mchenetz

I am trying to find the best way to populate a dropdown menu with a text or XML file. Basically, I want to show a user a parameter like, "filter" in the dropdown and then pass an OSC value that is associated with the menu item. So the text file would be

The second value would be prepended to udpsend. So, back to the question... What is the best way to do what i want to do?

I am trying to find the best way to populate a dropdown menu with a text or XML file. Basically, I  want to show a user a parameter like, "filter" in the dropdown and then pass an OSC value that is associated with the menu item. So the text file would be 

best-way-to-populate-a-menu

maybe a coll? The first element, "filter", is the coll index; the second (OSC command) is after the index. When the user selects from the dropdown, the index (in this case, the actual # of the selection, not the word) references the coll index number and spits out the /osc/command.

If the text file can be populated into the coll, you'll be all set... to make things simpler, eliminate the comma in the textfile (coll wants "index value", not "index, value", even though it reads that way once it's in). Then,

would be sent into the coll as-is, which would set all the coll's indices. Then you populate the dropdown by referencing the coll through all its *numerical* indices, zl slice 1, take the left slice (which is the name but not the OSC command), and prepending "append" to the dropdown. Now the user selects the command they want, the index from the dropdown goes to the coll and out comes the OSC command.

filter /oscparameter/filter
volume /oscparameter/volume    (etc.)

Thanks for your quick response. I really appreciate it. I will try that out.

maybe use two colls so you don't get a stack overflow: one to populate the dropdown, one that the dropdown references (they are the same coll but two objects). Not sure about the specifics but if you connect too much to the same coll you may have problems. It's definitely doable with the right layout; you probably could do it with one but this may be safer if you're experimenting. :)

Best way to populate a menu