hi all -

there seems to be a bug with the filepath object, in that search paths added by it are not searched recursively, until max is quit and started again. is there some way to make max rebuild its search path to include the sub-paths immediately?

i need this especially for using with max runtime, since i can't save the file preferences and reopen (since there is no "file preferences" menu item). i assumed i could use filepath to add search paths on the fly in max runtime and have it work as max does normally (search paths are searched recursively), but that isn't the case.

what happens is when i add a path, eg. send "set newpath" to a "filepath search 8" object, i can see that the path is added in the file preferences window. "newpath" is searched, but eg. "newpath/otherfolder" is not searched. however, when i quit and restart max, then newpath/otherfolder will be searched. not possible in runtime though, and not possible to get recursive searching with eg. filepath 0.

am i missing some other way to add proper search paths in max runtime? recursive temporary search paths in max? anyone have another workaround?

thanks...