Chapter 15.10 for IOS.. need help.. driving me crazy..

[TommyT]

HI all, new to Xcode and Objective c..but have C programming exp. I've been working through the book and within chapter 15 I decided to try and make a small IOS app out of it. I have typed in the two classes for address card and address book exactly as they are in the book. what I'm trying to do is take the input from a button and create new entries based on a couple text fields. everything is connected in interface builder. I have it working using the following code when you push the button:

AddressCard *card1 = [[AddressCard alloc] init];

AddressBook *myBook = [[Addressbook Alloc] initWithName: @"Toms Address book"];

[card1 setname: aName andEmail: aEmail];

[myBook addCard: card1];

[myBook list]

[card1 release];
[myBook release];


What seems to happen is it will only save one card to the book at a time, the list function displays the card I just entered but when I enter a new one its gone only the new card is there now.. What am I doing wrong here? is there a different place I should put the:

AddressBook *myBook = [[Addressbook Alloc] initWithName: @"Toms Address book"];

I was thinking in the app delegate??

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks..

[skochan]

Yes, you don't want to create a new address book each time a new address card is to be added to the address book.  You can add it to the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method or in your view controller class (e.g., viewDidLoad).

Cheers,

Steve