auto-completion problem for standard max/msp objects
Ben Carey
Nov 10 2009 | 11:58 am
Hi,
I have had this problem for a while, thought it wouldn't bother me but it has starting niggling away and slowing down my workflow I am confused as to why I can't see some standard max and msp object names appearing in the drop down menu when I start typing in the object box?? Things like cycle~, line~, metro and a host of other standard objects don't drop down - I need to type them in fully. There is no problem with max finding these objects once they are typed correctly - however I did like having to only type one or two letters to get to the drop down menu.
Any ideas? I have set the file preferences correctly - with the application folder in there as well as other folders in which I have externals stored.
Thanks in advance,
Ben
- Bas van der GraaffNov 10 2009 | 2:10 pmDo try to harvest metadata again. Paste this into a max window and click it. I had some trouble with the autocomplete menu when I ran a second instance of Max before. The documents that contain these are in Cycling '74/init in your Max folder.Max Patcher
In Max, select New From Clipboard. - MattijsMar 26 2011 | 10:32 amThanks for this Bas, I was running into exactly this problem and your solution worked.
- Matthias S.Apr 22 2011 | 7:05 pmHi,I still have the same problems after using this db.reset method. I cannot see any autocompletion, although it had worked before. The "Object box autocompletion" is activated. What else do I have to consider?Thank you!
- thouldcroftMay 22 2011 | 10:44 pmHi, I remember coming across this post a month ago, and I am now having the same problem.The only change I've made to Max is setting the default grid size to a smaller grid for unlocked patches. Next thing I know, Max doesn't auto-complete for new objects!I hadn't upgraded to 5.1.8 yet, so I was hoping that would help, but no luck.I've tried the reset that Bas van der Graaff posted, but this still doesn't solve the problem.Do I need to delete a preference file maybe?Thanks!
- EavJan 15 2012 | 10:07 pmHi,At first Bas' reset didn't work for me, but after restarting Max, i disabled and enabled autocompletion and now everything works again.So anyhow, thanks Bas!
- Stephane MorisseSep 26 2012 | 7:15 amAuto-completion fail strikes back. Neither the ; max db.reset nor the disable/enable tricks worked...
- Stephane MorisseSep 26 2012 | 12:00 pmFours hours later, after restarting quitting, etc and opening and working with max 5 (?) this finally works. But the behaviour seems a bit erratic. Let's see if other users get the same problem. Does the database rest message need time to operate ?
- beni shwartzJun 13 2015 | 1:22 pmI have a somewhat similar problem. Everytime I try to make a new object with Command-N, it pops up already auto-filled with a bpatcher. Tried all the listed solutions above. ANy ideas?
- Bernd LMar 22 2017 | 6:42 pmI just had the same problem, auto-completion didn't work anymore. But thanks to the patch above, it works again. max 7.3.1
