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"messnamed (Max object name, message name, any arguments)

Sends a message to the named Max object. A named Max object is an object associated with a global symbol (not an object with a patcher-specific name). For example, Max receive objects are bound to global symbols."

So [recieve] is a named Max object. Does that mean if you use messnamed and send a message to [receive] it goes to all objects that are [receive] within the patch? I'm away from my install of Max at the moment otherwise I would test it out. I should get back to work now.

"messnamed (Max object name, message name, any arguments)
Sends a message to the named Max object. A named Max object is an object associated with a global symbol (not an object with a patcher-specific name). For example, Max receive objects are bound to global symbols."

So [recieve] is a named Max object. Does that mean if you use messnamed and send a message to [receive] it goes to all objects that are [receive] within the patch? I'm away from my install of Max at the moment otherwise I would test it out. I should get back to work now.


i-dont-understand-messnamed

not an all day object in my opinion, more a handy tool during development just as [universal] or [print].

Okay. I tested this out with [receive hello] and it works fine. I then tested it out with a [coll bang] and I receive this error, "doesn't understand 'bang'". To my understanding a bang should "output current entry".

As far as I know, the "messnamed" can be used only to send messages to [receive] objects, nothing else.

If you want to send messages via JavaScript to other objects that have a scripting name (varname), if its in the same patcher with the [js]

try this (assuming you have an object with scripting name "TheUberObject")

// Get the object you want to send a message to

var tmpObj = this.patcher.getnamed("TheUberObject");

If you want to send messages via JavaScript to other objects that have a scripting name (varname), if its in the same patcher with the [js]
try this (assuming you have an object with scripting name "TheUberObject")

// Get the object you want to send a message to
var tmpObj = this.patcher.getnamed("TheUberObject");

//send the message!
tmpObj.message("Your message...");


when the reference says "for example receive" you would somehow expect that some other obejcts will also work. no idea about coll. maybe such shared names only count as such when they are not also make the object load a file from disk or something like that.

Thanks for the response and clarification.

to @roman thilenius, I think we're in agreement that the documentation is confusing on this matter.

@Roman Well, I get what you say, but in a thread (don't have th time to find it again), I think Emmanuel from C74 clarified, that the "messnamed" only works with [receive]s.

I agree that the documentation is confusing and I too expected some other object to work with "messnamed", but didn't find any!

@Roman Well, I get what you say, but in a thread (don't have th time to find it again), I think Emmanuel from C74 clarified, that the "messnamed" only  works with [receive]s.

I agree that the documentation is confusing and I too expected some other object to work with "messnamed", but didn't find any!


https://cycling74.com/forums/sending-messages-using-javascript/

I don't understand messnamed