Question

I now want to refer to the table, but there isn’t a variable in my .h file as it wasn’t required when originally created. The table works great, can add/display/etc.

I tried adding “myTable” to the .h and then linking in IB (the table was linked to “view” and I could/did select “myTable”), but my first try didn’t work and I was afraid of messing up my (somewhat) working app 😉

Hope the question makes sense!!!

thx!

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, you want to link the table with your code. If that’s the case, then in your header file you need to add a property like so

@property(nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet
UITableView *myTable;

And then synthesize it in your .m file like so

@synthesize myTable;

Once you’ve done that you will be able to link it up in interface builder. But bare in mind that if you want to populate/interact with the table further you need to set the data source/delegate of your table to your file’s owner. Here is a tutorial on how to do that – http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/how-to-create-and-populate-a-uitableview

Does that answer your question?