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The dialog object does not allow the user to select mutiple files.

It's on the first lesson in the tutorial... or

I do not know how to do a search on this board.

Seriously, I can't find any info regarding that. Am I the only one that needs to be able to do choose more then one file?

Hello all
Here is a newbie question.
The dialog object does not allow the user to select mutiple files.
Or...
It's on the first lesson in the tutorial... or
I do not know how to do a search on this board.

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> Hello all Here is a newbie question. The dialog object does not allow

> the user to select mutiple files. Or... It's on the first lesson in

> the tutorial... or I do not know how to do a search on this board.

Not as dumb as it seems. I think it never came up as an issue.

The opendialog doesn't do it, though I think it could be enhanced to 

allow multiple selections and then just dumps them out succesively.

Of course we are in Max land, there is a solution for all kinds of 

problems: Just some ideas, which are not necessarily a newbies beginning 

Build your own opendialog, with either jit.cellblock, LCD...

Have a look into Java/Javascript, there might be a function which will 

allow it (sorry I don't know it, but there are some geeks out there who 

Lars Viklund wrote:
> Hello all Here is a newbie question. The dialog object does not allow
> the user to select mutiple files. Or... It's on the first lesson in
> the tutorial... or I do not know how to do a search on this board.

Not as dumb as it seems. I think it never came up as an issue.
The opendialog doesn't do it, though I think it could be enhanced to 
allow multiple selections and then just dumps them out succesively.
(Feature request)

Of course we are in Max land, there is a solution for all kinds of 
problems: Just some ideas, which are not necessarily a newbies beginning 
task, but still possible:

Build your own opendialog, with either jit.cellblock, LCD...
Have a look into Java/Javascript, there might be a function which will 
allow it (sorry I don't know it, but there are some geeks out there who 
might know)

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Yes, we are in "Max land" and I like that. Max is a tool that is very different from anything else I have come across. I like that.

I will try to do a Java thing. I was planning on learn how to write externals in Java anyway.

Still, I'm a little confused. I am doing a batch conversion app using Max/MSP. If someone else is supposed to be able to use that prog, the first thing to consider is how the user will choose the files for the batch job.

Thank's for your respons.
Yes, we are in "Max land" and I like that. Max is a tool that is very different from anything else I have come across. I like that.

Still, I'm a little confused. I am doing a batch conversion app using Max/MSP. If someone else is supposed to be able to use that prog, the first thing to consider is how the user will choose the files for the batch job.
Has that not been done before?
Strange.

In most cases where I would want a batch job, I'd just fill a folder 

with the stuff I want to process, and then use dropfile, the folder 

object or ubumenu to do the whole folder.

The need of clicking on several objects to select them is not the most 

People who want batchprocessing are very lazy ... ;-)

I am always annoyed with ProTools, which does allow multiple selections, 

but does not allow drag and drop, to be forced to select every f..ng 

In most cases where I would want a batch job, I'd just fill a folder 
with the stuff I want to process, and then use dropfile, the folder 
object or ubumenu to do the whole folder.
The need of clicking on several objects to select them is not the most 
convenient way thinkable.
People who want batchprocessing are very lazy ... ;-)
I am always annoyed with ProTools, which does allow multiple selections, 
but does not allow drag and drop, to be forced to select every f..ng 
file to import it finally.

Yes, it is easy to fill ubumenu with filenames that way.

How do I dump out the items, one by one whithout clicking on them?

This is probably not what Max is made for but anyway....

Stefan
Thank you for your respons.
Yes, it is easy to fill ubumenu with filenames that way.

But...
How do I dump out the items, one by one whithout clicking on them?
Stuck again.

On 29-Mar-2006, at 15:54, Lars Viklund wrote:

> How do I dump out the items, one by one whithout clicking on them?

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On 29-Mar-2006, at 15:54, Lars Viklund wrote:
> How do I dump out the items, one by one whithout clicking on them?

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>I can do a lot of things with messages but I have not been able to

>figure out how to dump out the list with messages.

>I can do a lot of things with messages but I have not been able to
>figure out how to dump out the list with messages.

On 29-Mar-2006, at 22:34, Lars Viklund wrote:

> I can do a lot of things with messages but I have not been able to 

> figure out how to dump out the list with messages.

