Mathieu Chamagne

I'm working around "patchdescribe-example.maxpat" example.

I would like to know if a named bpatcher in a patch is in presentation mode.. or not.

with this js, I can get the "presentation" attribute from any named object, but it doesn't seem to work with bpatchers...

sorry if it's a stupid question,... I'm very new to javascript, and couldn't find much info about this in the doc / archives.

and, by the way : where in max5 can I find something like max4' JavascriptInMax.pdf ???

here is the js (save it as "patchdescribe_mod.js" ) :

    if(b.varname != "") //filter named objects only

        outlet(0, b.varname, b.rect, b.getattr("presentation"));

and here is a patch demonstrating the problem :

I'm working around "patchdescribe-example.maxpat" example.
I would like to know if a named bpatcher in a patch is in presentation mode.. or not.
with this js, I can get the "presentation" attribute from any named object, but it doesn't seem to work with bpatchers...
(it returns "-1" instead of 0 / 1)

sorry if it's a stupid question,... I'm very new to javascript, and couldn't find much info about this in the doc / archives.
and, by the way : where in max5 can I find something like max4' JavascriptInMax.pdf ???

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As I stated on the other thread, I can't reproduce exactly this:

If I have empty bpatchers, getting presentation attribute works as 

expected (0 or 1), but as soon as I give a patcher name, I always get 0, 

whatever presentation mode the bpatcher is in.

As I stated on the other thread, I can't reproduce exactly this:
If I have empty bpatchers, getting presentation attribute works as 
expected (0 or 1), but as soon as I give a patcher name, I always get 0, 
whatever presentation mode the bpatcher is in.

I forgot to say : I'm on max 5.05 / macos 10.5.5.

with empty bpatcher, presentation attribute is repported as expected ; but with "something" in the bpatcher, I always get "-1".

>>>: toto 8 115 58 133 0
>>>: roto 279 103 319 143 1
>>>: bepat1 8 158 154 346 -1
>>>: bepat2 381 160 527 348 -1

please !! say something, even if it's "forget it, that's impossible" or "it's buggy and will never be fixed" !

...nobody can help me ?
please !! say something, even if it's "forget it, that's impossible" or "it's buggy and will never be fixed" !

Mathieu
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Mathieu Chamagne
mathieu.chamagne@free.fr

Currently, attribute getting/setting in js isn't officially supported, so you may run into things like this, especially with bpatchers.

so I'm in a dead end ? does it means that there is no way to know if a bpatcher in a patch is included in presentation ?

(the bpatcher's inspector can know it... so it's hard to believe that it's impossible to get this info...)

so I'm in a dead end ? does it means that there is no way to know if a bpatcher in a patch is included in presentation ?
(the bpatcher's inspector can know it... so it's hard to believe that it's impossible to get this info...)

Its just the current state of things. Sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime.

Its just the current state of things.  Sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime.

[js] patchdescribe - need help