Re: Bypassing Interface Builder

FROM : Johnny Lundy
DATE : Thu May 15 02:15:48 2008

Hi,

On this topic, when I drag an object out of the Library and set its 
class, IB sets the label of the object to the Class Name. Since this 
is an instance of the class, and not the Class Object itself, why is 
the name capitalized? And if I want to refer by name to that instance 
in my code, what is the name of the instance?

Say I drag out an object and set its class to MyClass. IB dutifully 
names the object MyClass also. So in my code if I code [MyClass 
somemessage], does that message go to the Class Object or to the 
instance made in IB? If to the Class Object, how do I code to refer to 
the instance?

Also, I found out that IB will not let me make 2 instances of the same 
Class. In code, I could say myClassInstance1 = [MyClass new]; and 
MyClassInstance2 = [MyClass new];, but apparently not in IB.

This has been a mystery to me for six years now.

Also, the documentation only says about File's Owner that it is the 
object that loaded the nib file. What is that object, if my nib file 
just gets loaded at application launch?

Thanks
Johnny
On May 14, 2008, at 2:32 PM, Andy Lee wrote:

>> When your application *loads* a nib, it:
>>
>> (3a) instantiates the objects,
>> (3b) sets their attributes, and
>> (3c) connects them both to each other and to certain things in your
>> application (in particular, File's Owner, which you should
>> definitely understand).

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