Anthony Palomba

I have an abstraction that I have created with an outlet in it. When I load it in another patcher, Max does not show any outlets. Only a naked object. I know Max is finding the object because if I rename the abstraction to something else, Max complains that it does not exist. I have also checked for duplicate abstractions, non exist.

Any ideas as to what the problem might be?

max-will-not-create-abstration-outlets

Are you sure tat you use an [outlet] object, and not a [out 1] one ?

The [out ] object will not create outlets in an abstractions, only when used inside a [poly~ ].

Are you sure tat you use an [outlet] object, and not a [out 1] one ?
The [out ] object will not create outlets in an abstractions, only when used inside a [poly~ ].


Nope, I am definitely using "outlet". Also any inlets I create do not show up either.

perhaps there's a file somewhere in max's search path called "outlet.maxpat" and "inlet.maxpat"(or any other file extensions recognized by max for objects/patches and with 'inlet/outlet' in the name...) which is confusing max?

Okay so I found out what the problem was...

I was looking at the help file for an object and figured it had a lot of good stuff I needed, so I saved it as a patcher. The problem is it thinks my patcher is a help file, so when I load it as an abstraction, it does not create any outlets.

I copied it in to a new patcher and it works!

I was looking at the help file for an object and figured it had a lot of good stuff I needed, so I saved it as a patcher. The problem is it thinks my patcher is a help file, so when I load it as an abstraction, it does not create any outlets. 

I copied it in to a new patcher and it works!


Max will not create abstration outlets!