Make a button do something Xcode/interface builder

How can i make a button placed in interface builder do something

Well, that isn't much better - I am going to guess that your application is for Mac OS X in Objective-C. Since something like a button is pretty basic, you either need some help with Xcode, or a conversion from some other programming language you know, or both.
There is a basic button tutorial here that uses the older Xcode (there shouldn't be much difference), although you should look at getting Xcode 4.2 (free from the AppStore), since that is what is current.
I don't do much in Obj-C so I can't help with good books, but Apple has a few documents on its developer site that should get you started (although most of their documentation has moved on to Xcode 4.

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Hi.
I've got what's probably a stupid and easy question.
I have some AppleScript programs that I'd like to create custom interfaces for.
I've read about AppleScript Studio.
I've read that to create an Xcode project written in AppleScript, you can just select 'AppleScript Application' from the New Project window.
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I am sure its been brought up before. I would like to know if its possible to write Cocoa apps without Xcode, Interface Builder, or NIB files in general; another words, write Cocoa programs programmatically using ONLY Objective C. Before you ask me why I would want to do such a thing and that I am crazy, please hear me out.
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__mikem wrote:
I am sure its been brought up before.
I don't care. Your question isn't about learning how to program and learning via the iPhone SDK. I'll do anything I can for you
I would like to know if its possible to write Cocoa apps without Xcode, Interface Builder, or NIB files in general; another words, write Cocoa programs programmatically using ONLY Objective C.
Certainly. You can write command-line Cocoa apps. Xcode is just an IDE like Visual Studio.
Before you ask me why I would want to do such a thing and that I am crazy, please hear me out.
I come from a Win32 background, and my primary languages are C and C++. I am getting used to Objective C (though I wish I could use C++ to program in Cocoa). I picked up a copy of Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) by Aaron Hillegass, and have been trying to learn cocoa from it for the last few months. Basically, I am having big trouble wrapping my mind around cocoa via the very conceptual high level approach this book takes. I can not for the life of me begin to understand this whole making connections with interface builder.
You specifically asked to avoid the topic, but I'm sure there are several of us who are really tired of iPhone questions who would be happy to try our hand at explaining the User Interface architecture in Cocoa - if you want to try.
I do NOT plan to write production applications in cocoa by hand, but if I could just write a few trivial applications in cocoa by hand without interface builder or nib files, perhaps when I do use interface builder, I won't have such a hard time understanding whats going on.
You can write Objective-C programs using whatever editor and IDE/makefile you want. You can even work with all the non-UI parts of Cocoa to get a feel of how it works. Technically, you could write code using only Carbon and never use Objective-C, but that is really a dead-end.
A good idea might be start looking at doing writing MacOS X kernel extensions. You should still use Xcode, but only as an IDE. The code would all be C++ (or a subset thereof) with no user interface or NIB files. Realistically, that is probably harder than learning Interface Builder, but it is probably the most productive path available to you for developing MacOS X and avoiding Interface Builder.

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How can you make one button preform different actions in Xcode?

