Thanks. I think the self.document method you describe will do it for me. This is part of the syntax (and a relation) that I'd missed. So much to learn!
John V. On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 06:16:17PM -0700, Quincey Morris wrote: > On Aug 30, 2008, at 17:50, John Velman wrote: > >> So, if the button is pushed to bring up a new window, the IBAction is in >> the master window controller. But the actual adding of the >> NSWindowController and its associated window should be done by a method >> back in MyDocument. >> >> I can't find description of this part of the process. > > The action in the existing window controller can create a new window > controller, then invoke [self.document addWindowController: > newWindowController]. That's all it should take. > > Or, if the document needs to create the new window controller itself for > some reason, implement the action to create the new window controller in > your document class instead, and invoke [self addWindowController: > newWindowController]. > > Note that the document and the window controllers are all effectively in > the responder chain, so sending the button action to First Responder > instead of a specific object will send the action to whichever object > implements it. > >> One way I can think >> of to do it is as follows: >> >> In my MasterWindowController, have an instance variable called something >> like "createdby", and a method "setCreatedby". Then in MyDocument, when I >> alloc and init the instance of the masterWindowController, I follow >> directly with [masterWindowController setCreatedby:self]. > > Window controllers already have a "document" outlet that is automatically > set by [NSDocument addWindowController]. You don't need to roll your own. > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/velman%40cox.net > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
