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From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 0.9 Interface Builder vs. Application Kit
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Date: 26 Jun 89 14:42:33 GMT
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In article <10255@polya.Stanford.EDU> aozer@NeXT.com (Ali Ozer) writes:
>In article <130003@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes:
>>Can PopUpLists be used in the IB?
>
>Not directly; the best way to use PopUpLists through IB is to create
>a button and use NXAttachPopUpList() at runtime (a good way to do this
>might be to make the button an outlet of something and attach the
>PopUpList in the setOutletName: method).

Ali, NXAttachPopUpList() has a serious deficiency that makes it
difficult for a programer trying to work around the lack of IB support
for PopUpLists.  It requires a Button, and will not accept a
ButtonCell.  This is alright if you have a standalone button, but if
you have a Matrix of buttons, the outlet will give you a ButtonCell.

Of course, I've never reconciled myself to the existance of Cells; as
far as I can tell they exist only because Matrix was poorly designed.

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