iOS unrecognized selector sent to instance ** plz help

[XcodeNewb]

I have a navigation controlled app that display's different table views as you navigate down the path. I decided that I wanted to show a CustomCell instead of the regular default cells provided for the grouped style table.

I created the CustomCell.h and CustomCell.m files along with the CustomCell.xib nib file.

I have done this MANY times before in other projects but this one will not let me set any of the fields on the CustomCell. I have stipped this cell down to just one data element called 'desc' and it is a UILabel I am trying to set.

Here is the CustomCell.h file and some of the .m file using the CustomCell class.

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>


@interface CustomCell : UITableViewCell {
	IBOutlet UILabel *desc;
}


@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *desc;

@end

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tv cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
	static NSString *CustomCellIdentifier = @"CustomCellIdentifier";
    CustomCell *cell2 = (CustomCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CustomCellIdentifier];

	if (cell2 == nil) 
	{
		NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomCell" owner:self options:nil];
		cell2 = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
	}

      ...do some logic

     cell2.desc.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", myText];   //ERROR OCCURS HERE

     return cell2;

I receive the following error:

4/4/09 2:27:20 PM todo[1484] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSObject desc]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x5239b0'

The links are all set in IB and the CustomCell is set to be of Class "CustomCell"

Anyone have any idea why I cannot set the value of the UILabel for the cell2 object?

Thanks in advance

 

[newb16]

Is cell2 actually an instance of CustomCell when desc property is accessed?

 

[dejo]

Did you remember to connect the UILabel to the desc property in Interface Builder?

 

[eclipse82]

Hi there,

I think the problem lies with the variable 'myText'. The unrecognised selector is being reported when 'myText' is asked for its description.

What kind of variable is 'myText'? if it is an NSString then you want to use the following, [myText UTF8String], this will pass a properly formatted string.

Hope this helps, if not can you post the rest of the code that declares all your variables so we can get a better idea what it going on.