How do I access my Application Delegate's window accessor method from another object?

As mentioned before - I'm an Objective-C newbie of the first order but having read 4 physical books on the subject and a bucket-load of ebooks and documentation I still can't find what I'm looking for.

I have a top-level content view controller that wants to configure its view property from the physical dimensions of the window property of the application delegate. This is something that several people have already asked questions on. ([UIScreen mainScreen] doesn't cut it for reasons already aired many times before on this forum). Therefore, the logical approach would be for the content view controller to read the frame of the application delegate's window. Now, the only answer I've found that comes close to this is to use [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] window] frame] - however, this only works once the window property has been made keyAndVisible. The content view controller needs to read the app delegate's window property before it gets to makeKeyAndVisible. The code goes in this order....

App Delegate:

- (BOOL) application: (UIApplication *) application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: (NSDictionary *) launchOptions {
// This next line is a test window frame for R&D purposes....
    [self setWindow: [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0.0f, 20.0f, 320.0f, 320.0f)]];

    if ([self window]) {
        contentViewController = [[ContentViewControl alloc] initWithNibName: nil bundle: nil]; // Content view controller instantiated here

        if (contentViewController) {
            [[self window] addSubview: [contentViewController view]];
            [[self window] layoutSubviews];
            [[self window] makeKeyAndVisible];  // Window made key and visible here
            return YES;
        }
    }

    return NO;
}

In my content view controller's initWithNibName: nil bundle: nil method I have the following test code...

- (id) initWithNibName: (N