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Sorry if this one has been mentioned before, or if its a legacy thing I've never noticed. The folder object's left outlet fires before the right one.

Has this always been the case? I have a patching situation where it would be preferable to receive the number of files in the folder before the contents are dumped out.

Sorry if this one has been mentioned before, or if its a legacy thing I've never noticed. The folder object's left outlet fires before the right one. 

Has this always been the case? I have a patching situation where it would be preferable to receive the number of files in the folder before the contents are dumped out. 

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Yep, always been like that, as long as there's been two outlets.

Consider that the object may not even know how many files there are until it's iterated through the lot.

Good to know. I solved the problem by having folder input all of the filenames into a coll, and then once the total is output sending a dump message to the coll.

On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Stefan Tiedje wrote:

> with a simple trigger and an int you wouldn't need a coll:

A simple trigger and int manage to recreate the output of folder 

That wasn't what the original poster was after, though. The coll 

solution mentioned earlier might be the best approach, but it could 

also be approached with cascaded folder objects.

A simple trigger and int manage to recreate the output of folder  
perfectly. :-)

That wasn't what the original poster was after, though. The coll  
solution mentioned earlier might be the best approach, but it could  
also be approached with cascaded folder objects.

Chris Muir
cbm@well.com	
http://www.xfade.com

'Folder' order of operations