Change GUI with interface builder

i am not a real geek - but i have just written a little app with applescript and i have used interface builder to visaulize it!!!
my question is, how can i get my custom images to be used by the app, rather than the default "brushed" look?
thanks,
max

Ashish,
It's a known problem with IB. For now, you are better off by creating the table view in code. IB is still buggy.

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2 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x0000000103a2d538 IBReleaseIsWildcat + 724
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(null)
Exception infonull)

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1 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x000000010383be9f IBAskClassInTargetRuntimeForValueForKeyPathUsingResultMarshallerWithContext + 147
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4 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x00000001038b357b IBReleaseIsWildcat + 791
5 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x00000001038389f9 IBReplaceClassNamePrefixWith + 1588
6 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x000000010383c82e IBBuildMarshalledDescriptionOfDocument + 2093
7 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x0000000103836515 IBBestTargetRuntimeForConversionFromTargetRuntime + 18393
8 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x0000000103831cad IBUISegmentConfiguration + 2784
9 ibtool 0x000000010000829f
10 ibtool 0x0000000100006e0c
11 ibtool 0x0000000100003161
12 ibtool 0x0000000100001dbc
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1 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x00000001038b3963 IBReleaseIsWildcat + 1791
2 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x00000001038b3538 IBReleaseIsWildcat + 724
3 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x00000001038b357b IBReleaseIsWildcat + 791
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5 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x000000010383c82e IBBuildMarshalledDescriptionOfDocument + 2093
6 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x0000000103836515 IBBestTargetRuntimeForConversionFromTargetRuntime + 18393
7 IBCocoaTouchPlugin 0x0000000103831cad IBUISegmentConfiguration + 2784
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10 ibtool 0x0000000100003161
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Exception reason: Interface Builder encountered an error communicating with the iPhone Simulator. "Interface Builder Cocoa Touch Tool" (1431) failed to launch and exited with status 11. Please check Console.app for crash reports for "Interface Builder Cocoa Touch Tool" for further information.
Exception backtrace:
(null)
Exception info:(null)
/* com.apple.ibtool.errors */
/Users/myusername/Development/iTennis/MainWindow.xib: error: ibtool failed with exception: Interface Builder encountered an error communicating with the iPhone Simulator. If you choose to file a crash report or radar for this issue, please check Console.app for crash reports for "Interface Builder Cocoa Touch Tool" and include their content in your crash report.
Failed to determine the value for systemColors of UIColor.
Exception name: IBAssertionFailure
Exception reason: Interface Builder encountered an error communicating with the iPhone Simulator. "Interface Builder Cocoa Touch Tool" (1431) failed to launch and exited with status 11. Please check Console.app for crash reports for "Interface Builder Cocoa Touch Tool" for further information.
Exception backtrace:
(null)
Exception info:(null)

Interface Builder: Problems with selecting items?

Hello, does someone else have experience with IB selection problems?
I did the following:
-Created a textured window
-Dragged a toolbar into it
-Dragged a NSScrollView into the textured window
-Gave the NSScrollView a white background
-Scaled the NSScrollView so that it extended to the edges of the window
-Dragged 4xCheckboxes into the NSScrollView
After this I had major problems in selecting any of the Checkboxes. It seemed like if I moved the mouse around a bit and kept clicking, then in some point I was able to get the checkbox selected. However this happened only after 5-30 clicks. Also the scaling controls of the checkboxes were almost impossible to find and to use.
Is there a button or a checkbox in the IB configuration, or a keyboard key or something in the IB that would make selecting things a bit easier. Or am I just doing something wrong?

Interface Builder is pretty buggy to begin with, so that is always going to be a hassle. You normally have to double-click inside scroll views to get to the actual contained items. Also, you can drill down through the scroll view in the object window in tree view and select the checkbox itself.

Can I upload apps made with xcode Interface Builder to the App Store

Like my title says Can I upload apps made with xcode Interface Builder to the App Store? I'm currently making an app with the interface builder from xcode and I was wondering if I could upload it like that to the App Store.
Please help me with this.

Hi seba,
In order to be able to submit apps to the App Store, you need these things:
1. An Apple ID
2. Join the Mac developer program ($99) https://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/
Once you've got these, you're free to submit your created applications to the App Store. It should walk you through the process

Load Class in Interface Builder 3

Hello,
i am trying to get started with Cocoa after having worked a while with Xcode & smaller AppleScript based projects.
As my idea was to create a menubar-based (NSStatusItem) service app for myself i started with this tutorial:
http://files.semaja2.net/NSStatusItem%20-%20ObjC.html
Unfortunaly it seems like there was a change in Interface Builder regarding loading Classes from Version 2 to IB version 3
The tutorial tells me to (about the middle of the tutorial):
Rename the “NSMenu1” to “StatusItem”, following this in “Interface Builder” >>choose from the menu “Classes > Read Files..” now select the AppController.h >>file, Once the file has been read it should change out project view to “Classes” >>from here find the AppController item and right click on it and select >>“Instantiate AppController”:
I was able to follow the tutorial until there without problems but it looks like the Classes-Tab is gone in IB 3.x.
So i feel somehow unable to finish this small tutorial.
how would i do this step in Interface Builder 3.x ?
Any help is heavily appreciated.
Best regards
fidel

