dd1984

i'm just starting out with java and not getting too far. still, i think scripting is my best bet for a solution to my issue. i've got a subpatch which acts as a set of controls for my poly~. i often need to copy this subpatch, change the name, and then have to manually go in and change a set of receives. what i need to do is come up with something that can read the patcher title and then rename the receives. thoughts? any help would be appreciated.

oh, and i'm running max4.6 on a mac, osx 10.4.

to the scripting gurus out there:
i'm just starting out with java and not getting too far.  still, i think scripting is my best bet for a solution to my issue.  i've got a subpatch which acts as a set of controls for my poly~.  i often need to copy this subpatch, change the name, and then have to manually go in and change a set of receives.  what i need to do is come up with something that can read the patcher title and then rename the receives. thoughts?  any help would be appreciated.

oh, and i'm running max4.6 on a mac, osx 10.4.


dynamically-change-receive-names

You don't have to use scripting. If you don't name the [receive] objects in the first place they are created with an inlet which you can use to "set" the name (like [forward] is to the [send] object). You can then use [patcherargs] to find a unique argument for each instance of the subpatch and format it with [sprintf]. In the example below duplicate the [p subpatch] and use it to replace the "blank" one. Then change the extra argument to "two", send it a bang to initialise.

i'm using max4.6, so i can't quite see what you've got, but i understand what you're saying. i'm working through it now. thanks for the input!

i'm using max4.6, so i can't quite see what you've got, but i understand what you're saying.  i'm working through it now.  thanks for the input!

luke, you're brilliant!. in all my bouncing through the help files, i never came across [patcherargs]. thanks again!

luke, you're brilliant!.  in all my bouncing through the help files, i never came across [patcherargs].  thanks again!

dynamically change receive names