I’d like to have a list of files that I just drag files from a finder window into and just have them append to the list. I have been searching but cannot find anything. Think of it like a playlist that I want to add to.

THANKS!

Rick

This is completely stolen from someone off the list… please pipe up
if this is your useful creation. I just changed one box from “prepend
prefix” to “prepend append.” You can add to the list, clear the list,
and pick items from the list.

Thanks,
Keith

#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P message 258 176 33 196617 clear;
#P newex 179 223 68 196617 prepend read;
#P user ubumenu 134 203 100 196617 0 1 1 0;
#X prefix_set 0 1 “Macintosh
HD:/Users/keithmanlove/Desktop/Pieces/snare/videos/” 0;
#X pattrmode 1;
#P objectname ubumenu1;
#P newex 175 175 78 196617 prepend append;
#P button 52 152 15 0;
#P newex 52 127 60 196617 prepend set;
#P newex 175 154 54 196617 route text;
#P message 98 176 73 196617 autopopulate 1;
#P comment 193 105 74 196617 Drag file here;
#P user dropfile 146 125 412 143 0;
#P user textedit 146 125 412 144 32896 3 9 “Macintosh
HD:/Users/keithmanlove/Desktop/2007 Audio Files/5 Audio Track.aiff”;
#P fasten 1 0 5 0 151 147 124 147 124 122 57 122;
#P connect 5 0 6 0;
#P fasten 10 0 8 0 263 197 139 197;
#P connect 7 0 8 0;
#P connect 3 0 8 0;
#P fasten 5 0 0 0 57 148 114 148 114 122 151 122;
#P fasten 6 0 0 0 57 171 114 171 114 122 151 122;
#P fasten 0 0 4 0 151 148 180 148;
#P connect 4 0 7 0;
#P connect 8 1 9 0;

It’s certainly not, its basically from the ubumenu help file
[p prefix_settings]…

Stefan

–
Stefan Tiedje————x——-
–_____———–|————–
–(_|_ —-|—–|—–()——-
– _|_)—-|—–()————–
———-()——–www.ccmix.com

On 7/14/07, Stefan Tiedje wrote:
> keith manlove schrieb:
> > This is completely stolen from someone off the list… please pipe up
> > if this is your useful creation.
>
> It’s certainly not, its basically from the ubumenu help file
> [p prefix_settings]…
>
> Stefan
>
> –
> Stefan Tiedje————x——-
> –_____———–|————–
> –(_|_ —-|—–|—–()——-
> — _|_)—-|—–()————–
> ———-()——–www.ccmix.com
>
>
>

I don’t see anything off the top of my head that could do this. Has anyone seen this or is it something you could implement with java?

On 7/14/07, Robert Ramirez wrote:
>
> jit.cellblock works great for this kind of thing.
> but if you don’t have jitter, you could create something similar with several textedit’s stacked up.
>

> isn’t jit.cellblock released with max and not jitter? That’s a good
> answer, Rick.

jit.cellblock does not require Jitter since MaxMSP 4.5.

ej

I did start writing what I wanted in JS (after I found the JSUI documentation).

I will play with the jit.cellblock and see about automating it. So far I can see how to do everything but reordering entries in the list I create. I wanted to drag and reorder items in the list, that might be the deal breaker here. Other than that, it works great.

