Greetings all, newbie here and very confused!

I am using the latest Version 3.2.5 (1760) Xcode.

I have gone through the first section of chapter 3 to create the Outlets and Actions project. However when I click ‘OK’ I don’t get an alert view with the message.

So, I assume a school boy error and start again from scratch - same issue.
Third time lucky? - no, same again.

OK, let’s download the sample code off here and compare - that doesn’t work either!!

Is the code actually correct or do I have gremlins?!

Without seeing your code or project I can only speculate. The first thing I would check is that, after making your connections in IB, you saved your work. Xcode does not know about the connections made in IB until this is done. The author omits this step.
It should be the last line of step 7 p. 48.
If this is not the problem, either post your code or email your nonworking project to
[email protected] and I will check it out.
Bob

When you state the downloaded code doesn't work, compiles and doesn't work or doesn't compile? It should run fine. The only issue would be making sure the Base SDK is updated.

I am encountering the same exact problem as described by Jimillenium - there are no evil gnomes running around.

Quite sadly, I would have been looking for more precise instructions since this book is targeted at beginners.

Just to be clear, I was not able to perform step 6 - to control click and drag the OK button view to the File Owner's item. There is no action that pops up. (the steps were to select the btnClicked action).

What version of Xcode are you using?
If you are not using Xcode 4, recheck for typos, and make sure you have saved the changes in Xcode before going to Interface Builder.(And save your changes in IB before returning to Xcode) In Xcode 4 for you just will need to check for typos. Download the project code compile and run the project. Compare them and look for discrepancies. If you are using Xcode 4, I would suggest downloading the last version of Xcode 3 and completing the project successfully there, and then repeating it in Xcode 4.

If you still have a problem, you should post your code for the Controller class, or send your project to
[email protected]
and I will take a look at it.

Bob