Making a button to open a patcher

howsitgoingbob's icon

Hi,

I want to put in my own image which can then be clicked to open a patcher window. Is this at all possible? I tried putting an inlet into the patcher and then putting a button into the patcher object but this did not open it. I also looked into using pictctrl but every time I input the image (which is png and within the folder of the patch) it cut off half the image.

Any help would be much appreciated!
Nat

ullrich's icon

look at pcontrol

laonikoss's icon

about [pictctrl], take a look at the help and reference files - there are specific guidelines for using an image and there's a reason it cuts of half the image.

also check Max Interface Tutorials 1 and 2 - should give you a lot of help and ideas on what you're trying to do! :)

howsitgoingbob's icon

Brilliant thanks so much guys, thanks to your help I've made it work.
Nat