On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Quincey Morris wrote:

> On Nov 5, 2010, at 15:13, Ayers, Joseph wrote:
> 
>> I have a core data model that has a series of to-many relationships of the 
>> type:
>> 
>> @interface TapeList :  NSManagedObject
>> {
>>   NSString * ListURL;
>>   NSSet* tapes;
>> }
>> 
>> @interface tapes :  NSManagedObject
>> {
>>   NSString * Notes;
>>   NSString * TapeName;
>>   NSSet    * VideoClip;
>> }
>> 
>> @interface VideoClip :  NSManagedObject
>> {
>>   NSString * StartTimeCode;
>>   QTMovie * mMovie;
>>   NSString * EndTimeCode;
>>   NSString * Notes;
>>   NSString * movieURL;
>>   tapes * CurrentTape;
>>   NSSet* Table;
>> }
>> 
>> @interface Table :  NSManagedObject
>> {
>>   NSString * Notes;
>>   NSString * Name;
>>   NSSet* CommandStates;
>>   NSSet* Flexions;
>>   NSSet* DataSources;
>> }
>> 
>> A reference to tapeList.tapes works fine, but a reference to 
>> tapeList.tapes.VideoClip gives me a
>> "request for member "VideoClip in something not a structure or union" 
>> compile time error.
> 
> I think you've got something wrong here, but there are 2 possibilities for 
> what it is. Choose A or B, if either applies. :)
> 
> A. With your declarations, 'tapeList.tapes' is a NSSet. The set doesn't have 
> a "VideoClio" property (though its members do), and the compiler is correctly 
> telling you that you can't refer to such a property. *Which* 'tapes' object 
> are you trying to refer to?

That is indeed the problem. VideoClip is a relationship of tapes. How should 
this be addressed?
> 
> B. This is not how you use properties in Core Data -- you do NOT declare 
> instance variables corresponding to the properties in your data model. 
> Instead, those properties are defined for you by Core Data. You *do* have to 
> supply property declarations to keep the compiler happy (as described in the 
> Core Data documentation).
> 
> The manual says that you have to declare the properties to maintain 32bit 
> compatability.
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