[MacOSUser]

I have a class with one simple method that accesses an IBOutlet (an NSPanel to simply either order it to the back or to the front). However, the method does not work, since when the application loads the IBOutlets are released and then if, at a later time, I wish to access this method again, it does nothing since, I assume, the IBOutlet which it is accessing has dealloced. Therefore, the only time which I can access these IBOutlets is during awakeFromNib. How do I prevent this?

[Wevah]

[...] since when the application loads the IBOutlets are released [...]

Can you explain that a bit more clearly? Are you releasing the panel that's connected as an IBOutlet yourself (you shouldn't need to)?