> On Mar 21, 2017, at 7:45 AM, David Delmonte <ddelmo...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hello Group. > > I have an NSView-based app (i.e. not document-based), and I’d like to bolt on > a printing subsystem. I can get NSViews in my main controller to print ok. > However, I want to have a special view constructed just for printing. The > view should not show in the app’s window. > > I cannot seem to figure out a way to do this. I have tried various forms of > these examples: > > 1. Add an NSView to my main view window? Seems logical, but it’s awkward in a > storyboard, (I can’t position the view in the storyboard). > > 2. Programmatically create a custom NSView with a xib? > > For this, I’ve tried: > > @IBOutlet weak var printView: NSView! > …. > let printOperation = NSPrintOperation(view: printView!) > > This results in the comprehensive “fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while > unwrapping an Optional value” message.
Sounds like printView is nil, but shouldn’t be; maybe you are loading the NIB wrong? What is your code? Is the Outlet hooked up? corbin > > > 3. A seperate ViewController? If so, how can I avoid having two print buttons > — one to call the print controller, and the second, to print the > PrintController’s view. > > I’ve tried reading the Apple docs, but they are not the way I learn best. > I’ve waded through SE, but have come up blank. Could you point me towards a > solution please. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
