programmatically placing GUIs

FROM : Daniel Child
DATE : Wed Feb 27 22:25:21 2008

I am trying to place and size segmented controls programmatically on 
a window controlled by a subclass of NSWindowController. What I'm 
getting, however, is simply the window as it was initially drawn in 
IB. I think the problem has to do with loading the window properly 
and more specifically, getting the segmented control variables to 
know which window they are being redrawn in.

I declared an outlet "window" to match the nib outlet (window), and 
also physically drew in dummy controls on within IB. When I try to 
actually ruun the program and init the window controller using 
initWithNibName:, I notice that "window" has no memory associated it. 
Since I want to size my controls programmatically, this seems to be a 
problem, since their "_window" variable is naturally also null as a 
result. The controls are initially drawn in IB but are suppose to 
resize during -windowWillLoad.

In addition, I see that in the debugger there is both a "window" and 
a "_window" variable under self (the controller). Does this mean you 
are not supposed to formally declare an outlet for the controller's 
window?

Bottom line, I am getting a window that looks like what I drew in IB, 
not the one modified programmatically.

I feel I am going about this the wrong way but don't see any 
documentation on this particular issue. If anyone could shed some 
light on the procedure, it would be a big help. Thanks.

Daniel