These three steps are necessary for just about any property you add to the view controller if that property refers to a view in the nib:
1 add @property to the .h file,
2 connect the outlet in Interface Builder,
3 @synthesize in the .m file. (Which is not necessary in Xcode 4.4 and later)
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reference the objects of views in controller.
get the default value of slider when loading the .nib file.