Nib file loading problem

Question

Newbie working from a Utility Application template provided by Xcode--
ResultsViewController *viewController = [[ResultsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ResultsView" bundle:nil];
self.resultsViewController = viewController;
[viewController release];
UIView *foo = self.resultsViewController.view; // workaround
self.infoButton = self.resultsViewController.iButton;
iButton is an IBOutlet property in ResultsViewController. The associated button is a subview of the view contained in the nib file owned by ResultsViewController.
If the workaround statement is removed, iButton == 0 when the last statement is reached. Why? Or, what should I be doing in place of the workaround to initialize the IBOutlet property?

Answer 1

The point of IBOutlet is to hook them up in Interface Builder. Cntrl-click on the view controller and drag to the button. Select it in the list.
Now when you load the xib it will be filled in.
Note that the view won't be loaded until it is accessed, that's why you're workaround is required or an access to the view if it's not set to autoload.