the active object can not work in a bpatcher because the patcher is not opened (active )at all in a window here, but only in the bpatcher object box.

maybe a workaround will suite your application? ... think "loadbang" or mouse over ...

Thanx Roman, I thought the same - doing it with the 'mousestate' object and controlling it with the x or/and y position. The only problem is that the look of my patcher is changing permanently which would force me to change the values regularly. That's why I'm hesitating to use it. Maybe I'll find another solution. I'll try again today :-) Thanx anyway.

Cheers Peer

Give your [bpatcher] a scripting name and then use [hover] to detect when you're mousing over it, will that get you any further?

in fact I think all bpatchers are given a scripting name whether you ask for it or not... re: dealing with pattrstorage if you decide to use it (a way to differentiate between groups of pattrs, each in a similar bpatcher).

damn Luke, that's exactly what I was looking for. A perfect replacement for [active] if u have to deal with bpatchers. it's a pitty and I don't know why, but I didn't get your message in my mailbox so I was struggling the whole day and found a solution with a combination of 'set' messages....but for the future this will help me a lot.... thanx so much !!!

Hey Luke, thanx again man...just used [hover]. it's great and it helps so much....I'm happy ;-)