Nicholas

I have been currently using max for the past few months and have been learning bits and bobs along the way. I currently stuck! I have managed to use the "zl group" function to turn a text file of say binary code into individual lines of for example 8 characters each. This happily send to the print in the max window. However, I was intending to send it to a umenu as a drop down list of values, or something that would allow me to edit and use the data created by the zl group function.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

exporting-data-from-zl-group-to-a-simple-umenu

the "append" message to umenu. you may want to zl iter it first, and maybe "clear" message to umenu before you do it.

Many thanks for your help, will give it a go straight away!

Also, to edit the data, you might look to [jit.cellblock], the spreadsheet-style object (awesome) which lets you do text entries into the cells.

Hi again. I have tried using the append feature combined with the zl iter object but am struggling with it. I have uploaded the patch 'hopefully' and a text file for data. Would you be able to see where I have gone wrong with it. Thankyou again for your help.

ok, seeing your patch it was a bit more complicated than you explained. anyway, attached is a possible workaround. this demo fills a umenu, but you could also use it to fill a coll and 'refer' it to jit.cellblock as seejay suggests. hth.

Absolutely fantastic! Many thanks for your help, this is exactly what I wanted. Im sorry about the confusion with regards the post. I fully understand the process now because of this and will shape the rest of the composition accordingly now I have the data to process. Thank you very much for your time.

Exporting data from zl group to a simple umenu