Reasons for an IBOutlet to be nil

Question

What are the reasons why an IBOutlet (connected) could be nil?

I have one in may application which is always nil, even if I re

Answer 1

Are you doing something unusual with File's Owner? If you're not in one of the situations where the nib is loaded automatically (main nib loaded by application or nib loaded by view controller, document, or window controller), then you have to load the nib programmatically.