Cocoa : Custom TableView cell? - macos

Question

I am not really familiar with tables, as I usually make games, but now I want to create a level builder where I need a table view with custom cells. I have created a nib file and I have subclassed NSTableCellView, but I don't know what to do next. All I have is:
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification{
NSScrollView * tableContainer = [[NSScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(self.window.frame.size.width-TABLEWIDTH, 0, TABLEWIDTH, self.window.frame.size.height)];
SpriteTable *sT = [[SpriteTable alloc]initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(self.window.frame.size.width-TABLEWIDTH, 0, TABLEWIDTH, self.window.frame.size.height)];
NSTableView *tableView = [[NSTableView alloc] initWithFrame: sT.bounds];
NSTableColumn* firstColumn = [[[NSTableColumn alloc] initWithIdentifier:#"firstColumn"] autorelease];
[[firstColumn headerCell] setStringValue:#"First Column"];
[tableView addTableColumn:firstColumn];
tableView.dataSource = self;
tableView.delegate = self;
[tableContainer setDocumentView:tableView];
tableContainer.autoresizingMask = NSViewHeightSizable | NSViewMinXMargin;
[self.window.contentView addSubview: tableContainer];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfRowsInTableView:(NSTableView *)tableView{
return 4;
}
- (NSView *)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView
viewForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn
row:(NSInteger)row {
// get an existing cell with the MyView identifier if it exists
CustomCell *result = [tableView makeViewWithIdentifier:#"MyView" owner:self];
// There is no existing cell to reuse so we will create a new one
if (result == nil) {
NSLog(#"result = nil");
// create the new NSTextField with a frame of the {0,0} with the width of the table
// note that the height of the frame is not really relevant, the row-height will modify the height
// the new text field is then returned as an autoreleased object
//result = [[[NSTextField alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0, 0, 250, 70)] autorelease];
// the identifier of the NSTextField instance is set to MyView. This
// allows it to be re-used
result.identifier = #"MyView";
}
// result is now guaranteed to be valid, either as a re-used cell
// or as a new cell, so set the stringValue of the cell to the
// nameArray value at row
result.imageView.image = [NSImage imageNamed:NSImageNameHomeTemplate];
// return the result.
return result;
}
If any, which delegate methods do I have to implement ? And how do I customize my cell WITH a nib file ?

Answer 1

Do this in ur subview->
#implementation suhasView
#synthesize name,containerView;// container view contains ur subview
- (NSView*) myView
{
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]];
NSNib *theNib = [[NSNib alloc] initWithNibNamed:#"suhas"bundle:bundle];
[theNib instantiateNibWithOwner:self topLevelObjects:nil];
return containerView;
}
In Controller->
- (NSView *)tableView:(NSTableView *)tableView viewForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)tableColumn row:(NSInteger)row
{
suhas *a=[[suhas alloc]initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0,0, 40, 40)];
NSView * v = [a myView];
[a.name setStringValue:#"suhas"];
return v;
}...//sorry for my naming of the class:)