fidel-castro wrote:
I was able to follow the tutorial until there without problems but it looks like the Classes-Tab is gone in IB 3.x.
So i feel somehow unable to finish this small tutorial.
how would i do this step in Interface Builder 3.x ?
You're right, this has changed. I'm currently using IB 3.1.1 but I believe the changes appeared in IB 3.
Once you've done the "Read class files" and selected your AppController.h file IB should know about your class.
In order to instantiate your AppController in IB first go to the Library window and find the "NSObject" (it will appear as a blue cube). Drag one of these NSObject's from the Library window and drop it into your MainMenu.xib window along with the other icons that appear there (File's Owner, First Responder, Application... etc).
Now you will have created an instance of an NSObject in your MainMenu.xib file. And, since your AppController class is a subclass of NSObject (and IB knows this since you've had it read in your AppController.h file) you can now change this NSObject instance into an instance of your AppController.
Select the NSObject icon in the MainMenu.xib window then go to IB's Inspector window and click on the next to last icon in the top tool bar. This should change the Inspector window's title bar to say "Object Identity" and the Class Identity in the first text field should be set to NSObject. You should be able to type "AppController" into this field (or click the popup and it should show up in the popup list. Once you've done this it will transform the NSObject instance into an AppController instance.
You'll see another slight difference between IB 3.x and the tutorial when you do the <Control>-Drag between items to connect up the outlets and actions. Instead of finalizing the connections in the Inspector window like the tutorial says you'll get a small popup window right next to the item you're connecting to that will list the available outlets/actions you can connect to. Simply click the one you want. You can still double-check your connections in the inspector window though.
Steve

How to instantiate a control in code instead of using Interface Builder ?

I really appreciate the combination of the interface builder and Xcode altogether.
However when I am learning QT, I realize I had been pampered by Apple's Design to a certain extend as I only need to create say a NSLabel instance and use Interface Builder to do the linking and never have to worry about instantiating the Object myself.
But I'm curious, what is the way to instantiate a new hmmm say...NSLabel in the code ?
NSLabel* label = new NSLabel();
Then what ?
What you are seeing here is how QT did it, could anyone create an equivalent in ObjC ? No fancy code please, just bare minimum.
#include <QApplication>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QLabel>
int main (int argc, char * argv [ ])
QApplication app(argc, argv); //NSApplication in ObjC
//These two lines merely created a window and set the title bar text.
QWidget* window = new QWidget();
window->setWindowTitle("Hello World");
QLabel* label = new QLabel(window);//Create a label and inform the it belongs to window.
label->setText("Hello World");
window->show();
return app.exec();
Message was edited by: Bracer Jack

Hi Jack -
I think my best answer will be something of a disappointment, because I don't know how to show a one-to-one correspondence between the code you're working with and a Cocoa program. The main function of a Cocoa GUI program for OS X will look something like this:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
return NSApplicationMain(argc, (const char **) argv);
As you commented, we could draw a correspondence between the first statements, but after that the functionality of the Cocoa program is going to be spread out in a way that makes for a rather tedious comparison. The only way I know to answer your question in less than 5000 words, is to skip ahead to one of several points in the startup sequence where the programmer can intervene with custom code.
For example, a common way to get control would be to program a custom controller class and add an object of that class to the main nib file which is loaded during the startup sequence. By making a connection to the Application object in that nib file, the custom object could be made the delegate of the Application object, and if we then added a method named applicationDidFinishLaunching, our code would run as soon as the application's run loop was started.
Now I finally have enough context to directly answer your question, so here is the code to create a label and add it to the key window at launch time:
// MyAppController.m
#import "AppController.h"
@implementation AppController
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
NSLog(@"applicationDidFinishLaunching");
NSRect frameRect = NSMakeRect(150, 300, 150, 30);
NSTextField *label = [[NSTextField alloc] initWithFrame:frameRect];
[label setEditable:NO];
[label setStringValue:@"Hello World!"];
[label setFont:[NSFont labelFontOfSize:20]];
[label setAlignment:NSCenterTextAlignment];
NSView *contentView = [self.window contentView];
[contentView addSubview:label];
@end
If I needed to develop a worst case scenario for this thread, the next question would be, "Ok sure, but your code still needs a nib to start up. I want to see a Cocoa GUI program that doesn't require any nib".
It turns out that it's quite easy to build a simple iPhone app without any nib, but it's considerably more difficult for an OS X app. If anyone wants to see my nib-less iPhone code, I'll be happy to post it (I think I did post it here once before, and the response was underwhelming). But I've never attempted the much more difficult nib-less OS X app. Just in case you really want to go there, here's a blog that goes into the details: [http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/07/10/working-without-a-nib-part-5-open-re cent-menu>.
Hope some of the above is helpful!
- Ray

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