Re: top level objects and NSWindowController

FROM : Matt Neuburg
DATE : Sat Jun 24 01:10:33 2006

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:26:34 -0700, Ken Victor <<email_removed>> said:
>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.


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