Roald Baudoux

I want to fill a coll using a script and the .message method.

It functions as long as the referred coll is in the same subpatcher 

as the js object. As I want to access the coll's data with several js 

objects in several subpatchers I put an instance of my coll in each 

subpatcher and give a different scripting name to each instance.

As I would prefer not to give a different scripting name for each 

instance of my coll I wonder whether it is possible to refer to a 

coll which is not in the same subpatcher as the js object and without 

knowing its place wihin the patcher+subpatchers architecture?

It functions as long as the referred coll is in the same subpatcher  
as the js object. As I want to access the coll's data with several js  
objects in several subpatchers I put an instance of my coll in each  
subpatcher and give a different scripting name to each instance.

As I would prefer not to give a different scripting name for each  
instance of my coll I wonder whether it is possible to refer to a  
coll which is not in the same subpatcher as the js object and without  
knowing its place wihin the patcher+subpatchers architecture?

how-to-refer-to-a-named-object-wihout-knowing-in-which-subpatcher-it-is

On 7 sept. 08, at 22:36, Roald Baudoux wrote:

> Thanks for the code but it appears a little bit obscure to me.

> If I undestand it correctly I need to call the iterationmethod 

> However, how do I get the MyObj variable? If I try to define it with 

> var MyObj = new Maxobj and then call the iterationmethod function it 

MyObj is the MaxObject passed as argument to the iterative function by 

the applydeep method. Here's a tested version with more comments which 

works fine. Let me know if that's not clear enough.

var theFirstCollIWasLookingFor;    // variable which stores the "address" 

this.patcher.applydeep(iterationmethod);    // iterate through the 

objects (recursively, in supbatchers too)

function iterationmethod(MyObj)    // the iteration method (triggered by 

if (MyObj.maxclass == "coll" && MyObj.varname == "toto") {    // if 

the object is a coll, and it have "toto" as scripting name

theFirstCollIWasLookingFor = MyObj; // store a reference 

to your MaxObject in theFirstCollIWasLookingFor variable

return false; // get out, cause now you have one.

return true;    // this is required to continue the iteration

function anything()    // when you send any message to the object, it 

    var tmp = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments);

if (theFirstCollIWasLookingFor != undefined) {    // if the variable 

is not empty it it means that we already have one coll found

        theFirstCollIWasLookingFor.message(tmp);

} else {    // no coll found yet, so we need to find it

        findthecoll();    // finding the coll object

        mess(tmp);        // send the message to the found call

> Thanks for the code but it appears a little bit obscure to me.
>
> If I undestand it correctly I need to call the iterationmethod  
> function first then the mess function.
>
> However, how do I get the MyObj variable? If I try to define it with  
> var MyObj = new Maxobj and then call the iterationmethod function it  
> doesn't work.

MyObj is the MaxObject passed as argument to the iterative function by  
the applydeep method. Here's a tested version with more comments which  
works fine. Let me know if that's not clear enough.

var theFirstCollIWasLookingFor;	// variable which stores the "address"  
to your coll object

function findthecoll()
{
     this.patcher.applydeep(iterationmethod);	// iterate through the  
objects (recursively, in supbatchers too)
}
findthecoll.local = 1;

function iterationmethod(MyObj)	// the iteration method (triggered by  
findthecoll)
{
     if (MyObj.maxclass == "coll" && MyObj.varname == "toto") {	// if  
the object is a coll, and it have "toto" as scripting name
         theFirstCollIWasLookingFor = MyObj;    // store a reference  
to your MaxObject in theFirstCollIWasLookingFor variable
         return false;    // get out, cause now you have one.
     }
     return true;	// this is required to continue the iteration
}
iterationmethod.local = 1;

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How to refer to a named object wihout knowing in which subpatcher it is?