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In article <1992Sep1.180445.9312@afs.com> greg@afs.com (Gregory H. Anderson)  
writes:
>>In article <1992Aug28.230458.23785@dvorak.amd.com>  
>>rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)) writes:
>>
>>>[stuff about calculator example not working in IB run mode]
>>> 
>>> Now wait a minute.  When you tell it to do a calculation you're
>>> actually making a method call (that you typed in in Controller.hm) ?
>>> How can InterfaceBuilder invoke a method that hasn't been compiled ?  
>>> Am I missing something here ?
>>> 
>>
>>No, you're not missing anything, you're absolutely right. However, there  
>>is a way around this. When you build a palette, you can include code for  
>>classes other than the actual palette View objects. Those classes become  
>>part of the runtime image of IB, and can be called from Run mode. In the  
>>extreme, you could make a palette that includes all of the classes from  
>>your application, load it into IB, and actually run your app inside IB!  
>>Cool, no?
>>
>>--
>>Gregory H. Anderson          | "We're very tolerant around here,
>>Benevolent Dictator-for-Life |  being only amateurs ourselves."
>>Anderson Financial Systems   | - Tortoise (Godel, Escher, Bach)
>>greg@afs.com  (Nextmail OK)  | 

Well...yea...I see your point.  But, now you've got more work than you started  
with - just to test (test being the keyword here) your interface.  Palettes are  
compiled (yes/no?).  What would really be cool is to have a runtime as powerful  
as SmallTalk's.  Just imagine - highlight a little Obj-C and "accept" and  
presto! -  A NeXTstep window magically appears in your screen...
--
Ronald Pomeroy (Objective-C\NeXTstep\SmallTalk\ObjectWorks neophyte)
Advanced Micro Devices
CAM Applications Group
rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com