Anthony Palomba

Hey all, I am trying to insert data into a coll via

js but have not been able to get it right. Can some

one take a quick look at this and help me figure out

//messnamed ("testcoll", "1 somedata"); //

Hey all, I am trying to insert data into a coll via
js but have not been able to get it right. Can some
one take a quick look at this and help me figure out
what I am doing wrong.

    //messnamed ("testcoll", "1 somedata");    //
    //return;

    var p = this.patcher;
    var mobj = p.getnamed ("testcoll");

    if(mobj == null)
        post("mobj not foundn");
    else
        mobj.message("anything", "1 somedata");

sending-messages-using-javascript

On 3 juin 08, at 00:45, Anthony Palomba wrote:

> Hey all, I am trying to insert data into a coll via

> js but have not been able to get it right. Can some

> one take a quick look at this and help me figure out

> mobj.message("anything", "1 somedata");

because coll expect a list with the first argument which should be an 

int followed by any number of argument (separated by comas in your js, 

>
> Hey all, I am trying to insert data into a coll via
> js but have not been able to get it right. Can some
> one take a quick look at this and help me figure out
> what I am doing wrong.

>        mobj.message("anything", "1 somedata");

because coll expect a list with the first argument which should be an  
int followed by any number of argument (separated by comas in your js,  
unless you provide an Array).

One other thing, why does the following statement not work...

On 3 juin 08, at 17:30, Anthony Palomba wrote:

> One other thing, why does the following statement not work...

Well it does work, but not the way you probably expect ;-) It send the 

list [1 somedata] to a receive called testcoll.

> I see, that is really confusing...
>
> One other thing, why does the following statement not work...
>
> messnamed ("testcoll", 1, "somedata");

Well it does work, but not the way you probably expect ;-) It send the  
list [1 somedata] to a receive called testcoll.

Ahhh, I see. I thought you could use messnamed 

for any named object. Good to know, thanks.

Ahhh, I see. I thought you could use messnamed 
for any named object. Good to know, thanks.


Just so that I am sure, are send/rcv objects the only things

Just so that I am sure, are send/rcv objects the only things
I can use messnamed for?


your example works, but you have to respect what the coll object 

the anything message doesn't trigger any storage action.

use the "store" message to store a 'list' that begins with a symbol 

(an "anything" type), otherwise send a 'legal' list, where the first 

var mobj = this.patcher.getnamed ("testcoll");

var mobj2 = this.patcher.getnamed ("mytext");

mobj.message("store", "C", "yet_some_more_data");

your example works, but you have to respect what the coll object  
understands.
the anything message doesn't trigger any storage action.
use the "store" message to store a 'list' that begins with a symbol  
(an "anything" type), otherwise send a 'legal' list, where the first  
 element is the key.

var mobj = this.patcher.getnamed ("testcoll");
var mobj2 = this.patcher.getnamed ("mytext");

     if(mobj == null) {
         post("mobj not found");
     } else {
        mobj.message(3, "yet_other_data");
        mobj.message("store", "C", "yet_some_more_data");
     }
}

function mess()
{
     var a = arrayfromargs(arguments);
     if(mobj == null) {
         post("mobj not found");
     } else {
         post("sending "+a+"n");
        mobj.message(a);
     }
}

function read()
{
     if(mobj2 == null) {
         post("mobj not found");
     } else {
        mobj2.message("read", "readme.rtf");
     }
}

just to make it clear, messnamed() only send messages to receives 

objects. For any object you can use the message() method for a MaxObj 

just to make it clear, messnamed() only send messages to receives  
objects. For any object you can use the message() method for a MaxObj  
as Jan showed.

Sending messages using javascript