On 20 mai 08, at 08:42, Stefan Tiedje wrote:

> I wanted to find out about the patcher method "newobject" for > scripting, and unfortunately the example in the old JavascriptInMax > pdf has an example which doesn't help too much...

You can use the send message. Then the syntax will be the same as the one demonstrate in the "Making new objects" subpatcher of the thispatcher help file. For instance:

this.patcher.message("script", "newobject", "comment", "@varname", i + "_unitlabel", "@presentation_rect", 280, y, 130, 20, "@patching_rect", 280, y, 130, 20, "@presentation", 1, "@text", ppList[i].unit, "@fixwidth", 1 );

ej

Emmanuel Jourdan schrieb: > You can use the send message. Then the syntax will be the same as the > one demonstrate in the "Making new objects" subpatcher of the > thispatcher help file. For instance:

I tried this for instance:

this.patcher.message("script", "newobject", "newobj", "@varname", "ctlobj[" + k + "]", "@patching_rect", 250+k*30, 50, 280+k*30, 70, "@text", ctlin, k+1 );

And it complained:

js: autosurface.js: Javascript ReferenceError: ctlin is not defined...

...

The js reference claims: "Any message to a patcher that you can send in Max (via the thispatcher object) you can send in Javascript in js."

How do I send the size message: "script size var1 100 15" like in the example to thispatcher?

I tried

this.patcher.size(controlin[k], 27, 15);

but it didn't work. Maybe because the the object doesn't have a scripting name yet...

I go through this, because I want to see if scripting within javascript is easier than with thispatcher, but it seems much more complicated... ;-)

Stefan

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On 20 mai 08, at 11:04, Stefan Tiedje wrote:

> Emmanuel Jourdan schrieb: >> You can use the send message. Then the syntax will be the same as >> the one demonstrate in the "Making new objects" subpatcher of the >> thispatcher help file. For instance: > > I tried this for instance: > > this.patcher.message("script", "newobject", "newobj", > "@varname", "ctlobj[" + k + "]", > "@patching_rect", 250+k*30, 50, 280+k*30, 70, > "@text", ctlin, k+1 > ); > > And it complained: > > js: autosurface.js: Javascript ReferenceError: ctlin is not defined...

it should proabably be:

"@text", "ctlin " + k+1

> The js reference claims: "Any message to a patcher that you can send > in Max (via the thispatcher object) you can send in Javascript in js." > > How do I send the size message: "script size var1 100 15" like in > the example to thispatcher? > > I tried > > this.patcher.size(controlin[k], 27, 15); > > but it didn't work. Maybe because the the object doesn't have a > scripting name yet...

Then you need to name it:

controlin[k].varname = "ctrlin_" + k; this.patcher.message("script", "size", "ctrlin_" + k, 100, 15);

You should also be able to use the rect property of a MaxObject.

ej

Emmanuel Jourdan schrieb: > it should proabably be: > > "@text", "ctlin " + k+1

Thanks, that did the trick (after I put (k+1) in brackets). Does that mean that these attributes have a fixed number of arguments? and @text will only take one single argument? Or is there an alternative notation also possible...

I never know when I have to combine things with "+" or when I have to separate them with a comma. In Max I don't have to care about this but js is picky... ;-)

Stefan

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On 20 mai 08, at 15:42, Stefan Tiedje wrote:

> Thanks, that did the trick (after I put (k+1) in brackets). Does > that mean that these attributes have a fixed number of arguments? > and @text will only take one single argument? > Or is there an alternative notation also possible...

It depends on the attribute. For instance bordercolor would take 4 floats, here text takes only one string. You can find that easily by "looking at the object as text" (copy of the object, paste in a text file).

ej