NSViewController will hanfle view swapping stylishly. The oreily book is really outdated. Read Hillegas' instead. I'd link you but I am writing this on my phone.
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Keath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:14 PM To: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> Subject: Building a Setup Assistant > > For the life of me, I just don't know where to begin on this > seemingly simple project, which is basically my first Xcode project. > > Quite specifically, I can't seem to figure out how to setup the > 'Next' button that would step you thru each stage of the process. > All I want to do is collect some text based info that I will write > out to a plist. But this process will involve about 10 windows that > ask various questions, and later windows will need access to info > entered in earlier windows. KInd of like the registration apps that > launch after an application installs. > > I have read through Cocoa with Objective C (the O'Reilly book) but > there is nothing about having non-document based apps with more then > 1 window. I have looked thru the examples as well, but none seem to > follow this format. > > I'm especially having trouble with the fact that I am using XCode 3, > and it looks nothing like the examples in the book - for the life of > me I can't figure out where the Classes Menu went, and I can't find > the Instantiate command that will make the header files and so forth > in Xcode based on what I do in IB. > > So anyway - > Do I want to try and do this with only 1 window object, and have > each stage simply load a new view? Or do I want a new nib for each > step? > In either case, I have no idea where to begin. I can add my initial > text box that will hold my Welcome message, and I can add the 'Next' > button, all to the Window, but have no idea where to go from > there.... Do I need some kind of custom class for this? Where do I > overwrite the default latin text that is in my box? Can window have > multiple views that are mutually exclusive? or do I need to load a > new nib for each window? How do you load a new nib? How do you take > the old one off? > > Should I be trying to use core data for this? I messed with that for > a while but for the life of me could not figure out how to attach > the data objects I made in the Core Data part of XCode to fields in > IB. > > I can do the table view stuff from the book too, to get and write > the data I want for each window, but structurally, I'm not sure how > to setup a series of windows that would all have access to that > data, or even how to load the next window. > > I know it's a very basic question, but I would really appreciate the > help. > > THANKS! > > Chris _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/omar%40hellogalaxy.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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