Save and Save as in a standalone made with Max 8
hi all, I'm trying to enable the save and save as command in my standalone created with max 8. Isn't there an auto-save method when the app closes? Thanks!
You can't save your patch from a standalone (actually a standalone is a Max collective opened by Max Runtime, hence the "Save" commands are disabled.
If you use [pattr] and [pattrstorage] you can save your patcher's attributes automatically on close using [pattrstorage @autosave 2].
If you are using [preset], you have to send it the "write" and "read" messages, you can automate those on opening and closing using [loadbang] and [closebang], but I wouldn't trust them.
You can even customize your standalone's menu bar using the [menubar] object if you want to implement a "save presets" command there, instead of placing a button in the patch itself.
You must specify a file name to the write and read messages
Thanks LSKA , as you said, I tried with [pattr] and [pattrstorage] and I think it's a better way to proceed, you were right, it's better not to use [preset]. I am also using [coll] to write all the data in a text file. Thanks again!