davidestevens

for the first time in many years of maxing, I'm attempting to put 

together a proper save/load system for the patch I'm building. I've 

been looking through the help files and manual, but it's not making 

My patch creates audio buffers with associated coll files (the coll 

contains a list of audio segments in the buffer~, created with 

I want to save both buffer and coll with similar names - ie the user 

enters a filename using textedit, and then an aiff file and a coll 

text file are saved with the same name (but obviously different file 

types). and then I'm going to want to do the same in reverse (ie load 

I used to do this as two separate operations, but that's untidy, 

which is why I want to do it as a single (as far as the user is 

concerned) operation. I'm also trying to avoid having the user open a 

save dialog as that does require the 2 separate save dialogs - one 

So I want the user to enter a filename, click on a button, and then 

everything else happen in the background.

I've figured out how to use textedit instead of dialog, so that bit's 

done. And I've managed to get coll to save using [prepend write] 

following the file name. The thing I'm currently having problems with 

is setting the file path - I want to save the files in a specific 

folder inside the patcher folder. I need to tell both coll and 

buffer~ to use this path for these specific save and load operations.

Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to go about doing this 

for the first time in many years of maxing, I'm attempting to put  
together a proper save/load system for the patch I'm building. I've  
been looking through the help files and manual, but it's not making  
any sense to me.

My patch creates audio buffers with associated coll files (the coll  
contains a list of audio segments in the buffer~, created with  
record~ in append mode).

I want to save both buffer and coll with similar names - ie the user  
enters a filename using textedit, and then an aiff file and a coll  
text file are saved with the same name (but obviously different file  
types). and then I'm going to want to do the same in reverse (ie load  
the two related files).

I used to do this as two separate operations, but that's untidy,  
which is why I want to do it as a single (as far as the user is  
concerned) operation. I'm also trying to avoid having the user open a  
save dialog as that does require the 2 separate save dialogs - one  
for the buffer and another for the coll.

So I want the user to enter a filename, click on a button, and then  
everything else happen in the background.

I've figured out how to use textedit instead of dialog, so that bit's  
done. And I've managed to get coll to save using [prepend write]  
following the file name. The thing I'm currently having problems with  
is setting the file path - I want to save the files in a specific  
folder inside the patcher folder. I need to tell both coll and  
buffer~ to use this path for these specific save and load operations.

Can anyone give me any pointers as to how to go about doing this  
(asuuming that it's possible!)

saving-n-opening-files-file-path

https://cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&goto=60080&r

 id=0&S=f2cb293332080bf4e9ae814dbf484984&srch=Specifying+save +path#msg_60080

on that issue. I got to it by searching for: Specifying save path

Hi.
welcome back.  Checlout this thread:
 https://cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&goto=60080&r id=0&S=f2cb293332080bf4e9ae814dbf484984&srch=Specifying+save +path#msg_60080

on that issue.  I got to it by searching for: Specifying save path

whats wrong with using savedialog and opendialog ?

simple, see below, or if i understood your wrong, sorry.

whats wrong with using savedialog and opendialog ?
simple, see below, or if i understood your wrong, sorry.
cheers,
tatsu.

thanks for that. the missing ingredient for me was [sprintf] - 

another object that I've managed to avoid getting my head around 

before now. Getting the write message on the front of the filepath 

I've assumed that the [ascii] object in the sub-patch is the same as 

thanks for that. the missing ingredient for me was [sprintf] -  
another object that I've managed to avoid getting my head around  
before now. Getting the write message on the front of the filepath  
was what i couldn't get working.
I've assumed that the [ascii] object in the sub-patch is the same as  
[itoa]/

you may already have seen in my previous reply that [sprintf] was the 

missing ingredient. I also noticed whilst working on this that I 

still haven't gotten my head all the way around the symbol/message 

thang in max. Time for some more brain enhancing smart pills!

you may already have seen in my previous reply that [sprintf] was the  
missing ingredient. I also noticed whilst working on this that I  
still haven't gotten my head all the way around the symbol/message  
thang in max. Time for some more brain enhancing smart pills!

saving n opening files - file path