Sorry. forgot something.
I should add this: I tried reading NSColorPanel from the file (it's a
NSString) and I WAS able to read that just fine.
I think it has something to do with NSKeyedArchive/NSKeyedUnarchiver
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Alex Wait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Indeed. Both the setters and getters are being called. I looked in the
> plist file for my app and I see "BgColor" and "LineColor"
> as values with a bunch of digits/hex for its value.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Thomas Mueller <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are the setters actually being called? Maybe the values are never
>> being stored in the defaults? Maybe have a look at the preferences
>> file for your app (in ~Library/Preferences) to see if anything is
>> stored in there. I guess you won't be able to see *which* color is
>> stored, though.
>>
>> Just an idea; I'm just a few chapters ahead of you, so I'm probably
>> wrong... :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> 2008/7/7 Alex Wait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> > I've been enjoying NSUserDefaults when going through the Hillegeass
>> book.
>> >
>> > I've decided to do a small app that has two colors it stores. I get
>> these
>> > colors from a colorwell via Preference Pane.
>> >
>> > I have bounded the values of the wells to backGroundWell and lineWell in
>> IB.
>> >
>> > I have the appropriately named methods. I know my bindings are ok
>> becuase if
>> > I just return [NSColor whiteColor] instead of the data
>> > from NSUserDefaults, they're yellow when I open the pane. so that's ok.
>> >
>> > I am pretty sure I'm getting a null from the defaults because the wells
>> are
>> > black. I have no "blackColor" in my project. Already searched for that.
>> ;)
>> >
>> > What am I doing wrong? I thought that NSUserDefaults was pretty
>> simple...
>> >
>> > Below are my getters and setters.
>> >
>> > -(NSColor*)backGroundWell
>> > {
>> >
>> > NSLog(@"called BGwell");
>> >
>> > NSUserDefaults* defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
>> > NSData* data = [defaults objectForKey:@"BGCOLOR"];
>> > NSColor* newColor = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data];
>> > NSLog(@"retrieved Color for BG is %@", newColor);
>> > //NSLog(@"%@",[NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data]);
>> > return [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data];
>> > }
>> > -(NSColor*)lineWell
>> > {
>> >
>> > NSUserDefaults* defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
>> > NSData* data = [defaults objectForKey:@"LINECOLOR"];
>> > return [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:data];
>> > }
>> >
>> > -(void)setBackGroundWell: (NSColor*)newColor
>> > {
>> > NSLog(@"New Color is %@", newColor);
>> > NSUserDefaults* defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
>> > NSColor* color = [backGroundWell color];
>> > NSData* colorData = [NSKeyedArchiver
>> archivedDataWithRootObject:color];
>> > [defaults setObject:colorData forKey:@"BGCOLOR"];
>> > NSLog(@"changing background color");
>> > }
>> > -(void)setLineWell: (NSColor*)newColor
>> > {
>> > NSLog(@"New Color is %@", newColor);
>> > NSUserDefaults* defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
>> > NSData* colorData = [NSKeyedArchiver
>> > archivedDataWithRootObject:[lineWell color] ];
>> > [defaults setObject:colorData forKey:@"LINECOLOR"];
>> > NSLog(@"changing line color");
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> >
>> > -------
>> > Below is my +(void) initialize method
>> >
>> > +(void) initialize
>> > {
>> >
>> > NSMutableDictionary* defaultValues = [NSMutableDictionary
>> dictionary];
>> >
>> > NSData* backgroundColorData = [NSKeyedArchiver
>> > archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor greenColor] ];
>> > NSData* lineColorData = [NSKeyedArchiver
>> > archivedDataWithRootObject:[NSColor whiteColor] ];
>> >
>> > [defaultValues setObject:backgroundColorData forKey:@"BGCOLOR"];
>> > [defaultValues setObject:lineColorData forKey:@"LINECOLOR"];
>> >
>> > [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
>> registerDefaults:defaultValues];
>> > NSLog(@"registered defaults %@", defaultValues);
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> >
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