#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P newex 125 51 48 196617 loadbang;
#P newex 204 389 62 196617 prepend set;
#P newex 275 389 62 196617 prepend set;
#P newex 275 363 56 196617 pack 0 0 s;
#P newex 321 319 69 196617 route symbol;
#P newex 321 299 38 196617 r val2;
#P message 105 363 77 196617 send val2 0 $1;
#P newex 75 326 40 196617 t 0 0 b;
#P newex 204 363 56 196617 pack 0 0 s;
#P newex 250 319 69 196617 route symbol;
#P newex 250 299 38 196617 r val1;
#P message 172 299 77 196617 send val1 0 $1;
#P newex 75 273 41 196617 sel 0 1;
#P toggle 75 253 15 0;
#P newex 75 229 32 196617 sel 1;
#P newex 132 273 27 196617 i;
#P newex 163 273 27 196617 i;
#P newex 83 51 41 196617 sel 0 1;
#P message 97 93 82 196617 rgb5 255 0 255;
#P message 83 75 82 196617 rgb5 255 255 0;
#P newex 75 206 86 196617 unpack i i s;
#P user jit.cellblock 75 127 258 197 3 9 2 4 140 17 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 191 191 0 0 0 255 255 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0;
#X set 0 -1 saaefasdfasff;
#X set 0 0 this;
#X set 0 1 is;
#X set 0 2 a;
#X set 0 3 test;
#X set 0 4 asdf;
#X set 0 5 asdf;
#X set 0 6 asdf;
#P window linecount 2;
#P comment 215 100 100 196617 click this col to change positions;
#P fasten 21 0 1 0 209 413 23 413 23 94 80 94;
#P fasten 20 0 1 0 280 418 4 418 4 77 80 77;
#P fasten 16 0 1 0 110 384 40 384 40 104 80 104;
#P fasten 11 0 1 0 177 320 43 320 43 110 80 110;
#P fasten 3 0 1 0 88 108 80 108;
#P fasten 4 0 1 0 102 117 80 117;
#P connect 1 0 2 0;
#P connect 2 0 8 0;
#P connect 8 0 9 0;
#P connect 9 0 10 0;
#P connect 10 0 15 0;
#P fasten 9 0 5 0 80 270 60 270 60 39 88 39;
#P fasten 22 0 3 0 130 71 88 71;
#P connect 5 0 3 0;
#P connect 5 1 4 0;
#P fasten 6 0 16 0 168 358 110 358;
#P fasten 10 1 7 0 95 299 122 299 122 262 137 262;
#P fasten 2 1 7 1 118 246 154 246;
#P fasten 15 2 6 0 110 348 125 348 125 259 168 259;
#P fasten 7 0 11 0 137 293 177 293;
#P fasten 2 1 6 1 118 243 185 243;
#P fasten 15 0 14 0 80 354 209 354;
#P connect 14 0 21 0;
#P fasten 6 0 14 1 168 326 232 326;
#P connect 12 0 13 0;
#P connect 13 0 14 2;
#P fasten 15 1 19 0 95 351 280 351;
#P connect 19 0 20 0;
#P fasten 7 0 19 1 137 344 303 344;
#P connect 17 0 18 0;
#P connect 18 0 19 2;
#P window clipboard copycount 23;

Okay, so now when I drag a file in, if its longer than a certain size it gets part of the song replaced with like #AF3984. Is there any way that I can keep the whole original name?

