ruaridh@marciablaine.com

Apologies if this has been covered before - have searched back the forums and all i can find is a workaround that wont work in this instance.

I'm sending the contents of the Max 8 window to streaming software which therefore requires all the content to only be in the same window - ie no sub patcher windows, use of tabbed views etc. What i'd like to do is be able to send a message to the patch similar to the "offset" message in a bpatcher, to change the view in Presentation Mode to something different within the patch. However I cant find a way to do this with [thispatcher] or other similar routes.

I realise i could just put everything into a Bpatcher and send offset message to that, but it seems a less elegant solution than doing it in the standard patch window. Am i missing something or is this not possible?

Hi there,
Apologies if this has been covered before - have searched back the forums and all i can find is a workaround that wont work in this instance.

Hi there,
Apologies if this has been covered before - have searched back the forums and all i can find is a workaround that wont work in thi

replicating-bpatcher-"offset"-in-main-patch

It is possible, but only with a javascirpt.

Make a js object. Doubleclick it. Copy in the code below. Save it. Then feed the js object a list of two integers. The first is the horizontal position, second is vertical position.

I believe this function is new in Max7. (not positive about that)

https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/vignettes/jswindobj

Make a js object.  Doubleclick it.  Copy in the code below.  Save it.  Then feed the js object a list of two integers.  The first is the horizontal position, second is vertical position.

I believe this function is new in Max7.  (not positive about that)
https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/vignettes/jswindobj

autowatch = 1;
inlets = 1;
function msg_int(a,b)
{
this.patcher.wind.scrollto(a,b);
}

Or as you say, put everything inside a bpatcher. That's a perfectly fine solution.

i would not use a bpatcher, i would use a window.

i.e. use the windows commands to [thispatcher] to make the window three times bigger than the monitor, then move it to the left in order to display the "second page".


i would not use a bpatcher, i would use a window.

i.e. use the windows commands to [thispatcher] to make the window three times bigger than the monitor, then move it to the left in order to display the "second page".



the position of the window is hidden in the "

 message, and to make it work pixel-exact you are probably good adviced to hide all side bars and put the window in 

while you play around with this stuff, dont use loadbangs to thispatcher until everything works, or the window might play run and hide with you.

" seems to be missing in the max 7 thispatcher reference? ... 


oh you already tried that.

the position of the window is hidden in the "window size" message, and to make it work pixel-exact you are probably good adviced to hide all side bars and put the window in "window notitle" mode.

while you play around with this stuff, dont use loadbangs to thispatcher until everything works, or the window might play run and hide with you.

for some reason "window" seems to be missing in the max 7 thispatcher reference? ... 


Replicating Bpatcher "Offset" in main patch