[davecom]

-(id)init{
self = [super initWithWindowNibName:@"conWindow"];
return self;
}

-(void)showWindow{
[progWin makeKeyAndOrderFront:self];
NSLog(@"showWindow called");
}


It extends NSWindowController. I haven't don Cocoa for so long! Nothing displays, the outlet is set in IB for progWin and it's defined in interface file.

[techtrucker]

I'm not sure if the way I do it is by the book, but basically I declare a variable for the second window, as in:

SecondWindowController *secwincontroller;

Then call it up like so:

- (IBAction)showsecondwindow:(id)sender
{
if (secwincontroller == nil) // Check to see if we've already loaded the second window controller
{
secwincontroller = [[SecondWindowController alloc] initWithWindowNibName:@"SecondWindow"];
}
//Now that we have a controller, tell it to show the window
[secwincontroller showWindow:self];

}

[davecom]

nm i got it, i wasn't setting file's owner as the class.