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Hi, I have been trying to use a QCView in one of my projects but I get a crash everytime. I tried loading the QuartzComposerChart sample application but if I compile the project I get a crash, it just seems to crash when it wants to but I was able to get it compiled if I didn't click on the .nib file. It seems to be related to interface builder anyway.
Adding a QCView to a new project results in a .xib file not being able to be saved I get this error
The document “MainMenu.xib” could not be autosaved. -[NSConcreteMapTable state]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x402d47420
Heres my crash log:
UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInvalidArgumentException): -[NSKeyValueUndefinedSetter state]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x4026f43a0
UserInfo: (null)
Hints: None
Backtrace:
0 0x00007fff8963726a __exceptionPreprocess (in CoreFoundation)
1 0x00007fff83bb2d5e objc_exception_throw (in libobjc.A.dylib)
2 0x00007fff896c34ce -[NSObject doesNotRecognizeSelector:] (in CoreFoundation)
3 0x00007fff89624133 ___forwarding___ (in CoreFoundation)
4 0x00007fff89623f48 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 (in CoreFoundation)
5 0x00007fff88c829b2 _PatchToComposition (in QuartzComposer)
6 0x00007fff88c5bd47 -[QCPatchController encodeWithCoder:] (in QuartzComposer)
7 0x00007fff8a60559d _encodeObject (in Foundation)
8 0x00007fff8dc72814 -[NSNibConnector encodeWithCoder:] (in AppKit)
9 0x00007fff8dc72599 -[NSNibBindingConnector encodeWithCoder:] (in AppKit)
10 0x00007fff8a60559d _encodeObject (in Foundation)
11 0x00007fff8a60678e -[NSKeyedArchiver _encodeArrayOfObjects:forKey:] (in Foundation)
12 0x00007fff8a606e56 -[NSArray(NSArray) encodeWithCoder:] (in Foundation)
13 0x00007fff8a60559d _encodeObject (in Foundation)
14 0x00007fff8dbe5ab7 -[NSIBObjectData encodeWithCoder:] (in AppKit)
15 0x00007fff8a60559d _encodeObject (in Foundation)
16 0x000000010aaf0938 -[IBCocoaDocument compiledKeyedObjectsData:] (in IDEInterfaceBuilderCocoaIntegration)
17 0x000000010aaf10e0 -[IBCocoaDocument fileWrapperOfType:error:] (in IDEInterfaceBuilderCocoaIntegration)
18 0x00007fff8db59801 -[NSDocument writeToURL:ofType:error:] (in AppKit)
19 0x000000010a681231 -[IBDocument writeToURL:ofType:error:] (in IDEInterfaceBuilderKit)
20 0x00007fff8db58769 -[NSDocument writeToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:originalContentsURL:error:] (in AppKit)
21 0x000000010a6846ff -[IBDocument writeToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:originalContentsURL:error:] (in IDEInterfaceBuilderKit)
22 0x00007fff8db58b68 -[NSDocument _writeSafelyToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:forceTemporaryDirectory:error:] (in AppKit)
23 0x00007fff8db4285d -[NSDocument _writeSafelyToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:error:] (in AppKit)
24 0x00007fff8db58911 -[NSDocument writeSafelyToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:error:] (in AppKit)
25 0x0000000107ad664a -[IDEEditorDocument writeSafelyToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:error:] (in IDEKit)
26 0x00007fff8db61ea7 __-[NSDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_8 (in AppKit)
27 0x00007fff8db61327 __-[NSDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_14 (in AppKit)
28 0x00007fff8db61c80 __-[NSDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_7 (in AppKit)
29 0x00007fff8a7a5a8d -[NSFileCoordinator(NSPrivate) _invokeAccessor:orDont:thenRelinquishAccessClaimForID:] (in Foundation)
30 0x00007fff8a7a8e65 -[NSFileCoordinator(NSPrivate) _coordinateReadingItemAtURL:options:writingItemAtURL:options:error:byAccessor:] (in Foundation)
31 0x00007fff8db5725c -[NSDocument _fileCoordinator:coordinateReadingContentsAndWritingItemAtURL:byAccessor:] (in AppKit)
32 0x00007fff8db45702 __-[NSDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_1 (in AppKit)
33 0x00007fff8db5ab75 -[NSDocument performAsynchronousFileAccessUsingBlock:] (in AppKit)
34 0x00007fff8db453af -[NSDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:] (in AppKit)
35 0x0000000107b8b66b -[IDEEditorDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:] (in IDEKit)
36 0x000000010a6811fd -[IBDocument saveToURL:ofType:forSaveOperation:completionHandler:] (in IDEInterfaceBuilderKit)
37 0x00007fff8db46d40 __-[NSDocument autosaveWithImplicitCancellability:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_1 (in AppKit)
38 0x00007fff8db40898 -[NSDocument continueFileAccessUsingBlock:] (in AppKit)
39 0x0000000107b898db -[IDEEditorDocument continueFileAccessUsingBlock:] (in IDEKit)
40 0x00007fff8db40cad __-[NSDocument performAsynchronousFileAccessUsingBlock:]_block_invoke_6 (in AppKit)
41 0x00007fff8db71333 __-[NSDocumentController(NSInternal) _onMainThreadInvokeWorker:]_block_invoke_3 (in AppKit)
42 0x00007fff882cc8ba _dispatch_call_block_and_release (in libdispatch.dylib)
43 0x00007fff882ce72a _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF (in libdispatch.dylib)
44 0x00007fff895cc4dc __CFRunLoopRun (in CoreFoundation)
45 0x00007fff895cbae6 CFRunLoopRunSpecific (in CoreFoundation)
46 0x00007fff8c1283d3 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode (in HIToolbox)
47 0x00007fff8c12f63d ReceiveNextEventCommon (in HIToolbox)
48 0x00007fff8c12f4ca BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode (in HIToolbox)
49 0x00007fff8d7a23f1 _DPSNextEvent (in AppKit)
50 0x00007fff8d7a1cf5 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] (in AppKit)
51 0x00007fff8d79e62d -[NSApplication run] (in AppKit)
52 0x00007fff8da1d80c NSApplicationMain (in AppKit)
53 0x0000000107165eec (in Xcode)
54 0x0000000000000002
This also happens when I try loading a composition into a QCView. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Ed

