Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Doug Scott wrote: > Perhaps there is something basically wrong in the way I'm making IBPlugin > projects... That was essentially my point. I think you are trying to use them in a way that doesn't give you much benefit and possibly ignoring another way that may b

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Quincey Morris
On Jun 25, 2009, at 11:33, Doug Scott wrote: Perhaps there is something basically wrong in the way I'm making IBPlugin projects TBH, I think that there is. Two things: 1. You're insisting (as is your right) on using IBPlugin-based access to your A-view in your development project for IBPlu

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Scott
On Jun 25, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Alexander Spohr wrote: Am 25.06.2009 um 19:20 schrieb Doug Scott: It is just like dragging out a complex Apple provided object which contains embedded scrollers and such. I don't have to connect the Apple supplied scrollers to the Apple supplied scrolling vie

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Scott
On Jun 25, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Kevin Cathey wrote: You should not under any circumstances modify a XIB file outside of IB. I don't even build the darned things. When they first came out they messed up the build in ways I really didn't have time to figure out. I just set things to build the

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Scott
On Jun 25, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Kevin Cathey wrote: Doug, Normally IB plugins are intended to provide ways to add custom views (objects) and matching inspectors to configure those views (objects) not so much intended to do what I think you are trying to use it for. It sounds like you should in

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Alexander Spohr
Am 25.06.2009 um 19:20 schrieb Doug Scott: It is just like dragging out a complex Apple provided object which contains embedded scrollers and such. I don't have to connect the Apple supplied scrollers to the Apple supplied scrolling view, Apple did it with embedding ( or could have if they

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Kevin Cathey
You should not under any circumstances modify a XIB file outside of IB. Kevin On 24 Jun 2009, at 16:10, WT wrote: Hi Doug, I don't have any experience in designing and implementing IB plugins, but I thought I'd pass along an observation that has served me well on occasions when I needed t

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Kevin Cathey
Doug, Normally IB plugins are intended to provide ways to add custom views (objects) and matching inspectors to configure those views (objects) not so much intended to do what I think you are trying to use it for. It sounds like you should instead create a xib/nid that contains the shared objec

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Scott
On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Shawn Erickson wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Doug Scott wrote: The point is that the way IB seems to work today is static when it must become dynamic if developers are to be able to embed IBPlugins within each other in the way I've done, which I've

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Scott
On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:38 AM, Shawn Erickson wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Doug Scott wrote: Question: How can I automate the maintenance of embedded IBPlugins. Xcode Version 3.1.3 Interface Builder Version 3.1.2 (677) I have developed a small series of custom IBPlugin framework

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Doug Scott wrote: > The point is that the way IB seems to work today is static when it must > become dynamic if developers are to be able to embed IBPlugins within each > other in the way I've done, which I've found to be incredibly powerful and > useful. It is jus

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Doug Scott wrote: > Question: How can I automate the maintenance of embedded IBPlugins. > > Xcode Version 3.1.3 > Interface Builder Version 3.1.2 (677) > > I have developed a small series of custom IBPlugin framework projects, two > of which include other custom IBP

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Doug Scott
On Jun 25, 2009, at 12:46 AM, Alexander Spohr wrote: Am 25.06.2009 um 00:46 schrieb Doug Scott: I have developed a small series of custom IBPlugin framework projects, two of which include other custom IBPlugin objects. Here is a quick overview of the hierarchy. - IBPlugin-A: A view with a

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-25 Thread Alexander Spohr
Am 25.06.2009 um 00:46 schrieb Doug Scott: I have developed a small series of custom IBPlugin framework projects, two of which include other custom IBPlugin objects. Here is a quick overview of the hierarchy. - IBPlugin-A: A view with a custom API. - IBPlugin-B: A view which adds a set of c

Re: IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-24 Thread WT
Hi Doug, I don't have any experience in designing and implementing IB plugins, but I thought I'd pass along an observation that has served me well on occasions when I needed to make error-prone changes to many similar nib files (well, xib files, actually): xib files are xml files, so they

IBPlugin embedding question

2009-06-24 Thread Doug Scott
Question: How can I automate the maintenance of embedded IBPlugins. Xcode Version 3.1.3 Interface Builder Version 3.1.2 (677) I have developed a small series of custom IBPlugin framework projects, two of which include other custom IBPlugin objects. Here is a quick overview of the hierarchy.