Mike S

For my current project I would like to incorporate Pattr with a nice little GUI menu that allows users to write in a name (textedit) which when entered (in to umenu) becomes the control to switch between presets.

So far I can do that quite nicely, my problem is loading up an xml file that will then autopopulate the Umenu with the right names. I've had a tinker with a patch I found using coll but cannae seem to get anywhere near a solution.

pattr-with-umenu

here are a couple of ways to do it...one with pattr binding to umenu's items attribute, the other using another textedit to store the data:

I have a somewhat elaborate scheme, which I don't have time to extract from my giant patch right now, that uses the slotname field in a pattrstorage to store the names. Unfortunately you can't address a pattrstorage preset directly from the slotname, so I have to extract all the slotnames and build a menu, and then refer to the presets by index number.

bbracken that is great and will come in handy, but I need to build the umenu from scratch once the xml is loaded. In a way it needs to be disconnected from the pattr as changing the preset alters the number of items in the menu, I need all the items straight away to use the index number for changing the preset.

At the moment I have the slots as 1 = 'Menu item 1'....... 2 = 'Menu item 1' 'Menu item 2'

So if I change to 1, I cannot change to 2 with the umenu as the text isn't there.

Chris that sounds just like what I need to do, must.......persevere!

At the moment I have the slots as 1 = 'Menu item 1'....... 2 = 'Menu item 1' 'Menu item 2' 

Chris that sounds just like what I need to do, must.......persevere!


Ah, misunderstood. Are you just looking to name slots? Check out the 'slotnames' subpatcher in the pattrstorage help file. As Chris said, just use the umenu index number output to refer to the actual preset in pattrstorage.

Ah, misunderstood.  Are you just looking to name slots?  Check out the 'slotnames' subpatcher in the pattrstorage help file.  As Chris said, just use the umenu index number output to refer to the actual preset in pattrstorage.

Pattr with Umenu