poybuffer~readfolder

coralie's icon

Hi,
This topic is not the first about reading folders in a polybuffer, but I am quite puzzled. I have tried to load a folder of samples in a polybuffer~ using the following message: readfolder toto but I get the following message error: toto is not a folder.
I have tried to use the absolute and relative paths too. Nothing works. I can load the folder with the read message. And I can load the sound provided with MaxMSP with the following path:
readfolder C74:/media/msp

I would like to avoid using the embed attribute.

Thank you for your help!
Coralie

Jean-Francois Charles's icon

Look at this, using [dropfile]. You could also study the [opendialog] object, and, maybe less directly related to your current work, but always useful, [umenu] and its autopopulate feature.

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Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Bradley Korth's icon

I agree with opendialog. Using "opendialog fold" and then choosing a folder will output how Max wants you to read that folder. For me, it looks a lot like "C:/Users/User/<something>".