Let me re-phrase this to make it more clear. I have something like Mail. It receives "messages" and these get stored in a "master box".
I have dumbBoxes which are lists that the user can drag messages to. I also have smartBoxes that filter based on criteria. Right now, when the user clicks on a box (which are listed in a SourceView, I filter the array (smartBox) or load an array (dumbBox) as needed and display the items in a Table. This methodology prevents me from dynamically showing the message count in each box esp as new messages come in. When a new message comes in, I'd like it to show up in the master box but also be reflected in the count of the smartBoxes that it meets the criteria for. What is the best way to arrange my arrays and Array Controllers for all this to happen on the fly without having to refilter all the previous messages? Eg it does not seem efficient to call [myArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate] (or similar) on each smartBox after each new message come in... As I may receive 100 messages in a fairly short time span. I also really only want one copy of the data so if a user edits the message properties at all, it is reflected in all places where that message appears. Do I need a separate ArrayController for each box? If so where does it's contentArray come from? Keep in mind that after displaying the contents of a smartBox in a table (which might have 50 messages), there is a text field which needs to filter down this set of 50. So I have: MasterArray (500) (filter)-> smartBox (50) (filter)-> filtertext (10) Thanks, Trygve _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
