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Interface Builder

Classes IBInspector

	Inherits From:	Object
	Conforms To:	IBInspectors

Accessing Objects

	object	Returns the object that's being inspected
	window	Returns the window that contains the user interface for the inspector

Managing Changes

	touch:sender	Changes the image in the Inspector panel's close box to a broken "X"
	textDidChange:sender	Sends the IBInspector a touch: message

IBPalette

Inherits From:

Object

Associating Views and Objects

	associateObject:anObject	Establishes an association between aView and the object
	type:(NXAtom)type	that should be instantiated when the user drags the
	with:aView	aView from the palette.

Initializing the Palette

finishInstantiate

Implement to complete the initialization of your IBPalette object

Accessing Related Objects

	paletteDocument	Returns an object representing the dynamically loaded palette
	originalWindow	Returns the Window that contains the objects to be loaded into Palette window
	findImageNamed:(const char *)name	Returns the NXImage instance associated with name

Object Additions

Interface Builder declares these methods as additions to the Object class.

Identifying Inspectors, Editors, and Images

(const char *)getConnectionInspectorClassName

Implement to return class name of Connection inspector

	(const char *)getEditorInspectorClassName	Implement to return class name of the object's editor
	(const char *)getHelpInspectorClassName	Implement to return class name of the Help inspector
	(NXImage *)getIBImage	Implement to return an image to represent the object in the File window.
	(const char *)getInspectorClassName	Implement to return class name of the Attributes inspector
	(const char *)getSizeInspectorClassName	Implement to return class name of the Size inspector

View Additions

Interface Builder declares these methods as additions to the Application Kit's View class.

Controlling Size

	getMinSize:(NXSize *)minSize	Implement this method to control the dimensions of a View
	maxSize:(NXSize *)maxSize
	from:(int)where
	placeView:(NXRect *)frameRect	Notifies a View of a change in its frame size