Re: best time to alter GUIs

FROM : Quincey Morris
DATE : Mon Mar 03 20:05:37 2008

On Mar 3, 2008, at 09:12, Daniel Child wrote:

> My bad. I should have checked that, and assumed it simply passed the 
> address. If [self window] loads things, is there any way to obtain 
> the window's address without loading it? I found it useful to assign 
> a (superfluous) instance variable since I was doing so much with the 
> window. I didn't want to have to use [self window] each time, 
> especially if [self window] actually tries to load each time.


"Loading" a window means creating the NSWindow object by unarchiving 
it from the nib file. The window object literally does not exist 
before loading (and the window controller's private instance variable 
is nil). To modify the window object from what's in the nib file, you 
need to unarchive (load) it (which does not cause it to display), 
change it, then display it with the changes in place.