grimepoch

So I created an outlet and sent this to it:

and then in max, send the outlet to a message box. Max just tells me the message box doesn't know how to handle set this is it. what could I be doing wrong?

and then in max, send the outlet to a message box.  Max just tells me the message box doesn't know how to handle set this is it.  what could I be doing wrong?

javascript-outlets-what-am-i-missing

In what you posted, it's all one symbol, not a message like is

needed. To make a message generally it's outlet(0, "message", "args",

> So I created an outlet and sent this to it:

> and then in max, send the outlet to a message box. Max just tells me the message box doesn't know how to handle set this is it. what could I be doing wrong?

try outlet(0,"set", "this is it");
 In what you posted, it's all one symbol, not a message like is
needed.  To make a message generally it's outlet(0, "message", "args",
...)

On 7/19/07, Rick Burnett  wrote:
>
> So I created an outlet and sent this to it:
>
> outlet(0,"set this is it");
>
> and then in max, send the outlet to a message box.  Max just tells me the message box doesn't know how to handle set this is it.  what could I be doing wrong?
>
> Thanks!
> Rick
>


Thanks! That was definitely not clear to me. Works now!

Thanks!  That was definitely not clear to me.  Works now!


Or just send the message without "set" and use a prepend set object outside the js. Then the js just sends the message itself.

Moving this topic to the Javascript forum, mailing list users please reply to the Javascript list.

Sorry about posting it here, I didn't notice the JavaScript section initially.

Javascript outlets, what am I missing?