Ullstein

if I create an abstraction with a coll-object inside, it would be helpful to be able to give the coll a separate name attribute (like coll alpha) because if one needs more then one coll in a patcher it is of course necessary that they have distinct names. Would it be possible to add a script-command for this patcher that would allow to change the attributed names of objects? Then they would be more universal to use.

renaming-objects-within-an-abstraction

, define the coll with a #1 placeholder, like [coll #1].

In your parent patcher use the abstraction with an argument, like [_myAbstractionWithACollInside alpha], you'll then see inside it that coll has been instantiate with "alpha" as argument.

In your abstraction _myAbstractionWithACollInside, define the coll with a #1 placeholder, like [coll #1].
In your parent patcher use the abstraction with an argument, like [_myAbstractionWithACollInside alpha], you'll then see inside it that coll has been instantiate with "alpha" as argument.


of course Patrick, thank you, sorry I forgot about that. Many thanks for your advice and have a good day. Hans Peter

You can also dynamically create & delete new coll objects and connect them to other objects using script messages from within an instantiated patch.

I have successfully auto-generated and filled hundreds of colls which are either saved in a subpatch and accessed with refer messages or written to disk and opened with read messages.

Thanks Betamax for your advice, I am aware of this procedure, only in my case it was a coll with many cables connected going to and coming from it and that makes the script list eternally long ;-).

Nevertheless many thanks for your help, Have a good day, Hans Peter

sorry the automatic texting in this forum made you to be the son of SONY, it should of course say Metamax and I hope this time it stays...

renaming objects within an abstraction