James Greenaway

I am working my way through the javascript manual in max and have reached a roadblock. Could somebody explain how to use javascript to output a defined value using the setvalueof function and pattr. The manual states that;

"Defining a function called setvalueof() permits pattr and related objects to attach to and set an object's current value, passed as argument(s) to the function. Values passed will be of type Number or String."

I cannot get this to work. I have tried sending a message via pattr to the effect of 'setvalueof 7' however this does not seem to work. Could someone please explain the order of objects needed to visualise the example in the max manual.

I am working my way through the javascript manual in max and have reached a roadblock. Could somebody explain how to use javascript to output a defined value using the setvalueof function and pattr. The manual states that; 

I cannot get this to work. I have tried sending a message via pattr to the effect of 'setvalueof 7' however this does not seem to work. Could someone please explain the order of objects needed to visualise the example in the max manual. 

Beginner: setvalueof