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Comment on Multiple Windows with Core Data by Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:34:44 +0000

Really great stuff. I’ve been mentally struggling with how to mix multiple window documents with Core Data… Hillegass just wasn’t helping me bring these things together as needed… and this tutorial was just the trick and perfectly explained. I get it now… Thanks!

Comment on Multiple Windows with Core Data by Todd

Todd — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:10:35 +0000

Thanks, Tim!!

Really great explanation.

Comment on Contact Details by admin

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:05:20 +0000

Hi Brian, please email me a copy of your project so far and I’ll take a look (zip up the entire directory containing the project and all code files–though you can safely remove the Build directory entirely if upload speed is a problem).

Is the problem that you aren’t able to make the connection from the delegate object to the text view inside Interface Builder, or that the connection is made but the text doesn’t appear?

I’ve just built a quick test project in Xcode 3.2.3 and the insertText: method seems to be working ok.
Thanks,
Tim

Comment on Contact Details by Brian McCarthy

Brian McCarthy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:44:43 +0000

Hi Tim, I would just like to reiterate what John Howe above has stated, your Beginning Mac Programming is an excellent book. I am reading four books on the go while studying Objective C and yours has to be the best because so far – up to Chapter 4 you have not lost me. So great. However, I am writing with a query In Chapter 4 I am doing the sample on textview and I have double checked all the hand written code and I am receiving a message entitled Issues because Interface 3.2 cannot cope with insert text. So everything succeeds but does not print out on the screen. I downloaded up to date SDK recently so I was wondering if you have any thoughts on this.

Comment on Multiple Managed Object Contexts with Core Data by Vadim Shpakovski

Vadim Shpakovski — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:33:02 +0000

Some techniques for Undo and Window controller management are just brilliant. Thanks for sharing them!

Comment on Contact Details by John E. Howe

John E. Howe — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:33:02 +0000

I just bought your book (Beginning Mac Programming) yesterday and must say that over the course of my 25 year IT career I have read MANY technical books and manuals and simply yours is one of the absolute best that I have ever read. The book is dead-on for the intended target of a brand new developer. Many writers are so far removed from what an entry-level person needs that they loose them early into their book. Most writers also use the book to prove to themselves and their peers how smart they are and almost appear to refuse to bring themselves down to the level or their audience.

I am half way through your book despite just purchasing it yesterday. I am very much enjoying the book and believe it to be worth every penny of the purchase price.

Thank you for writing such a Great Book.

- John E. Howe

Comment on Drag and Drop Rearranging in Table Views with Core Data by Metadata | Core Data Framework – z czym to się je?

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Comment on Drag and Drop Rearranging in Table Views with Core Data by Tobidobi

Tobidobi — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:51:32 +0000

Great article, Tim. Thank you!

Comment on Drag and Drop Rearranging in Table Views with Core Data by admin

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:35:06 +0000

Thanks, Glen; I now remember that I found the bug shortly after posting the code and completely forgot to update it.

Quite a lot going on recently, but normal service should be resumed again soon

Comment on Drag and Drop Rearranging in Table Views with Core Data by Glen Harding

Glen Harding — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:27:13 +0000

Thanks for this, it saved me a huge amount of time. But I had a small problem when moving items at the beginning of the table backwards. For example: an item at the start of the list with viewPosition=0, and moving it back to position 3 – where my table has 5 items in it.

This would cause the viewPosition sequence to skip a number – 0,1,2,4,5. This problem in turn actually stops you from dragging an item to the end of the table. In my case with 5 items, dragging the item to the end of the list in the table would only ever put it 2nd last.

The way I got around this was to make a simple change in tableView:acceptDrop

change

tempRow = row;
to
tempRow = row – 1;

Hope this helps anybody else experiencing this little problem.

But many thanks again for this post – can’t tell you how much work it saved