Cycling 74 » Topic: Help creating custom help files to include in a patch http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:11:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/#post-63559 <![CDATA[Help creating custom help files to include in a patch]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/#post-63559 Sat, 12 May 2012 12:49:47 +0000 DJF I would like to includes help buttons in my patch, whereby a user could click on it and read a text document containing some instructions. Is there a way to do this?

At present, I am using [open] [text 'and then the file name.txt] but the text file opens in the Max text window with the numbered lines – I just want a plain text document.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/#post-229105 <![CDATA[Re: Help creating custom help files to include in a patch]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/#post-229105 Sat, 12 May 2012 15:41:12 +0000 spectro One way is to have a subpatch with the help text in it (in one or more comment objects for example) . Check [thispatcher] especially the ‘front’ and ‘window’ messages.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/#post-229106 <![CDATA[Re: Help creating custom help files to include in a patch]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/help-creating-custom-help-files-to-include-in-a-patch/#post-229106 Sat, 12 May 2012 18:55:30 +0000 seejayjames If you want the user’s default text program to open your text file, use the message to max:

;max launchbrowser name.txt

The “browser” part is a little misleading—it can open a browser if you send it an URL, but if you specify a filetype, it should open with the default application specified in the OS preferences.

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