Re: loadNibSection return value

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From: chris Chris Larson
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 16:09

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Art Isbell writes
> 
> In article <BvrGB9.15x@oceania.com> chris@oceania.com writes:
> >The method:
> >
> >window = [NXApp loadNibSection:"NibFile.nib" owner:self];
> >
> >currently returns a window pointer to one of the windows in the nib section.  Does >  
>anyone  know if this is a stable "feature"?
> 
> I asked NeXT Support about this because the return value is used in one of
> their MiniExamples.  However, it isn't documented and if more than one window
> is in a nib, which id is returned is indeterminate (well, at least by us mere
> mortals :-)
> 
> So NeXT has recommended against using the return as the Window id because this
> behavior could change in the future.
> -- 

The one time that this is really usefull if if you have a nib file with one window in it.   
Then at run time, you can get a link to the window, without having to use IB to connect  
it up.  Much more dynamic.

Chris
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Chris Larson  <==>  chris@oceania.com  <==>  NeXT Mail is cool
Oceania Health Care Systems                      Palo Alto, CA
The Software Ranch                               Park City, UT

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