Re: newbie question: menu item appears when app runs, but is not visible in NIB

FROM : Jean-Daniel Dupas
DATE : Thu May 29 23:32:16 2008

Le 29 mai 08 à 20:25, Paul Archibald a écrit :

> Comrades,
>
> -- Newbie Alert --
> This is my first posting to this list, and has to do with my first 
> foray into Cocoa + ObjC + Interface Builder. I am trying to 
> understand the relationships between resource elements in the NIB 
> and the ObjC code the the Xcode project, and how to modify them. I 
> have worked a lot with CodeWarrior and VisualC++/MFC in the past, 
> but the Xcode/IB interplay seems different from either of those 
> systems.
>
>
> -- The Project --
> I am modifying an existing application. Its purpose is to allow a 
> user to select a source directory and several destination 
> directories into which copies of the source will be copied. The 
> existing app has a single window with a bunch of controls for 
> setting directory paths and some options for those copies 
> (checksums, metadata, &etc). The app is used to make special backup 
> copies of a specialized data type.
>
>
> -- My Task --
> My job is to hook up the controls for another window. That window 
> has already been built in IB, but is not functional yet. This new 
> window will do some similar tasks (setting source/destination 
> directories), but also does some extra stuff.
>
>
> -- The Problem --
> I added a menu item to switch between the new window and the old 
> window. The switching works okay (sort of), but somehow along the 
> way I have gotten an extra menu item into the app.
>
> When I run the app, I see a menu item that is not visible in the NIB 
> file. I recognize the extra item, I built it. However, I had some 
> problems with the NIB, so I reverted to an older copy of the NIB, 
> and started modifying that. I thought I had gotten rid of the old 
> menu item, and I can't see it anywhere in the NIB or the ObjC code, 
> but I sure see it when I run the app. What gives?
>
> -- My Question --
> How can a running app show a menu item that is not in the NIB? Where 
> else does Xcode/IB store resources that I am not seeing?
>
> Thanks for any help. I am sure to lots more questions while I work 
> through tutorials and wok on this project.
>
> Paul Archibald



First,  try to clean your target (Buile Menu > Clean) and to rebuild it.