BenCello

I am wondering if there is a possibility to access (get AND change) the scripting name of an abstraction/bpatcher (et al.) from inside AND without JavaScript.

 where they give a (well know) JS solution. And mention an external which would do the same thing but the link to download the external is broken.

-Is there a "patching" (ie w/o JS) solution to the problem without any special external

-If not, what is the function(s) to use in a custom external to achieve this (I can program an external, that's no problem.)

I found this topic where they give a (well know) JS solution. And mention an external which would do the same thing but the link to download the external is broken.

So two questions in one :
-Is there a "patching" (ie w/o JS) solution to the problem without any special external
-If not, what is the function(s) to use in a custom external to achieve this (I can program an external, that's no problem.)

scripting-name-from-inside-wo-js

I have no idea why you want to exclude the working solution with js. Its part of the normal Max distribution, works like any other max object and you don't even need to understand a single line of javascript... You can just use a script someone else has written already...

To change the scripting name you could possibly use pattrforward which is able to send messages to thispatcher in the main patch (I didn't test this, I'd probably never need it. In the end a name is a name is a name, it simply doesn't matter to be a specific name. The existing name is fine for all cases...)

I have no idea why you want to exclude the working solution with js. Its part of the normal Max distribution, works like any other max object and you don't even need to understand a single line of javascript... You can just use a script someone else has written already...
To change the scripting name you could possibly use pattrforward which is able to send messages to thispatcher in the main patch (I didn't test this, I'd probably never need it. In the end a name is a name is a name, it simply doesn't matter to be a specific name. The existing name is fine for all cases...)

Scripting name from inside w/o JS ?