the actual adding of the
>> NSWindowController and its associated window should be done by a method
>> back in MyDocument.
>>
>> I can't find description of this part of the process.
>
> The action in the existing window controller can create a new window
> controller, then invoke [self.document addWindowController:
> newWindowController]. That's all it should take.
>
> Or, if the document needs to create the new window controller itself for
> some reason, implement the action to create the new window controller in
> your document class instead, and invoke [self addWindowController:
> newWindowController].
>
> Note that the document and the window controllers are all effectively in
> the responder chain, so sending the button action to First Responder
> instead of a specific object will send the action to whichever object
> implements it.
>
>> One way I can think
>> of to do it is as follows:
>>
>> In my MasterWindowController, have an instance variable called something
>> like "createdby", and a method "setCreatedby". Then in MyDocument, when I
>> alloc and init the instance of the masterWindowController, I follow
>> directly with [masterWindowController setCreatedby:self].
>
> Window controllers already have a "document" outlet that is automatically
> set by [NSDocument addWindowController]. You don't need to roll your own.
>
>
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