Hi All,

Sorry for the bad subject line,

Need help with drawing (I have done some basic drawings in Cocoa)

Problem:
I have a View which in-turn has subviews(elements) e.g., chocolates ,balloons,roses , etc.,
These elements have complex drawings and are subclasses of NSView.

I place these elements on to the view with some gaps/space in between (exposed part of main view), so far good , but I am really stuck at a point where I have to draw a line/lines which connect all the like elements or something like that.

When I attempt to draw a line joining the elements , line is drawn then subViews are placed over it , but I want the other way around.

There should be something fundamental flaw or I am missing the big picture.
I know that drawRect: is called first and the subViews are placed.

How should make my code to work as Intended

Any help is appreciated
and I did go through the basic drawing concepts and Googled for something of my requirement

Thanks
~Rajesh


Code goes something like this:

- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect {
        //for now just draw a sample line diagonally.
                [[NSColor blackColor] set];
        NSBezierPath *sample = [NSBezierPath bezierPath];
        [sample moveToPoint:NSMakePoint(0,0)];
        [sample lineToPoint:NSMakePoint(500, 500)];
        [sample stroke];
}
- (void)layout {
        //NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
        // NSLog(@"layout poloMainView");
NSMutableArray *subviews = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[self subviews]];
        for( i = 0 ; i < (count - 1) ; i++)
        {
                Element *subview = [subviews objectAtIndex:i ];
                // do the placing of the view accordingly
        }
        
}

- (IBAction)addElement:(id)sender
{
Element *box = [[[Element alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0.0, 0.0, PAGEWIDTH, PAGEHEIGHT)] autorelease];

                [self addSubview:box];
        
        
    [self layout];
        
}
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