#P button 340 107 15 0;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P message 183 56 59 9109513 refer mycell;
#P newex 73 472 129 9109513 t b b l;
#P newex 90 353 40 9109513 change;
#P newex 141 320 27 9109513 !- 1;
#P newex 50 349 27 9109513 gate;
#P newex 73 450 89 9109513 pack swap 0 0;
#P message 132 495 46 9109513 sort -1 -1;
#P message 73 495 59 9109513 refer mycell;
#P newex 99 428 36 9109513 i;
#P newex 73 401 90 9109513 t b i b i;
#N coll mycell 1;
#P newobj 191 536 61 9109513 coll mycell 1;
#P newex 67 319 37 9109513 route 1;
#P newex 73 379 27 9109513 gate;
#P newex 185 275 45 9109513 loadbang;
#P newex 185 298 66 9109513 mousestate;
#P newex 67 296 48 9109513 pack 0 0;
#P newex 96 34 48 9109513 loadbang;
#P message 96 56 82 9109513 rgb5 255 255 0;
#P newex 67 273 86 9109513 unpack i i s;
#P user jit.cellblock 67 82 319 270 3 9 1 1 140 17 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 191 191 0 0 0 255 255 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0;
#X col 0 layout 5 1 0 33 5 1 5 0 0 -1 -1 -1;
#X col 1 layout 350 1 0 42 5 1 5 0 98 -1 -1 -1;
#P user dropfile 359 107 540 129 0;
#P user panel 360 107 180 22;
#X brgb 173 244 255;
#X frgb 181 181 181;
#X border 1;
#X rounded 0;
#X shadow 0;
#X done;
#P comment 340 88 97 9109513 open / drop folder;
#P message 224 348 62 9109513 types WAVE;
#P newex 296 317 27 9109513 t l 0;
#P newex 388 456 27 9109513 + 1;
#P newex 337 485 51 9109513 pack i s;
#P newex 337 458 38 9109513 i;
#P newex 337 417 51 9109513 t b s;
#P newex 337 317 165 9109513 t b 0 clear;
#P newex 337 342 76 9109513 opendialog fold;
#P newex 337 392 67 9109513 route append;
#P newex 337 366 38 9109513 folder;
#P fasten 29 0 28 0 146 345 55 345;
#P lcolor 1;
#P fasten 25 0 13 0 78 517 41 517 41 70 72 70;
#P connect 15 0 13 0;
#P connect 32 0 13 0;
#P connect 13 0 14 0;
#P connect 14 0 17 0;
#P connect 17 0 21 0;
#P connect 21 0 28 1;
#P fasten 18 0 20 0 190 374 78 374;
#P lcolor 1;
#P connect 20 0 23 0;
#P connect 23 0 27 0;
#P connect 27 0 31 0;
#P connect 31 0 25 0;
#P connect 21 0 30 0;
#P connect 30 0 20 1;
#P connect 16 0 15 0;
#P fasten 28 0 24 0 55 424 104 424;
#P connect 23 2 24 0;
#P connect 14 1 17 1;
#P connect 24 0 27 1;
#P connect 23 1 24 1;
#P connect 31 1 26 0;
#P connect 18 0 29 0;
#P lcolor 1;
#P connect 23 3 27 2;
#P connect 16 0 32 0;
#P connect 19 0 18 0;
#P connect 31 2 22 0;
#P connect 26 0 22 0;
#P fasten 3 2 22 0 496 527 196 527;
#P connect 6 0 22 0;
#P hidden connect 12 0 8 0;
#P hidden connect 33 0 3 0;
#P connect 3 0 2 0;
#P fasten 8 0 0 0 301 363 342 363;
#P connect 2 0 0 0;
#P connect 9 0 0 0;
#P connect 0 0 1 0;
#P connect 1 0 4 0;
#P connect 4 0 5 0;
#P connect 5 0 6 0;
#P fasten 8 1 5 1 318 450 370 450;
#P lcolor 1;
#P connect 7 0 5 1;
#P fasten 3 1 5 1 419 446 370 446;
#P lcolor 1;
#P connect 4 1 6 1;
#P connect 5 0 7 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 34;

heh, you are the only other person i know of who has complained about this problem (other than me). it’s a weird os x limitation, you can search the forum for a good explanation somebody gave me. it doesn’t happen on windows. my solution (which took me ages to get right) uses a combination of java and javascript. java for the display of the full file name, and javascript for communication with max.
i believe i had this working originally with the shell object instead of java, but then the shell object got itself broken and was just recently fixed.

max, javascript and java files posted below. i put the max file in a bpatcher with an argument. good luck.

