Help with [exportimage] and [jit.matrix]

Thomas Arch's icon

I am attempting to write a patch that will enable me to specify a file name then automatically add a number extension to the end of the filename when using exportimage (ie Filename1, Filename2, ..., Filename123, etc.) Here is what I have so far:

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Now the problem I am having is that if I simply use [exportimage] with no arguements and manually type the file name in the windows dialog box I have no problem locating the saved image file, however, when I use [exportimage filename1 jpeg] it doesn't seem to be saving the file properly despite printing a "export filename1.jpg 1" message in the max window.

I am running Max/MSP Version 4.6.3 on Windows Vista.

Any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated.

MIB's icon

What do you mean by "not properly"?

Your patch works perfectly fine for me.
I took the liberty to make a few changes to your complicated "add an index"scheme... much easier with "sprintf":

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Hope this was helpful.

Thomas Arch's icon

By 'not working properly' I mean the file is not there at all. When I go look for the file that I supposedly created there is nothing there. I even did a full search of my hard drive to see if max was saving it in some obscure directory and still nothing. The file is just not there. The only way I can get it to create a file is to manually type the name in.

Your revision is much more concise, but unfortunately it is still not actually saving the file for me.

I wonder, is this some sort of bug/glitch/windows issue that is causing this?

Thomas Arch's icon

I was afraid this might be the case. I guess I will be upgrading and hoping for the best.

Thomas Arch's icon

I have upgraded to Max 5 and all is well. Thanks for the help and input!