Mark Kerr

Does anyone know how to decide in witch folder coll should save the 

file when received a write 'filename' message, so that you can save 

stuff in a folder without having to use the save as dialogue... ?

Does anyone know how to decide in witch folder coll should save the  
file when received a write 'filename' message, so that you can save  
stuff in a folder without having to use the save as dialogue...  ?

coll-and-write-folder

> Does anyone know how to decide in witch folder coll should save the file 

> when received a write 'filename' message, so that you can save stuff in 

> a folder without having to use the save as dialogue... ?

Just combine the filepath with the filename to one complete filename: 

[sprintf %s%s]-[tosymbol]-[prepend write]-[coll].

The tosymbol will take care of whitespace in the path...

bluermutt wrote:
> Does anyone know how to decide in witch folder coll should save the file 
> when received a write 'filename' message, so that you can save stuff in 
> a folder without having to use the save as dialogue...  ?

Just combine the filepath with the filename to one complete filename: 
[sprintf %s%s]-[tosymbol]-[prepend write]-[coll].
The tosymbol will take care of whitespace in the path...

-- 
Stefan Tiedje------------x-------
--_____-----------|--------------
--(_|_ ----|-----|-----()-------
-- _|_)----|-----()--------------
----------()--------www.ccmix.com


Note that sprintf has a "symout" argument which will eliminate the 

Am 05.09.2006 um 15:29 schrieb Stefan Tiedje:

> Just combine the filepath with the filename to one complete 

> filename: [sprintf %s%s]-[tosymbol]-[prepend write]-[coll].

> The tosymbol will take care of whitespace in the path...

Note that sprintf has a "symout" argument which will eliminate the  
need for tosymbol.

> Just combine the filepath with the filename to one complete  
> filename: [sprintf %s%s]-[tosymbol]-[prepend write]-[coll].
> The tosymbol will take care of whitespace in the path...


Is there a complete summary available for manipulating strings and symbols in max? For me it's still not completely clear when quotes are automatically added to or removed from strings, when something is a symbol and when it is a list, what tosymbol and fromsymbol do exactly, when the word 'symbol' is automatically prepended and how the %s in sprintf behaves with different types of input.

If there is no such guide maybe I'll try to put something together myself some time.

coll and write folder