How do you set a textfields text?

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I was wondering how do you set a textfields text in XCode Objective - C.

Xcode is an IDE, objective-c is a language. Are you developing for iOS or OS X? — jrturton, Nov 25 '12 at 07:57

Anoop Vaidya · Answer 1 · 2013-09-26T13:36:37.780

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[myTextField setStringValue: @"a string or an NSString object"];

edited Sep 26 '13 at 13:36

answered Nov 25 '12 at 07:56

Anoop Vaidya

That's not the right method. – rmaddy Nov 25 '12 at 07:57
It didnt work, just did nothing, could you give an example? – HamishClaxton Nov 25 '12 at 08:00
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@HamishClaxton Have you connected to the outlet to .h file with outlet named myTextField ? – Anoop Vaidya Nov 25 '12 at 08:00
Im working on OSX not for iOS. – HamishClaxton Nov 25 '12 at 08:01
How do you connect them? – HamishClaxton Nov 25 '12 at 08:02
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@AnoopVaidya Sorry, my comment was based on iOS. Now that we know the question is about OS X - I don't know. – rmaddy Nov 25 '12 at 08:05
if you r using xcode4, ctrl+drag from NSTextField to ur appdeletage (the default one) and give outlet name myTextField. It will connect. – Anoop Vaidya Nov 25 '12 at 08:05
Oh ok, So that will work for OS X? – HamishClaxton Nov 25 '12 at 08:06
or read some tutorials, its very easy... – Anoop Vaidya Nov 25 '12 at 08:07
I have tried to find as much information as I can, still don't really get it. – HamishClaxton Nov 25 '12 at 08:08
read Aaron Hillegas book on cocoa, or u can find so many videos on youtube or lynda's check them – Anoop Vaidya Nov 25 '12 at 08:09
setStringValue: is the way to do it. You should make sure your outlet is being set properly. (In the debugger, make sure your textfield variable is not null.) – Mohammad Rabi Nov 25 '12 at 08:29
Ok, how do I make sure my outlet is being set properly – HamishClaxton Nov 25 '12 at 08:33

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