Coming from a Flex/Flash background I will have to say that there is
BIG differences between ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0. AS 3.0 is a powerful
OOP language and AS 2.0 is not. That being said, the same object
oriented principles do apply in ActionScript 3.0 the same as Obj-C and
the Cocoa Frame
Hi Graham!
On 10/28/08, Graham Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FWIW, I tried to do some coding in Actionscript a few years ago after
> being immersed in C++ for many years and then Objective-C/Cocoa for a
> few years. To say that it was an exercise in utter frustration is an
> understatement. [.
On 28 Oct 2008, at 2:30 pm, john fogg wrote:
I come from coding in Actionscript (Flash) and there things are
apparently quite different.
FWIW, I tried to do some coding in Actionscript a few years ago after
being immersed in C++ for many years and then Objective-C/Cocoa for a
few years.
Hi Ken!
Thank you for your long answer! It cleared up a lot of things for me.
I come from coding in Actionscript (Flash) and there things are
apparently quite different.
Is it true that all instances I create live in memory on the same
level? That they are all somehow equal? And that all relation
Ken Thomases wrote me off-list. I don't know if this was deliberate (I
guess not) but I'd rather not quote his mail here without his consent.
Anyways the problem is fixed and I understand it all a whole lot
better now. Big thanks to everybody and esp. Ken. You all are very
nice people!!
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On Oct 27, 2008, at 9:35 PM, john fogg wrote:
Here is the deal: I create a subobject called "mySubObject" inside my
main object "myMainObject". Now I want to access "myMainObject" from
within "mySubObject".
Your terminology is a bit hard to follow. Part of the problem is that
object's don't
I'm new to objective-C and cocoa also, I I don't know the answer to your
specific question about "self". However, seems that one way to do it would
be to have the init of mySubObject have an initializer with argument, and
you would then create it something like this:
SubObject * mySubObject = [[S
On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:35 PM, john fogg wrote:
Inside "mySubObject" I cannot access this by writing
[pointerToMainObject doMethod];
but it works when I write
[self.pointerToMainObject doMethod];
Why? What difference does "self" make here?
Because the latter accesses the property of
Hi again!
I'm still plucking along and any help is still greatly appreciated!
Here is the deal: I create a subobject called "mySubObject" inside my
main object "myMainObject". Now I want to access "myMainObject" from
within "mySubObject".
I'm still not sure what the ideal way to do this would be
Am 27.10.2008 um 03:20 Uhr schrieb john fogg:
And how do I do this with my main application delegate? I want to call
it from wherever I am.
That one is already stored by your NSApplication object:
[NSApp delegate]
NSApp is a predeclared global variable that holds the current
NSApplicatio
Hi again!
I feel like I'm getting there. Though any help is still greatly appreciated!
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:58 AM, john fogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Or do I have to populate the variable once I created the object?
It does work! I create the "secondSubObject" inside my
"secondMainObjec
Hi again!
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:20 AM, john fogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK I did that. But as far as I can tell I now have an empty variable
> named "secondMainObject" located in "secondSubObject". How do I store
> the reference to "secondMainObject" in the variable?
Or do I have to po
Hi again!
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Nick Zitzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Use accessors. In secondSubObject, create an @property(assign)
> SecondMainObject *secondMainObject; so that you can call methods in
> secondMainObjct from secondSubObject.
OK I did that. But as far as I can t
On 27 Oct 2008, at 8:11 am, john fogg wrote:
Does this apply even if I create my UI programatically?
It applies as much as you want it to apply... by which I mean you are
free to make a big ol' mess if you wish! But the MVC pattern keeps
things sanely organised and should generally be fol
On Oct 26, 2008, at 2:59 PM, john fogg wrote:
When I'm inside "secondSubObject" how can I alter a variable in
"secondMainObject"?
Use accessors. In secondSubObject, create an @property(assign)
SecondMainObject *secondMainObject; so that you can call methods in
secondMainObjct from secondS
Hi again!
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Ken Thomases <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...] Does that help?
Oh man, that helped a lot!! Thank you!
Does this apply even if I create my UI programatically? I lay out all
my interface elements with code and not in Interface Builder.
On Oct 26, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Nathan Kinsinger wrote:
On Oct 26, 2008, at 2:05 PM, john fogg wrote:
Hi again!
Thank you everybody for your answers.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Andy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know Actionscript but it looks like it has a global
dictionary of
Hi again! And thank you for your kind help!!
Let me rephrase my question. I create two objects: "fistMainObject"
and "secondMainObject". Inside the second I create another object
called "secondSubObject".
When I'm inside "secondSubObject" how can I alter a variable in
"secondMainObject"?
And how
On Oct 26, 2008, at 2:05 PM, john fogg wrote:
Hi again!
Thank you everybody for your answers.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Andy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't know Actionscript but it looks like it has a global
dictionary of
objects that you can reference by name. There is noth
Hi again!
Thank you everybody for your answers.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Andy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know Actionscript but it looks like it has a global dictionary of
> objects that you can reference by name. There is nothing like "_root" in
> Objective-C.
I see, this
On Oct 25, 2008, at 1:20 PM, john fogg wrote:
If this helps: In Actionscript I'd write
"_root.myObjectName.myFunctionName" and be set. Is there a way to
access objects like this in Objective-C?
I don't know Actionscript but it looks like it has a global dictionary
of objects that you can refe
On Oct 25, 2008, at 11:20 AM, john fogg wrote:
I create a Button and in the course of that I set a "target:" and an
"action:". Unlike any and all of the examples I found on the web and
on Apple's site I don't want the message sent to my current object, so
I don't want "target:self" but another
Hi there!
I'm stuck with Objective-C but then again I'm new to this. I searched
the web for the last two days but maybe I'm looking in the wrong
direction?
I create a Button and in the course of that I set a "target:" and an
"action:". Unlike any and all of the examples I found on the web and
on
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