Being a newbie to AS Studio, I have a simple question that I couldn’t find the answer to in the forums. Is there an easy way to remember the settings of the various objects of a window (eg, which cell of each matrix is selected, whether check boxes are checked or unchecked, the contents of text fields, etc) between application runs. I can do this by giving each object a property value, then dynamically restoring those values each time the application runs and the window opens. But that becomes a bit involved if there are many objects in the window. Thank you for any helpful suggestions.
Thank you for this information. At first glance, using bindings to remember settings appears to be “elegant” and “powerful” (but not necessarily “easy”). I hope that the learning curve for bindings will prove to be relatively quick and painless. If you have any pearls to expedite my journey up the learning curve, I would be very grateful. Otherwise, I’ll be on my way!
according of the “Binding Your Preferences…” article I use the following structure:
in the awake from nib, will finish launching or any initializing handler
register_Preferences()
read_Preferences()
in the will close, will quit or any quitting handler
save_Preferences()
and the handlers
on register_Preferences()
tell user defaults
make new default entry at end of default entries with properties {name:"myPreference", contents:1} -- or contents:"value"
...
register
end tell
end register_Preferences
on read_Preferences()
try
tell user defaults
set myPreference to contents of default entry "myPreference"
...
end tell
on error errorText number errorNumber
-- display or log errors
end try
return true
end read_Preferences
on save_Preferences()
try
tell user defaults
set contents of default entry "myPreference" to myPreference
end tell
on error errorText number errorNumber
-- display or log errors
end try
end save_Preferences