Re: NSView colors

FROM : Greg
DATE : Fri Jul 25 23:47:58 2008

Are you retaining that NSColor object to make sure it sticks around?

- Greg

On Jul 25, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Ashley Perrien wrote:

> I have a custom NSView that contains as an instance variable a 
> color. If I set the color in init as lineColor = [NSColor 
> blueColor]; all is well. If instead I use [NSColor 
> colorWithCalibratedRed: 0.5 green: 0.5 blue: 1.0 alpha: 1.0], the 
> program crashes if I try and access or change the color later. The 
> initial draw using it is just fine. But the next time it's redrawn 
> or if I change the color, everything crashes. I have the exact same 
> problem in 2 completely different applications. I'd like to be able 
> to initialize the colors with something other than the default 
> redColor, blueColor, etc. I've also tried one or two of the other 
> ways to specify values and have had the same problem. Any ideas on 
> what's going on?
>
> Ashley Perrien
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