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Sometimes the jspainter files I use to override the UI of buttons , matrices and toggles are not properly loaded .

There are a lot of error messages like "not enough arguments", "no such objects" etc. I guess, it's just because Max tries to load them before all the objects are .

Is there a way to load the JS files only when the patch and all its objects are loaded ?

Hi,
Sometimes the jspainter files I use to override the UI of buttons , matrices and toggles are not properly loaded .
There are a lot of error messages like "not enough arguments", "no such objects" etc. I guess, it's just because Max tries to load them before all the objects are .
Is there a way to load the JS files only when the patch and all its objects are loaded ? 

make-sure-the-jspainter-files-are-properly-loaded

Is it possible to save the JSpainter files inside the main patcher or something like that ? This problem is very annoying.

I was recently working on troubleshooting a similar issue with Javascript in Max, and found this bit, which solved it. From 

https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/vignettes/jsbasic

It's the second point at work here, because "refering to your object's Patcher" includes any Max objects within that Patcher.

What solved it for me was moving the relevant Javascript code out of the global part of the script, and into a loadbang() function. (Or, in some cases, into a function I named init(), which I connect to a loadbang in Max, but can also re-bang at any point to re-set the script.)

All that said, I haven't worked with JS Painter yet myself, so I don't know how much control you have in that context for when the script will refer to Max objects.

I was recently working on troubleshooting a similar issue with Javascript in Max, and found this bit, which solved it. From https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/vignettes/jsbasic :

What not to do [in Global Code]: 

Refer to your object’s Patcher (see the Patcher Object for more information). 


It's the second point at work here, because "refering to your object's Patcher" includes any Max objects within that Patcher.

What solved it for me was moving the relevant Javascript code out of the global part of the script, and into a loadbang() function. (Or, in some cases, into a function I named init(), which I connect to a loadbang in Max, but can also re-bang at any point to re-set the script.)

All that said, I haven't worked with JS Painter yet myself, so I don't know how much control you have in that context for when the script will refer to Max objects.


Make sure the Jspainter files are properly loaded