***** save and compile as JShell.java *****
import com.cycling74.max.*;
import java.io.*;

public class JShell extends MaxObject {
//private shell mShell;
public JShell() {
post(“JShell: -ls”);
declareIO(1,1);
}
public void anything(String arg, Atom[] args)
{
if(arg.equals(“ls”)) {
File file = new File(args[0].toString());
if(file.exists())
{
String[] files = file.list();
for(int i=0; i {
if(!files[i].startsWith(“.”))
outlet(0, files[i]);
}
}
else
post(“Error: can’t find file: ” + args[0].toString());
}
else
{
post(“Did not recognize command ” + arg);
}
}
}

**** save as folderiter.js *****
/*

simple example of iterating through the files in a folder

*/

outlets = 7;
setoutletassist(6,”folder path”);
setoutletassist(5,”number of files in folder”);
setoutletassist(4,”file size (in bytes)”);
setoutletassist(3,”file type”);
setoutletassist(2,”file extension”);
setoutletassist(1,”modification date”);
setoutletassist(0,”file name”);

function get_folder_files(v)
{
var loc_folder = new Folder(v);

var count_files = -1;

loc_folder.reset();
while (!loc_folder.end) {
if ((loc_folder.filetype != “fold”) && (loc_folder.extension != “.wvf”)
&& (loc_folder.extension != “.jpg”) && (loc_folder.extension != “.doc”)
&& (loc_folder.extension != “.db”) && (loc_folder.filename.length >= 1)) {
var thefile = new File(loc_folder.pathname + “/” + loc_folder.filename);
if (thefile.isopen) {
outlet(4,thefile.eof);
thefile.close();
} else {
outlet(4,0);
}
outlet(3,loc_folder.filetype);
outlet(2,loc_folder.extension);
outlet(1,loc_folder.moddate);
outlet(0,loc_folder.filename);
count_files += 1;
}
loc_folder.next();
}
outlet(5,count_files);
loc_folder.close();
}

function recursefolders(v)
{
var f = new Folder(v);
var count_files;

count_files = -1;
f.reset();
while (!f.end) {
if (f.filetype == “fold”) {
var foldername;
// if path doesn’t end with a slash add one
if (f.pathname.charAt(f.pathname.length-1) != “/”)
foldername = f.pathname + “/” + f.filename;
else
foldername = f.pathname + f.filename
recursefolders(foldername);
} else {
count_files++;
}
f.next();
}
if (count_files > 0) {
outlet(6,f.pathname);
outlet(5,f.count);
}
f.close();
}

