Re: Building a Setup Assistant

2008-06-28 Thread Richard Adams
I'm a relative newbie to cocoa but I found this interesting tidbit when looking at core animation - how to build a wizard dialog using core animation http://www.cimgf.com/2008/03/03/core-animation-tutorial-wizard-dialog-with-transitions/ I hope this helps Richard On Jun 28, 2008, at

Re: Building a Setup Assistant

2008-06-28 Thread Jens Alfke
On 28 Jun '08, at 2:15 PM, Christopher Keath wrote: 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? The best way to do an assistant UI is with an NSTabView. Put each step inside a separate tab, and

Re: Building a Setup Assistant

2008-06-28 Thread Andy Lee
On Jun 28, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: (Once you hide the tabs in IB, you may wonder how you get to the different views to edit their contents. If you select the tab view itself, its attributes inspector pane has a stepper control to select the different items. Or you can use the

RE: Building a Setup Assistant

2008-06-28 Thread Omar Qazi
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 The oreily book is really outdated.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:

Re: Building a Setup Assistant

2008-06-28 Thread David Wilson
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Andy Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And remember that the last tab you had open when you save the nib is the one that will be open when the nib is loaded. I often forget this when I go in to tweak something. Better yet, remember that there's an option in the

Re: Building a Setup Assistant

2008-06-28 Thread Andy Lee
On Jun 29, 2008, at 1:35 AM, David Wilson wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Andy Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And remember that the last tab you had open when you save the nib is the one that will be open when the nib is loaded. I often forget this when I go in to tweak something.