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I have created a patch containing a poly object. Inside the poly object there is a sfplay~. I want to load a soundfile into each instance of sfplay~ without going into each subpatch and clicking open each time. Is there any way that I can click open once from the main patch and it will load into each subpatch?

Hello,
      I have created a patch containing a poly object. Inside the poly object there is a sfplay~. I want to load a soundfile into each instance of sfplay~ without going into each subpatch and clicking open each time. Is there any way that I can click open once from the main patch and it will load into each subpatch? 

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Use the "target 0" message to select all the instances of the subpatch then send the "open" message to the [sfplay~] object perhaps using [trigger] and another inlet [in 2].

Thanks again for replying lh. I have tried this but I still have to select the soundfile once for each instance of the subpatch. I am looking for a solution in which I click open once and select a soundfile only once.

Oh I see, in that case you could place a [route someid] directly after your main inlet in the subpatch and connect the first outlet to a [prepend open] then to the [sfplay~] object. The second outlet can be connect to whatever the original [in] was connected to. Then use something like [opendialog] in your main patch to select a file, [prepend someid] and then send it to your [poly~]. You'll still need to use "target 0" to send to all instances, this can be done with [trigger].

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