Re: Communications between multiple NIB's

FROM : Jonathan Hess
DATE : Mon Mar 24 20:37:13 2008

Hey Lincoln -

To do this with actions and outlets, you just have to have your 
controllers communicate.

Something like this should work:

@interface MainController : NSObject {
   NSWindow *window;
}
- (void)setWindowBackgroundColor:(NSColor *)color;
@end

@implementation MainController
- (void)setWindowBackgroundColor:(NSColor *)color {
   [window setBackgroundColor:color];
}
@end

@interface PrefController : NSObject {
   NSColorWell *colorWell;
        MainController *mainController;
}
- (IBAction)updateColor:(NSColorWell *)sender;
@end

@implementation PrefController
- (IBAction) updateColor:(NSColorWell *)sender {
   [mainController setWindowBackgroundColor:[colorWell color]];
}
@end

I typed that directly into Mail, so it probably won't compile -
Jon Hess

On Mar 24, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Lincoln Green wrote:

> Alright, I have been searching archives, following tutorials, and 
> looking at source code for several hours, and I cannot figure out 
> the answer to my problem.
>
> Is there a way to programmatically connect to a NIB file and read 
> it's outlets without changing my File's Owner? I have a color well 
> in one NIB (My Prefs NIB) and a window in another. I want the color 
> well to change the window's background. I have an action called 
> setColor:, but I cannot figure out how to access the window outlet 
> from the NIB containing the window. Please help!
>
> LG
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