Confirmbox
MAX completely lacks a simple confirmbox. Like: Do you really want to do this? Yes/No. There was one for MAC OS 9 in Maxobjects.com but not anymore and not for OSX/UB. Anybody an idea?
Peter
[dialog]? y for yes, n for no?
Andreas
Peter skrev:
> MAX completely lacks a simple confirmbox. Like: Do you really want to do this? Yes/No. There was one for MAC OS 9 in Maxobjects.com but not anymore and not for OSX/UB. Anybody an idea?
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> Peter
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check out aalert. works for me in Max 5.
David
Works for me too in MAX 5/OSX.
Thanks.
Peter
On Sep 9, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Peter wrote:
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> MAX completely lacks a simple confirmbox. Like: Do you really want
> to do this? Yes/No. There was one for MAC OS 9 in Maxobjects.com but
> not anymore and not for OSX/UB. Anybody an idea?
It's pretty easy to roll your own abstraction for this in Max.
-C
Chris Muir
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For instance? Like the proposed dialog with y or n answer? Not something more OS-like?
Would help to create something, because aalert is only mac, so no cross-platform application with that.
Peter
create a bpatcher. show/hide via scripting messages to thispatcher (as one example).
Quote: plem@xs4all.nl wrote on Tue, 09 September 2008 16:15
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> For instance? Like the proposed dialog with y or n answer? Not something more OS-like?
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It depends on your definition of OS-like, I guess.
No help file.
-C
My definition of OS-like would be something that a user can handle without any extra thinking as if he was handling his normal operating system. Lots of alternatives are possible, but I think software that confirms itself to the rules of the OS is always easier to handle, faster to learn and more fool-proof for the user. So, always something to aim at.
Peter
hi,
i made a cross platform alert box pop-up object which uses the OS message box function, so this may be what you're after. I didn't test it very thoroughly yet.
oli
Works fine on my MAC. So, see what it does in windows.
Thx a lot.
Peter
Quick test on Mac is very good -- thanks Oli!!!
Dan
At 2:21 PM -0600 9/11/08, Oliver Larkin wrote:
>hi,
>
>i made a cross platform alert box pop-up object which uses the OS
>message box function, so this may be what you're after. I didn't
>test it very thoroughly yet.
>
>oli
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And also very good on PC (XP SP3 with Max 5) - super!!!
Thanks again Oli.
Dan
At 8:52 PM -0400 9/11/08, Dan Nigrin wrote:
>Quick test on Mac is very good -- thanks Oli!!!
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>Dan
>
>At 2:21 PM -0600 9/11/08, Oliver Larkin wrote:
>>hi,
>>
>>i made a cross platform alert box pop-up object which uses the OS
>>message box function, so this may be what you're after. I didn't
>>test it very thoroughly yet.
>>
>>oli
>>--
>>original plugins and stuff for max: www.olilarkin.co.uk
--
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http://jackosx.com
Any way to change the displayed icon from the default Max5 icon?
Quote: oli larkin wrote on Thu, 11 September 2008 22:21
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> hi,
>
> i made a cross platform alert box pop-up object which uses the OS message box function, so this may be what you're after. I didn't test it very thoroughly yet.
>
> oli
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Peter schrieb:
> MAX completely lacks a simple confirmbox. Like: Do you really want to
> do this? Yes/No. There was one for MAC OS 9 in Maxobjects.com but not
> anymore and not for OSX/UB. Anybody an idea?
I am happy it doesn't exist, any software using this sort of UI is
usually annoying... ;-)
But nobody would stop you creating it, even Max would allow it, as you
can pop up windows to your liking. Have a look at pcontrol, and create a
patcher in any design of your liking...
Stefan
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