[MacRuby-devel] windowControllerDidLoadNib strangeness
Tom Jordan
viresh53 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 26 14:30:33 PST 2010
> The problem is in my code that uses the MRGraphics library..
> I removed that, but kept in all of the MRGraphics files, and required it,
> and windowControllerDidLoadNib is still working.
> So the MPGraphics files are compiling alright, but the code that uses it is
> somehow triggering an error.
>
I'm just providing it here in case someone has used it before.
I'm thinking that the problem is still with the graphics library,
since I just copied one of their examples and changed it to use my
variables and objects to draw.
> Probably by calling into the library it somehow breaks
> windowControllerDidLoadNib
> although I did a search for windowControllerDidLoadNib in the MRgraphics
> folder and it's not there..
>
>
> def drawRect(rect)
>
> @theSteps ? @theSteps : @theSteps = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
> 13, 14, 15, 16] # initial setup / default view values
>
> @theStartstep ? @theStartstep : @theStartstep = 1
>
> @theNumsteps ? @theNumsteps : @theNumsteps = 16
>
> dimensions = [CGRectGetWidth(rect), CGRectGetHeight(rect)] #
> MRGraphics setup code
>
> Canvas.for_current_context(:size => dimensions) do |c|
>
>
>
> stepboxes = Path.new # declare objects to be drawn
>
> highlightedRange = Path.new
>
> cursor = Path.new
>
>
>
> start = (@theStartstep-1)%16 # calculate highlighted range
>
> length = @theNumsteps
>
> if (start+length > 16)
>
> highlightedRange.rect( start*29, 0, ((16-start)*29)+4, 162 )
>
> highlightedRange.rect( 0, 0, (start+length-16)*29, 162 )
>
> else
>
> highlightedRange.rect( start*29, 0, length*29, 162 )
>
> end
>
>
>
> cursor.rect( (start*29)-1, 0, 1, 162) # calculate location of the
> vertical cursor
>
>
>
> @theSteps.each_with_index do |k, i| # calculate locations of the
> 16 step-boxes
>
> stepboxes.rect( i*29, k*9, 29, 9 )
>
> end
>
>
>
> c.background(Color.gray) # paint background
>
>
>
> c.fill(Color.blue) # paint highlighted range
>
> c.draw(highlightedRange)
>
>
>
> c.fill(Color.yellow) # draw step-boxes
>
> c.stroke(0)
>
> c.stroke_width(1)
>
> c.draw(stepboxes)
>
>
>
> c.fill(Color.black) # draw cursor
>
> c.stroke_width(0)
>
> c.draw(cursor)
>
>
>
> end
>
> end
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Tom Jordan <viresh53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm having some trouble bringing in the old nib to the newly working
>> project,
>> so I went back to the old project and removed the MRGraphics code..
>> windowControllerDidLoadNib is now working right in the original project..
>> I hope there is a way to still use the MRGraphics library..
>> I'm going to submit an issue at its Github site..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Tom Jordan <viresh53 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Guys ! I just created a new project and it worked.. Now I'm
>>> going to bring in my files from the other project and see if I can find
>>> where it breaks..
>>> I'm also using the MRGraphics library at:
>>> https://github.com/mattetti/macruby_graphics
>>>
>>> It works great to quickly get a custom graphics view going, although I
>>> have noticed some strangeness with IB..
>>> in that whenever I add new widgets to the top level (and only) nib,
>>> I need to delete the custom view that has the MRgraphics, and repaste it
>>> back in, and reconnect it,
>>> or else the newly added widgets won't show up in the build (until you
>>> mouse over to where they're supposed to be and click..
>>> in which case they will appear (sometimes partially if it's a matrix, for
>>> example), and even then they won't function right).
>>>
>>> It drove me crazy until I found out that deleting the custom view and
>>> repasting it worked.. although I don't know what I'm going to do
>>> once I need to have more than one custom view and keep adding widgets,
>>> etc.. I just wanted to mention this in case
>>> anyone has seen this before.
>>>
>>> I'm running 10.6 on a Mac Pro.. which I believe it's 64-bit..
>>> I need to get a Github account or something so that I can post a full
>>> project if need be..
>>>
>>> This is a great resource, I appreciate the help.. thanks !
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Tom Jordan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Laurent Sansonetti <
>>> lsansonetti at apple.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> I just created a sample NSDocument-based project, and added
>>>> a windowControllerDidLoadNib: method to the NSDocument class, calling super
>>>> as you do, and everything worked as expected.
>>>>
>>>> Could you try that and see if you still see the problem? Also, do you
>>>> run a 32-bit machine?
>>>>
>>>> Laurent
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 25, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Tom Jordan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm encountering some weird behavior when trying to update a view using
>>>>
>>>> When I provide windowControllerDidLoadNib a single argument, as shown
>>>> below (and required by the NSDocument class definition and in every example
>>>> I've seen),
>>>> Xcode says: `windowControllerDidLoadNib:': wrong number of arguments (1
>>>> for 0) (ArgumentError)
>>>> If I don't provide any argument, it says: undefined method
>>>> `windowControllerDidLoadNib' for #<MyDocument:0x200646660> (NoMethodError)
>>>> I've tried every combination of one or no args for both the method
>>>> signature and "super" call on the next line, and I can't seem to get any
>>>> different results.
>>>> This is my first time trying to get persistence going, but I've read a
>>>> lot about it, and everything else is working well.. it saves and loads, but
>>>> I can't seem to get this hook
>>>> working to update the GUI upon loading.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> class MyDocument < NSDocument
>>>>
>>>> attr_accessor :loadedmodel, :root #outlet to model field of controller
>>>>
>>>> # Name of nib containing document window
>>>> def windowNibName
>>>> 'MyDocument'
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> # Document data representation for saving (return NSData)
>>>> def dataOfType(type, error:outError)
>>>> outError.assign(NSError.errorWithDomain(NSOSStatusErrorDomain,
>>>> code:-4, userInfo:nil))
>>>> NSKeyedArchiver.archivedDataWithRootObject(@root.model)
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> # Read document from data (return non-nil on success)
>>>> def readFromData(data, ofType:type, error:outError)
>>>> outError.assign(NSError.errorWithDomain(NSOSStatusErrorDomain,
>>>> code:-4, userInfo:nil))
>>>> @loadedmodel = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithData(data)
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> # Return lowercase 'untitled', to comply with HIG
>>>> def displayName
>>>> fileURL ? super : super.sub(/^[[:upper:]]/) {|s| s.downcase}
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> def windowControllerDidLoadNib(aController)
>>>> super(aController)
>>>> @root.model = @loadedmodel
>>>> NSLog("model loaded")
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> end
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Tom Jordan
>>>>
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