Patch Path on load

    Wesley Smith
    Feb 18 2006 | 10:16 pm
    Hi, The following code won't work if the mxj is loaded at the same time the patch file is opened:
    //gets the path of the mxj's parent patcher private void patchPath() { _patcher = this.getParentPatcher(); _patchPath = _patcher.getFilePath().substring(0, _patcher.getFilePath().lastIndexOf('/') + 1); }
    You get "" as the path. If you reinitialize the mxj once the patch is loaded, then it works. Are there any plans to fix this? I'm tempted to file a bug report about this.
    thanks, wes
    • topher lafata
      Feb 20 2006 | 6:46 pm
      This is not necessarily specific to mxj. Could you fix the problem by putting that code in a loadbang method? This is called after the patch is loaded.
      public void loadbang()
      Topher
    • Wesley Smith
      Feb 20 2006 | 7:35 pm
      Ah, Yes I could. Right now I've got it hidden in an if statement when I receive the first input, which is super ugly. I always forget that mxj has a loadbang method.
      thanks, wes