**** save as whateva i do what i want ***

#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P newex 290 326 74 196617 prepend append;
#P newex 231 239 53 196617 s $1.root;
#P newex 367 439 59 196617 mxj JShell;
#N comlet file name;
#P outlet 299 194 15 0;
#N comlet folder name;
#P outlet 282 194 15 0;
#P hidden newex 202 163 82 196617 r $1.to_folder2;
#P user ubumenu 152 132 95 196617 0 1 1 0;
#X prefix_set 0 0 0;
#X pattrmode 1;
#P newex 560 384 82 196617 s $1.to_folder2;
#P newex 516 137 82 196617 s $1.to_folder2;
#P newex 560 362 74 196617 prepend append;
#P newex 447 363 48 196617 append /;
#P newex 494 445 47 196617 zl ecils 1;
#P newex 447 383 98 196617 regexp (.*)(\\/.*);
#P newex 469 405 47 196617 zl ecils 1;
#P newex 469 425 110 196617 regexp (.*\\/)(.*$);
#P newex 431 137 82 196617 s $1.to_folder1;
#P newex 527 155 70 196617 s $1.to_file2;
#P newex 454 155 70 196617 s $1.to_file1;
#P message 431 112 33 196617 clear;
#P newex 290 237 86 196617 r $1.root_folder;
#P newex 84 551 60 196617 prepend set;
#P window linecount 0;
#P message 81 580 535 196617;
#P window linecount 1;
#P newex 49 364 74 196617 r $1.file_path;
#P newex 290 352 70 196617 s $1.to_file2;
#P newex 367 499 70 196617 s $1.to_file1;
#P newex 263 387 70 196617 s $1.to_file2;
#P newex 192 387 70 196617 s $1.to_file1;
#P newex 111 267 86 196617 r $1.folder_path;
#P user ubumenu 48 132 95 196617 0 1 1 0;
#X prefix_set 0 0 0;
#X pattrmode 1;
#P hidden newex 286 163 70 196617 r $1.to_file1;
#P hidden newex 205 194 74 196617 s $1.file_path;
#P hidden newex 118 163 82 196617 r $1.to_folder1;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 14.;
#P user ubumenu 48 94 196 196622 0 1 1 0;
#X prefix_set 0 0 0;
#X pattrmode 1;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P hidden newex 118 194 86 196617 s $1.folder_path;
#P hidden newex 31 194 86 196617 s $1.root_folder;
#P hidden newex 358 162 70 196617 r $1.to_file2;
#N vpatcher 703 259 1083 658;
#P outlet 79 225 15 0;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P newex 240 300 29 196617 gate;
#P newex 278 325 48 196617 pv store;
#P newex 259 278 55 196617 delay 200;
#P newex 168 254 31 196617 t s 0;
#P newex 240 253 48 196617 t 1 b s;
#P newex 240 232 51 196617 tosymbol;
#P message 208 170 98 196617 substitute “%1\\ “;
#P newex 168 232 51 196617 tosymbol;
#P newex 168 210 108 196617 regexp @re (\\S)\\s;
#P outlet 168 359 15 0;
#P inlet 35 33 15 0;
#P message 88 132 143 196617 substitute /Volumes/%1/%2;
#P newex 79 179 51 196617 tosymbol;
#P newex 79 155 90 196617 regexp (.*):/(.*);
#P newex 138 30 50 196617 loadbang;
#P message 214 54 79 196617 pathstyle slash;
#P message 138 54 73 196617 pathtype boot;
#P newex 35 87 98 196617 conformpath;
#P fasten 1 0 0 0 143 77 40 77;
#P fasten 2 0 0 0 219 77 40 77;
#P connect 7 0 0 0;
#P fasten 6 0 4 0 93 151 84 151;
#P fasten 0 0 4 0 40 150 84 150;
#P fasten 4 3 5 0 144 175 84 175;
#P connect 4 0 5 0;
#P connect 5 0 18 0;
#P fasten 3 0 6 0 143 50 93 50;
#P connect 3 0 1 0;
#P fasten 5 0 9 0 84 203 173 203;
#P fasten 11 0 9 0 213 199 173 199;
#P connect 9 0 10 0;
#P connect 10 0 14 0;
#P fasten 16 0 8 0 283 350 173 350;
#P connect 14 0 8 0;
#P fasten 3 0 11 0 143 50 213 50;
#P fasten 3 0 2 0 143 50 219 50;
#P connect 9 3 12 0;
#P connect 12 0 13 0;
#P fasten 14 1 17 0 194 285 245 285;
#P connect 13 0 17 0;
#P connect 13 1 15 0;
#P connect 15 0 17 1;
#P connect 13 2 16 0;
#P fasten 17 0 16 0 245 321 283 321;
#P pop;
#P newobj 367 383 74 196617 p conformpath;
