Object that opens another .maxpat file?

MaxMSP
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Zonaverdi

Hi there,

This is something I've been experimenting with for a couple of days, to no avail. Again, I've done a lot of googling and looked through the tutorials, but without success.

Is there ANY way at all to trigger Max to open another .maxpat file, whilst you're in a patch that's already open? That is to say, I want to get to the end of a sequence of audio triggers, then using a MIDI signal, open another patch (but NOT a subpatch) once that sequence has played out.

Is this an odd concept? Is it possible?

Would be much obliged for any suggestions.

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brendan mccloskey

Hi
Look at the helpfile for [bpatcher] object

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pdelges

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Something like this maybe:

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Floating Point

or:

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

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pdelges

@Terry: or what? You copied my patch! ;-)

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Floating Point

whoops!

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

-- using message to max, but you need to close the file via a message to max too, otherwise the reference (foo) argument persists and you can't re-open.

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pdelges

Thanks Terry! Now I know a new way to crash Max6:
open a patch with the openfile message to Max,
then close it by clicking in the close button in the window bar,
and sending the closefile message.

Max 6.0.8, X.6.8

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Floating Point

lets just pretend I never posted in this thread, shall we?