Glad you posted... I am getting similar messages in xcode 4.2.1
The document “MainMenu.xib” could not be saved. -[DVTFileSystemVNode state]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x40540f920
I didn't make the connection with QCView until I saw your post. I have several .xib in the project with QCViews and all of them have this same problem. .xib files without QCViews in them are fine.
However, my application does not crash, but runs fine. (The xib's and application were written with xcode 3.2, and I can't edit them now in 4.2.1, because I can't save them. )
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Thanks
Keith

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Generally speaking, you first need to properly specify items in your templates/code (*.m & *.h files) in Xcode and then they will show up when making connections in IB. Who/what/where/why depends on your specific code, naming conventions, etc.
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http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptua l/IB_UserGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html
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http://www.iphonesdkarticles.com/2008/07/first-iphone-application.html
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Hello,
I want to make a thing in Interface Builder so that when I click on the About "My Application" menu in the Menu Bar at the top a new window comes up.
What I did, was made a new window (HUB) then, deselected Visible at Launch. I did all the linking stuff with applescript and when I tested (Apple - R) it showed up! Any idea why and how to fix this problem?
Thanks!
P.S. My app is an AppleScript app
And also, if you can, how do you "export" your finished apps from Xcode?

bubblejelly wrote:
I want to make a thing in Interface Builder so that when I click on the About "My Application" menu in the Menu Bar at the top a new window comes up.
Umm, OK. But you should get an "About" window by default without having to do anything. Are you saying you want another window too, or a different window than the default one?
What I did, was made a new window (HUB) then, deselected Visible at Launch. I did all the linking stuff with applescript and when I tested (Apple - R) it showed up! Any idea why and how to fix this problem?
HUB? Not sure what that means.
Did you do the Apple-R in Xcode or in Interface Builder? "Test Interface" (or Apple-R) in Interface Builder is not the same as "Build and Run" (Apple-R) in Xcode. In IB if your "not visible" window is open when you do the Apple-R then it will also be open when the interface test is in progress. None of your AppleScript code gets executed when you're testing in IB.
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I'm need this very very much. Please help me, it can't be that hard, if it is possible.
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if you have a navigation controller do this: SecondViewCOntroller is the name to your .m (don't forget the import). SecondView is the name of your second View. You have to connect the function and the button in the xib file.
-(IBAction)press1
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[self.navigationController pushViewController: nOVC animeted:YES];
Look at an example in apple developper...
Perhaps it's not that because you learn during two months iOS and it's a beginner thing.

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