#P newex 367 405 56 196617 prepend ls;
#P button 48 27 41 0;
#P hidden newex 38 163 74 196617 opendialog fold;
#B color 5;
#P comment 122 42 89 196617 drag folder;
#P message 113 476 54 196617 separator;
#P newex 84 521 50 196617 tosymbol;
#P newex 99 442 61 196617 prepend set;
#P newex 49 474 52 196617 append “”;
#P newex 49 442 48 196617 append /;
#P comment 260 29 52 196617 clear all;
#P button 245 27 15 0;
#P newex 367 477 78 196617 prepend append;
#P newex 411 266 121 196617 prepend get_folder_files;
#P newex 290 266 119 196617 prepend recursefolders;
#P message 497 88 54 196617 types fold;
#P newex 290 299 149 196617 js folderiter.js;
#P newex 429 43 216 196617 t b b b b;
#P newex 531 490 82 196617 s $1.to_folder1;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 14.;
#P user ubumenu 48 70 196 196622 0 1 1 0;
#X prefix_set 0 0 0;
#X pattrmode 1;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P message 192 356 31 196617 clear;
#P newex 111 289 93 196617 t s s s b;
#P newex 531 467 74 196617 prepend append;
#P newex 124 413 99 196617 value $1.folderpath;
#P newex 49 387 75 196617 t b s b;
#P newex 428 329 48 196617 t s s s;
#P message 429 89 53 196617 border $1;
#P newex 429 21 45 196617 loadbang;
#P toggle 429 68 15 0;
#P user dropfile 97 34 238 62 1 fold;
#P user panel 92 27 151 41;
#X brgb 191 191 191;
#X frgb 0 0 0;
#X border 1;
#X rounded 0;
#X shadow 0;
#X done;
#P hidden connect 27 0 32 0;
#P hidden fasten 1 0 32 0 102 70 36 70;
#P hidden fasten 28 0 27 0 53 68 43 68;
#P hidden fasten 35 0 11 0 123 185 27 185 27 68 53 68;
#P hidden fasten 37 0 34 0 291 187 30 187 30 88 53 88;
#P hidden fasten 31 0 38 0 363 189 21 189 21 123 53 123;
#P hidden connect 34 0 38 0;
#P connect 44 0 6 0;
#P fasten 7 0 21 0 129 435 54 435;
#P fasten 23 0 22 0 104 466 54 466;
#P connect 21 0 22 0;
#P fasten 46 0 45 0 89 576 86 576;
#P fasten 22 0 24 0 54 498 89 498;
#P fasten 25 0 24 0 118 498 89 498;
#P fasten 24 0 46 0 89 545 89 545;
#P hidden connect 15 0 1 0;
#P hidden connect 4 0 1 0;
#P fasten 6 1 23 0 86 415 104 415;
#P connect 39 0 9 0;
#P connect 6 2 25 0;
#P hidden fasten 60 1 33 0 199 155 123 155;
#P fasten 5 0 7 0 433 376 129 376;
#P fasten 6 0 7 0 54 408 129 408;
#P fasten 9 2 7 0 170 372 129 372;
#P hidden fasten 61 0 60 0 207 185 24 185 24 126 157 126;
#P hidden fasten 11 0 60 0 53 88 40 88 40 126 157 126;
#P connect 9 3 10 0;
#P connect 10 0 40 0;
#P hidden fasten 38 1 36 0 95 159 210 159;
#P fasten 47 0 65 0 295 260 287 260 287 233 236 233;
#P fasten 10 0 41 0 197 380 268 380;
#P hidden connect 11 1 62 0;
#P connect 47 0 16 0;
#P connect 16 0 14 0;
#P fasten 17 0 14 0 416 291 295 291;
#P connect 14 0 66 0;
#P connect 66 0 43 0;
#P hidden connect 34 1 63 0;
#P fasten 9 0 30 0 116 348 372 348;
#P connect 30 0 29 0;
#P fasten 29 0 64 0 372 432 372 432;
#P fasten 64 0 18 0 372 474 372 474;
#P connect 18 0 42 0;
#P fasten 9 1 17 0 143 317 265 317 265 260 416 260;
#P connect 14 6 5 0;
#P hidden connect 3 0 13 0;
#P hidden connect 13 0 2 0;
#P hidden connect 2 0 4 0;
#P hidden connect 19 0 48 0;
#P hidden connect 48 0 51 0;
#P connect 5 1 56 0;
#P connect 56 0 54 0;
#P hidden connect 48 0 49 0;
#P connect 54 1 53 0;
#P connect 53 0 52 0;
#P connect 52 1 55 0;
#P hidden connect 13 1 15 0;
#P hidden connect 48 0 58 0;
#P hidden connect 48 0 50 0;
#P connect 55 1 8 0;
#P connect 8 0 12 0;
#P fasten 5 2 57 0 471 353 565 353;
#P connect 57 0 59 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 67;