One approach, hardwired and quick'n'dirty:

If you're populating the ubumenu dynamically you'll need to first 

send a count message and patchcord the result to Uzi's right inlet.

You're going to have to try harder than this to find something Max 

On 29-Mar-2006, at 22:34, Lars Viklund wrote:
> I can do a lot of things with messages but I have not been able to  
> figure out how to dump out the list with messages.

If you're populating the ubumenu dynamically you'll need to first  
send a count message and patchcord the result to Uzi's right inlet.

You're going to have to try harder than this to find something Max  
can't do.

I have a strange suspicion that you are using some extended characters 

in your file names that max is not recognizing appropriately. Just a 

Hi Lars,
I have a strange suspicion that you are using some extended characters 
in your file names that max is not recognizing appropriately.  Just a 
hunch...

Just to back you up, I've intermittently experienced this same behavior 

in ubumenu. I don't use any extended ASCII. I have had problems 

reproducing the error, so I haven't submitted a report. I get those 

Also, here was my solution to your problem:

Lars,
Just to back you up, I've intermittently experienced this same behavior 
in ubumenu.  I don't use any extended ASCII.  I have had problems 
reproducing the error, so I haven't submitted a report.  I get those 
ugly codes preceded by a #.

Also, here was my solution to your problem:



> I don't use any extended ASCII. I have had problems reproducing the

> error, so I haven't submitted a report. I get those ugly codes

It looks exactly like a 8.3 format file. Are you using a DOS formatted

drive? Then its showing the "real" file name, Windows uses a bad hack to

Best is to switch to a proper file system.

> Also, here was my solution to your problem:

Don't post "solutions" which use 3rd party objects to newbie advice, it

jim altieri wrote:
> I don't use any extended ASCII.  I have had problems reproducing the
> error, so I haven't submitted a report.  I get those ugly codes
> preceded by a #.

It looks exactly like a 8.3 format file. Are you using a DOS formatted
drive? Then its showing the "real" file name, Windows uses a bad hack to
show longer names, don't know how.
Best is to switch to a proper file system.

Don't post "solutions" which use 3rd party objects to newbie advice, it
will complicate the issue... ;-)

I think it has to do with the cryptation of Apples iTune MPEG4.

If you look at those files they present themselfs as a unspecified type (00 00 00 00).

My hack works on all files that shows a "proper" type. 

What I still don't understand is why this unspecified file type makes the filename show up like that in Max.

If you look at those files they present themselfs as a unspecified type (00 00 00 00).
If I change type to m4p they show up Ok.

My hack works on all files that shows a "proper" type. 
What I still don't understand is why this unspecified file type makes the filename show up like that in Max.


On 30-Mar-2006, at 0:25, Lars Viklund wrote:

I hate to say this, but there has been much misleading advice on this 

If you dig around the list archives, you will find that essentially 

all Max/MSP/Jitter externals are limited to 31-character file names, 

at least on Mac OS. If you pass *any* filename longer than 31 chars 

to *any* external object, the name will be "mangled" to 31 chars, 

giving something that remains a unique identifier that HFS+ can map 

You will have to live with this behavior until such time as the Max 

file API is updated for longer file names. Or use shorter file names.

Many older programs exhibit this behavior.

On 30-Mar-2006, at 0:25, Lars Viklund wrote:
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I hate to say this, but there has been much misleading advice on this  
thread so far.

If you dig around the list archives, you will find that essentially  
all Max/MSP/Jitter externals are limited to 31-character file names,  
at least on Mac OS. If you pass *any* filename longer than 31 chars  
to *any* external object, the name will be "mangled" to 31 chars,  
giving something that remains a unique identifier that HFS+ can map  
to the long file name.

You will have to live with this behavior until such time as the Max  
file API is updated for longer file names. Or use shorter file names.

I thought it was something like that. I was hoping that it should not be that serious but anyway...

Now that I know, I can go on and try to do that part in JS.

It has been very educational to dig around with this.

Tack Peter
I thought it was something like that. I was hoping that it should not be that serious but anyway...

Now that I know, I can go on and try to do that part in JS.
It has been very educational to dig around with this.

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