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im trying to find my way into the world of js.

In a m4l device, but it'd be the same in max i guess, i would like to control colors (background and-or border) of every ui object all together (live.dial, panel, live.numbox etc.)

I m handling all of this color change work for now with abstractions/messages and this involves way too much patchcording. It's messing up the patchers for nothing essential and i assume it's exactly what js is meant for.

I can't find ressources where to start, as the help files are pretty light, and the forum is missing such thread, or i didn't find them.

Would you recommend me somewhere to start like a basic js script on how to control all objects colors in a patcher at the same time?

Hi,
im trying to find my way into the world of js.

 In a m4l device, but it'd be the same in max i guess, i would like to control colors (background and-or border) of every ui object all together  (live.dial, panel, live.numbox etc.) 

I can't find ressources where to start, as the help files are pretty light, and the forum is missing such thread, or i didn't find them. 

Hi,
im trying to find my way into the world of js.

 In a m4l device, but it'd be the same in max i guess, i would like to control colors (b

controlling-colors-of-ui-object-with-js

js patcher-scripting example patch (search the file browser) to find all the objects in your patch. you can perform operations on these objects using the messages and attributes listed in the 

Here's a basic example of increasing the background color of all objects that support it, from e.g. the 


if(b.understands("bgcolor")) {
    var bgcolor = b.getboxattr("bgcolor");
    for(var i = 0; i< bgcolor.length; i++) {
        bgcolor[i] = Math.min( bgcolor[i] + 0.1, 1.);
    }
    b.message("bgcolor", bgcolor);
}

you can start with the patchdescribe-example js patcher-scripting example patch (search the file browser) to find all the objects in your patch. you can perform operations on these objects using the messages and attributes listed in the Maxobj reference.

Here's a basic example of increasing the background color of all objects that support it, from e.g. the iterfun function of the mentioned example


if(b.understands("bgcolor")) {
	var bgcolor = b.getboxattr("bgcolor");
	for(var i = 0; i< bgcolor.length; i++) {
		bgcolor[i] = Math.min( bgcolor[i] + 0.1, 1.);
	}
	b.message("bgcolor", bgcolor);
}

I made it working, but i assume that if i want to apply this to only specifics objects, i need to report their scripting name as var. I will investigate.

Js looks just great in max, but while i know max very well now, i m starting from very beginning with js. I have to iterate through all steps of how it works,

I made it working, but i assume that if i want to apply this to only specifics objects, i need to report their scripting name as var. I will investigate.

Js looks just great in max, but while i know max very well now, i m starting from very beginning with js. I have to iterate through all steps of how it works,

Thanks Rob. there's a coupel of people besides me who've been asking how to reset objects to use a template instead of their own colors. Like me they only worked out that's the best way to do colors after building everything, lol. Do you know if it's possible with JavaScript? We haven't been able to figure it out yet.

Thanks Rob. there's a coupel of people besides me who've been asking how to reset objects to use a template instead of their own colors.  Like me they only worked out that's the best way to do colors after building everything, lol. Do you know if it's possible with JavaScript? We haven't been able to figure it out yet. 

controlling colors of ui object with js