Re: Binding to a controller in a different nib

FROM : Randall Meadows
DATE : Thu Feb 28 19:23:52 2008

Responding to my own post, for clarification...

On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Randall Meadows wrote:

> In my main window (which resides in it's own nib, and is controlled 
> by a custom window controller), I have a combobox.  I'd like to 
> populate the contents of that via bindings.
>
> In my main nib file is where the controller lives that maintains the 
> information that I want to populate that combobox with.  This 
> controller has a dictionary ("infoDictionary"), and the keys of that 
> dictionary are what I want displayed in the combobox.
>
> My main window class has a member variable (I'm calling this 
> "infoController") that is a link to that information controller. 
> So, I attempted to set up the binding on the combobox as:


Ok, so I created an NSArrayController object in my window's nib file, 
connected that to an outlet in my window class.  In awakeFromNib: I 
grab the keys from the infoController's infoDictionary, and pass that 
to the array controller via addObjects:.  It successfully populates my 
combobox's content (now I just gotta work on selecting the right one).

Is this the correct way to do this?  To me, it seems like a long-
winded route to get there, but then, I think that a LOT about 
bindings.  Is this just due to my inexperience with bindings?  Or do I 
just need to keep drinking the kool-aid until it eventually clicks? 
(Or, are bindings *really* that roundabout?)


Thanks!
randy