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From: adonis1@nwnexus.WA.COM (Adonis Corporation )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Custom Controls and Interface Builder
Keywords: custom controls interface builder
Message-ID: <472@nwnexus.WA.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 91 21:05:45 GMT
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.; Seattle, WA
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I want to create a custom control which is comprised of a group
of conventional controls interacting in a designed way.  I have
written code for a single object which coordinates the interaction
between the controls.  I want to use Interface Builder to connect
the controls and this object via outlets and actions.  Then I want 
to build a palette from it all for use in other apps.

The problem is that Interface Builder does not transfer the connections that 
I specify into other apps.  The custom control appears fine, but without 
any apparent connections between sub-controls or their controlling object.

I've tried two methods, one is to make the controlling object be the
File Owner.  The other was to make one of the controls be a custom
view with the class of the controlling object.  Neither method worked.

How does one do this?  Is there documentation somewhere (the only
thing I've found was in the 2.0 Release Notes which don't address the
type of problem I have).


Thankyou for any assistance.

Doug Kent
Independent Next Developer
adonis1@nwnexus.wa.com


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