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I've got two different JSUI objects with their own javascripts. I was curious if one javascript can read an array from the other javascript?

i know I can send a message to the other JSUI and have it fire a function which will return the array to the other JSUI, but I'd like to skip that, mostly because I'm trying to keep the script as fast as possible and don't want any micro delays in sending data back and forth this presumably slow way..

i tried creating a root variable without "var" in front of it to theoretically make it be a global variable the other script could read but that didn't work. My assumption is that only works when the same JS file is used multiple times...?

I've got two different JSUI objects with their own javascripts.  I was curious if one javascript can read an array from the other javascript?

i know I can send a message to the other JSUI and have it fire a function which will return the array to the other JSUI, but I'd like to skip that, mostly because I'm trying to keep the script as fast as possible and don't want any micro delays in sending data back and forth this presumably slow way.. 

i tried creating a root variable without "var" in front of it to theoretically make it be a global variable the other script could read but that didn't work.  My assumption is that only works when the same JS file is used multiple times...?

I've got two different JSUI objects with their own javascripts.  I was curious if one javascript can read an array from the other javascript

how-to-read-one-js-file's-data-from-another-js

[js]/[jsui] can access dictionaries, colls and matrices defined in your patch. Another way is Global object (check globalvar-example from examples->javascript->patcher-scripting ).

hmm. i didn't want to use any max devices in this script. only pure JS. I've run into so many other issues with max devices in the past that I'm trying to skip them entirely this time. (well, except for buffer / sig / groove this time because I have no choice but to use them. :P )

and I've used global objects before in JS, but as far as i know it only works if you're using the same JS file multiple times. I'm not. These are two completely different scripts for two completely different JSUIs. I just tried creating a global object in one script and reading it from the other and it fails because it's null.

hmm.  i didn't want to use any max devices in this script.  only pure JS.  I've run into so many other issues with max devices in the past that I'm trying to skip them entirely this time.  (well, except for buffer / sig  / groove this time because I have no choice but to use them.  :P  )

and I've used global objects before in JS, but as far as i know it only works if you're using the same JS file multiple times.  I'm not.  These are two completely different scripts for two completely different JSUIs.    I just tried creating a global object in one script and reading it from the other and it fails because it's null.

aha! i think i figured out what i was doing wrong... i was only declaring the global variable once in scriptB. (and trying to read it from scriptA)

I guess what i was supposed to do is declare it in scriptA AND declare it in scriptB. (and i have only scriptB write to it and have scriptA read it and it appears to read what was written to it.)

aha! i think i figured out what i was doing wrong...  i was only declaring the global variable once in scriptB. (and trying to read it from scriptA)

I guess what i was supposed to do is declare it in scriptA AND declare it in scriptB.  (and i have only scriptB write to it and have scriptA read it and it appears to read what was written to it.)

Yep, if you want to stay in JavaScript world Global object should be the solution.

How to read one JS file's data from another JS?