On 7 sept. 08, at 22:36, Roald Baudoux wrote:

> Thanks for the code but it appears a little bit obscure to me. > > If I undestand it correctly I need to call the iterationmethod > function first then the mess function. > > However, how do I get the MyObj variable? If I try to define it with > var MyObj = new Maxobj and then call the iterationmethod function it > doesn't work.

MyObj is the MaxObject passed as argument to the iterative function by the applydeep method. Here's a tested version with more comments which works fine. Let me know if that's not clear enough.

Best, ej

var theFirstCollIWasLookingFor; // variable which stores the "address" to your coll object

function findthecoll() { this.patcher.applydeep(iterationmethod); // iterate through the objects (recursively, in supbatchers too) } findthecoll.local = 1;

function iterationmethod(MyObj) // the iteration method (triggered by findthecoll) { if (MyObj.maxclass == "coll" && MyObj.varname == "toto") { // if the object is a coll, and it have "toto" as scripting name theFirstCollIWasLookingFor = MyObj; // store a reference to your MaxObject in theFirstCollIWasLookingFor variable return false; // get out, cause now you have one. } return true; // this is required to continue the iteration } iterationmethod.local = 1;

function anything() // when you send any message to the object, it will forward it to the coll object { var tmp = arrayfromargs(messagename, arguments); if (theFirstCollIWasLookingFor != undefined) { // if the variable is not empty it it means that we already have one coll found theFirstCollIWasLookingFor.message(tmp); } else { // no coll found yet, so we need to find it findthecoll(); // finding the coll object mess(tmp); // send the message to the found call } }

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