Toolbar-Button / cannot connect to IBAction-method in controller

[paul84]

Hello all,

I am sure this it is a simple case, but still I got a serious problem with that.

I intend to use the buttons of a toolbar for navigating within my App. Every screen has different toolbar-buttons (representing different navigation-targets), therefore I created a "Window-Based Application" with several NIB's. Each of them containing its own toolbar and toolbar-buttons.

The problem is: I cannot connect the selector of the toolbar-button with the IBAction-method of my controller (which is the File's Owner). Interface Builder simply doesnt accept dragging from the toolbar-button to the File's Owner.

The funny thing about it:

1. I could drag from the toolbar-button to the First Responder, and connect the selector of the toolbar-button to the defined IBAction-method. But the method will not be executed withing the controller-class.
2. I am sure it should works, since I have another sample-application (called QuartzFun), in which I can drag from toolbar-buttons to the IBAction-methods within the File's Owner controller-class. This project was created from a "View-Based Application", having another controller in the MainWindow.xib (but I dont know why ).

Therefore I am pretty sure, it is something about the "First Responder"-concept, I havent fully understood.

Any help, will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

[paul84]

I dont get it. Now that I have several NIB's, I cannot connect any IBOutlet or IBAction respectively to my File's Owner (controller) anymore.

I workarounded it by correcting the ref-ID's in the underlying XML-file with a text editor manually. I cannot drag and drop to/from the File's Owner, but it works if I correct the ref-ID's in the XML, which will become a hard workaround, if program-complexity increases.

I have a serious problem with that ... has anyone experienced something similiar before???