Define "doesn't work" - if you mean observeValue:forKeyPath:... doesn't get 
called, it's because that's a different relationship from bindings. With 
bindings, a change in one value causes a change in another. With observers, a 
change in one value causes a call to the observeValue method. 


On Sep 20, 2011, at 2:13 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote:

> Before I was following the docs and wrote the bindings clue code myself
> 
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaBindings/Concepts/HowDoBindingsWork.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002373
> 
>    - (void)bind:(NSString *)binding toObject:(id)theObservedObject
> withKeyPath:(NSString *)theKeyPath options:(NSDictionary *)options
>    {
>       ...
>       self.observedObject = theObservedObject;
>       self.observedKeyPath = theKeyPath;
> 
>       [theObservedObject addObserver:self
>                           forKeyPath:theKeyPath
>                              options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionInitial
>                              context:nil];
>       ...
>    }
> 
> 
> Now I have found these posts suggesting that it is not required to (or
> even one should not) override bind:toObject:withKeyPath:options:
> 
> http://www.tomdalling.com/blog/cocoa/implementing-your-own-cocoa-bindings
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1169097/can-you-manually-implement-cocoa-bindings
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/366938/is-it-necessary-to-override-bindtoobjectwithkeypathoptions-in-an-nsview-subcl/
> 
> But I see myself in the same camp:
> 
> When I don't override bind:toObject:withKeyPath:options: my custom
> NSView's bindings do not work.
> 
> Could someone clear this up?
> 
> cheers,
> Torsten
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