On 15 Oct 2008, at 14:10, Greg wrote: > > It's one of these days again ... > I am facing the following problem for which i am sure i had solved > it before :) > > Is it possible to create a table outside a poly~ object and > then refer to it by name inside the various instances in order to > read from it ? > I've tried both using the name of the table within the poly~ as > well as sending a refer message to it without however any > success . > In this situation i don't want to have the table saved first . > I am pretty sure i am doing something wrong but for some reason i > can't seem to find what the problem is . >

it's not clear from your post, what the problem is. you might like to send a patch. using a named table works fine here on max4.6 volker.

/* save as polyTable */

/* main patch */

Hi Volker Here is the patch , It is quite messy but i indicated where the table i am trying to access is within the grain~ subpatch .

/ save as Grain~ /

/the main patch /

Thanks for your help

Greg

In this simple example everything seems to work fine , also in 4.6 ...

/ save as something /

/ the main patch /

cheers

G

On 15 Oct 2008, at 15:07, Greg wrote: > > Hi Volker > Here is the patch , > It is quite messy but i indicated where the table i am trying to > access is within the grain~ subpatch .

without going into details, i think you have a naming conflict here. you should be careful not to choose the same names for tables, colls etc. and send/receive addresses.

choosing a name like 'mySteps' and using that same name for the table inside the poly~ seems to work in the 'messy' patch you have posted. hth, volker.

Thanks a lot for you valuable help Volker Your suggestion solved problem :)

cheers

Greg