Wow...this shouldn't be this hard...

To create a new patcher, quoting from the documentation:

var p = new Patcher(left,top,bottom,right);

And further down in the documentation, under Patcher object properties:

wind (Wind, get) A Javascript representation of the window associated with the patcher.

So, I've also tried setting some of those properties. Here's what I'm working with now:

var myPatcher = new Patcher(100,100,400,400);

function bang(){ myPatcher.dirty(); myPatcher.wind.visible = 1; myPatcher.wind.bringtofront(); myPatcher.newdefault(10,10,"toggle"); post("myPatcher.parentclass:"); post(myPatcher.parentclass); post("n"); post("myPatcher.wind.visible:"); post(myPatcher.wind.visible); post("n"); post("myPatcher.wind.location:"); post(myPatcher.wind.location); myPatcher.wind.location = (0,0,100,100); post("myPatcher.wind.location:"); post(myPatcher.wind.location); post("n"); post("myPatcher.wind.assocclass:"); post(myPatcher.wind.assoclass); post("n"); post("myPatcher.wind.assoc:"); post(myPatcher.wind.assoc); post("n"); myPatcher.bringtofront(); myPatcher.fullscreen(1); myPatcher.apply(printOut); }

function printOut(){ post("I found a Maxobj!"); }

I've included all of my debugging code, as well. Here is my typical output:

js: myPatcher.parentclass: jsobject 0 js: myPatcher.wind.visible: 0 js: myPatcher.wind.location: 100 100 400 426 method getwind called on invalid object js: myPatcher.wind.location: 100 100 400 426 js: myPatcher.wind.assocclass: js: myPatcher.wind.assoc: jsobject 37535792 js: I found a Maxobj!

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If I comment out the line,

myPatcher.newdefault(10,10,"toggle");

I do NOT get the debugging output:

js: I found a Maxobj!

So, I know the patcher and toggle are being created, I just can't see them or manipulate them. Is this a bug?

For what it's worth, I CAN create a subpatcher with the following Javascript:

var p=this.patcher; var subp = p.newdefault(100,100, "p", "patcherName");

function hide(){ subp.wind.visible = 0; }

function show(){ subp.wind.visible = 1; }

But when I call the hide or show functions, I get:

js: old_gimme.js: Javascript TypeError: subp.wind has no properties, line 4 js: error calling function hide js: old_gimme.js: Javascript TypeError: subp.wind has no properties, line 8 js: error calling function show

I'm pulling my hair out here...does ANYONE have an idea??

Can this message be moved to the JS forum, please?

Use patcher.front() to see the window.

Cheers

-A

I have the same problem, I tried patcher.front(); and it does not work. Anyone please have any idea about how to create a new patcher using javascript? Thank you

Hi, I tried this and the patcher was created. It seems that the variable should be declared inside the function.

autowatch = 1;

function bang(){ var myPatcher = new Patcher(100,100,400,400);

myPatcher.wind.visible = 1; myPatcher.wind.bringtofront(); myPatcher.newdefault(10,10, "toggle"); myPatcher.bringtofront(); myPatcher.fullscreen(1); myPatcher.front(); }