Re: Generating NiB files

FROM : Sherm Pendley
DATE : Tue Dec 07 21:45:38 2004

On Dec 7, 2004, at 2:58 PM, Roel Sergeant wrote:

> I was just wondering if I could generate NiB file automatically? I'm
> trying to find out, for a customer, but also for myself (it seems like
> fun) if I could write a program that converts window definitions (for
> example Visual Basic forms, Powerbuilder window objects, ....) into
> NiB files so they can easily be modified by other programmers later
> using IB.
>
> I suppose this is possible since IB was written too. My question....
> Are there any docs on how this is done?


No NIB docs that I know of. You'd probably have a much easier time
generating Renaissance files, since that's a documented, XML-based
format:

<http://www.gnustep.it/Renaissance/>

Added bonus - Renaissance interfaces also work with GNUStep, whereas
NIBs don't.

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