find named object and send it a message
I'm looking at some of the patcher scripting stuff in the api. iterator.c is a good guide, but I do want to check if there's a simple method similar to "getnamed" in javascript, such that I don't have to iterate through all the boxes in a patcher.
Something along the lines of
t_object *desiredobject = jpatcher_get_namedobject("scriptedname");
and you could then just pass desiredobject into the various jbox goodies.
P.
Hey Peter,
You can do something like that:
t_max_err err;
t_object *patcher = NULL;
t_object *yourobject = NULL;
// get the patcher
err = object_obex_lookup(yourobjectpointer, gensym("#P"), &patcher);
// get the object that you're looking for.
yourobject = (t_object *)object_method(patcher, gensym("getnamedbox"), gensym("theobjectname"));Great! Thanks EJ.
Peter