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- From: rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop))
- Subject: Re: array of id's ? Palette'ized objects
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.145413.20955@dvorak.amd.com>
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- Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
- References: <C1HrCt.M33@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 14:54:13 GMT
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- In article <C1HrCt.M33@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
- mcgowan@emerald.physics.utoronto.ca (Patrick McGowan) writes:
- >>Maybe this is a dumb question, but I'd like to be able to access an array
- >>of id's (outlets) so that I can access the one of my choice depending on a
- >>selection made at run time....in this case I am presented a range of
- >>operations to perform on some data. These operations are listed in a
- >>PopUp. It would be easiest to use the index of the selected item to access
- >>an array element rather than a hard name like calc1, calc2, calc3...etc.
- >>Am I missing something, or is this not a common type of problem?
- >>
- >>Also, can a non-view object be palette'ized for use in IB? I'd like to be
- >>able to hook up one of the above calc objects using IB. ie. drag one off a
- >>palette into the .nib Objects well (instantiate) for graphical connection
- >>to other objects.
- >>
- >>Thanks in advance.
-
- Sounds like a job for a List (as in the List class in the Appkit).
-
- As far as palette'izing objects goes...me thinks someone reciently uploaded an
- example of doing just that to sonata (something like ObjectPalette.tar.Z ??)
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