Cocoa bindings is Apple’s implementation of the Model-View-Controller design pattern for Mac OS X applications. It provides technologies that automate the synchronisation of domain data and the user interface elements that present them.
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Binding a table column containing NSPopUpButtons
I've got a table one column of which uses an NSPopUpButtonCell. Try as I might, I can't seem to figure out the way to properly bind everything the way I want it. Here's what I'm trying to do:
I have an NSArrayController plucking items from a managed…

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tried to change the NSArrayController selectIndex programmatically, won't work
I have a question regarding the cocoa binding.
I have a xib file, inside this xib file (named AddInformation.xib), I have added a array controller. I have bound the array to one of my NSMutableArray.
I have also set an IBOutlet for this array…

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Interface Builder for Dummies: how to set the action of my button to "selectNext"?
I am in "the Binding Inspector" of my button, but I don't know how to put the right information.
I guess I have to enter information only for "Target" (not for Argument
I bind it to "Array Controller"
But then ? I have the choice between four…

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How to bind a property to an external controller?
I work with the SDK 10.6, with Xcode 4.2.
I want to bind a "property" to a controller that exists "out of my nib". How could I do :
with Interface Builder ?
without it ?
More precisely, I want to bind the enabled property of a NSButton to an…

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cocoa bindings - [NSArrayController removeObjects] doesn't really delete objects from database, but it doesn't show it again
I'm working on a data-driven iOS app.
I've finished a helper mac os app with core data&cocoa Bindings to prepare data to preload on the iOS app.
Suddenly on using the pre-loaded .sqldata file, I found empty objects.
I was using NSArrayController's…

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Changing value of checkbox with bindings
I have a model with a boolean value and 3 strings. I have a UI that has a checkbox and 3 text fields.
The UI elements are all bound to the values in the model using Interface Builder. I'm also using a method on the model to enable and disable the…

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What does "key contains $value" mean?
I have an NSSearchField bound to an NSDictionaryController. In my search field's predicate format, I have a code like this key contains $value and what does it mean? What other alternatives are there for the predicate format (lines of code)? Thanks!

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Cocoa - Bindings - Tableview - How to calculate sum of columns
Let's say I have an Entity named Values and it has three attributes: A, B and SUM.
I have a tableview where Column A and Column B is bound to the attributes A and B. The user can change the values of the first to columns (A,B) but not the third…

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Sorting order in NSTableView
I have a list of data which I am able to sort by clicking on the column header. The only problem is that it displays like:
10A
11A
12A
1A
2A
3A
etc...
Where ideally, I would like it to be sorted like:
1A
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
7A
8A
9A
10A
11A
etc...
Is…

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NSTextField does not update calculated property using Core Data bindings
New to SO; my first question:
Re: Core Data, document based app using bindings:
I have an NSTableView bound to an NSArrayController, bound to an entity, LineItem, with several columns bound to the following LineItem attributes/properties: amount,…

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full text searching in managed object context and core data
I am building a notes-like application. It has a NStableview displaying all notes' titles, and a NStextview displaying the plain text of the selected note. I am using bindings and core data. I want to have a search feature:
1. the tableview only…

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Core Data: Transformable Attribute's property not being updated
I have a CoreData model which has a non-standard attribute as a member. So I have a subclass of NSValueTransformer to convert the object to NSData and back. This member has 2 properties of type NSNumber... max and min. I implement them with…

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Cocoa core data self referential interface builder question
I'm having trouble understanding how to get the following working in interface builder.
I've created a Core Data model class "Person" that has a number of attributes (first name, surname, etc.) and a relationship to other persons…

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Load image from file - save in core data - show image with bindings
I would like to load images from disk and add them to core data. I have an attribute set as transformable.
I would like to get directions on how I should read the images and then add them to the entity. Later I would like to show the image in an…

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Why is my NSTextField not responding to setStringValue?
I have an object which is hooked up to interface builder (one of the little blue boxes down the left hand side (Xcode 4.5.2) and I have created bindings to an NSTextField as I am used to doing. I have also synthesised the text field in the main file…

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