Re: Nibs vs xibs
Re: Nibs vs xibs
- Subject: Re: Nibs vs xibs
- From: Keary Suska <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:22:01 -0600
On Oct 20, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Fritz Anderson wrote:
...
Anything I need to know for working with these instead of the
nib’s under 3.1.1?
Just that XIBs are only supported under Leopard (10.5), and that
they are more versioning system-friendly.
Just a clarification: XIB is a file format used by the Xcode 3
development tools. XIB files are "only supported under Leopard" in
the sense that the only tools that read and write them need Leopard.
In the process of building an application (or other bundle),
however, XIBs are compiled into "flat" NIBs, which are usable under
earlier versions of Mac OS X.
Thank you for the clarification--I should have ben more specific. I
would also add that there are additional warning checks that are done
with xibs during compilation that are not done with nibs. The most
common issue I have come across are copious "clipping content"
warnings for buttons and toolbar items that employ images that aren't
the right size (larger than the cell believes its drawable view is).
Because of these warnings, I avoid xibs in certain projects.
Best,
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Demystifying technology for your home or business"
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