Thx for your help. I could play a little bit around with tm_dialog the last few days but there are still some things I don't get:

1. How do I pass default values to the elements of the nib file. I tried "tm_dialog -p {arguments.plist} my_nib_file.nib" in several variations but it always results in an error like

"2007-03-16 00:08:31.124 tm_dialog[4685] *** Uncaught exception: <NSInvalidArgumentException> [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.] *** -[NSCFString setObject:forKey:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x16718a0] Trace/BPT trap"

I also tried "tm_dialog -d..." but nothing seems to work.

2. Has anyone ever tried getting values from a NSTableView? How would I do that?

Dominik.

On Mar 12, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

On 12. Mar 2007, at 14:12, Dominik Gabi wrote:

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[...] I'm trying to reproduce the screencast about tm_dialog on my computer but somehow it doesn't work. Whenever I try to open a nib- file with "tm_dialog some_nib_file.nib" my shell is stalling but nothing else happens [...]

If you do not use -p (to hand it parameters) it will read them from stdin.

So press ⌃D to signal “end of input” and I think it will continue. Alternatively give it -p '{}' as argument.

Unfortunately I've never written something in ruby therefore I don't understand much of the code you've written. What I tried exactly is:

macbook:~/Desktop dominik$ PLIST=`cat args.plist` macbook:~/Desktop dominik$ echo $PLIST <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-// Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/ PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>debug</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>finalize</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>rootClass</key> <string>my root class</string> </dict> </plist>

Now what I tried macbook:~/Desktop dominik$ tm_dialog -p {$PLIST} MyNib.nib // This returns tm_dialog, usage page macbook:~/Desktop dominik$ tm_dialog -p $PLIST MyNib.nib // The same macbook:~/Desktop dominik$ tm_dialog -p args.plist MyNib.nib // I get the following error:

2007-03-16 01:09:10.776 tm_dialog[4827] *** Uncaught exception: <NSInvalidArgumentException> [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.] *** -[NSCFString setObject:forKey:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x16a5c80] Trace/BPT trap

macbook:~/Desktop dominik$ tm_dialog -p {args.plist} MyNib.nib // The window opens, no error, but the checkboxes aren't checked and my textfield is empty.

Is it wrong to assume, that if I get the values from the nib correctly, it should work the other way around as well!? Maybe I missed a setting in IB?

Dominik

On Mar 16, 2007, at 12:47 AM, Henrik Nyh wrote:

Dominik Gabi wrote:

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Thx for your help. I could play a little bit around with tm_dialog the last few days but there are still some things I don't get:

1. How do I pass default values to the elements of the nib file. I

tried "tm_dialog -p {arguments.plist} my_nib_file.nib" in several variations but it always results in an error like

Assuming Ruby:

require "#{ENV['TM_SUPPORT_PATH']}/lib/escape" require "#{ENV['TM_SUPPORT_PATH']}/lib/osx/plist"

to get methods for e.g. shell escaping and plist stuff, respectively. Then you could write code like

defaults = {"key" => "value", "key2" => "value2"} response = `$DIALOG -p #{e_sh defaults.to_plist} #{e_sh "#{ENV ['TM_BUNDLE_SUPPORT']}/nib/SomeDialog.nib"}` response_hash = PropertyList::load(response) puts "key2 is now #{response_hash["key2"]}!"

I believe the hash must have string keys, not symbol keys. e_sh() escapes for the shell.