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access the contents of a [pattr] preset without poking the relevant UI


jamesson
Aug 25 2012 | 7:27 pm

I’m sure this is in the pattr helpfile somewhere, but before I go digging – how can I access the contents of a pattr preset without bothering the relevant UI objects? Simple enough to load the preset and listen to the UI, but what if I want to leave the UI alone and just see what the preset says?

Many thanks in advance

Joe


Rodrigo
Aug 26 2012 | 12:06 am

Don’t you just doubleclick the pattrstorage? Or one of them, and it shows all the presets and their values?
Can also write the preset to disk and see (edit) it there.


jamesson
Aug 26 2012 | 12:32 am

I mean outlet it or send a message – of course I can edit it, but what if I want to use it for something else?

Probably I will not have to do this, but sitll curious


willyc
Aug 27 2012 | 11:42 am

One solution is to use another pattr (with its @invisible attribute set to one) to bindto to the UI element you want to ‘observe’. See the ‘remoteGetSetOfUI’ subpatcher in the below patch



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