May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
8h 13m
English
An instance of NSButton has a target and an action (selector). When the button is clicked, the action message is sent to the target. Timers work in a similar way. A timer is an object that has a target, a selector, and a delay, which is given in seconds (Figure 24.1).

Figure 24.1. NSTimer
After the delay, the selector message is sent to the target. The timer sends itself as an argument to the message. The timer can also be set to send the message repeatedly.
To play with timers a bit, you will create a typing-tutor application. The application will have two BigLetterView objects. One will display what the user should type, and the ...