pauleary

Hi all, I'm having an issue with populating a umenu object with [opendialogue]

First, it does work fine, but my issue is that I am trying to save presets of lists of audio files for

buffers, then I just select them. It seems that [opendialogue]/[umenu] only really remembers the

position of the files in the folder. Therefore, if I add a file to that folder, suddenly, all my preselected

files are wrong, probably off by one file or something, but I'm not sure....

Is there a way to populate that [umenu] with a folder based on the actual contents names? As opposed

I've attached below an example of how I currently use it. But again, presets all end up wrong if I add a file to that

First, it does work fine, but my issue is that I am trying to save presets of lists of audio files for
buffers, then I just select them. It seems that [opendialogue]/[umenu] only really remembers the
position of the files in the folder. Therefore, if I add a file to that folder, suddenly, all my preselected
files are wrong, probably off by one file or something, but I'm not sure....

Is there a way to populate that [umenu] with a folder based on the actual contents names? As opposed
to the position in the folder?

I've attached below an example of how I currently use it.  But again, presets all end up wrong if I add a file to that
folder after I've set my samples....


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Unfortunately, preset alone doesn't allow for this, but pattrstorage does, with the usage of umenu's @pattrmode attribute. And, preset can be used to control pattrstorage. See the 'pattrstorage' tab of preset's help patcher.

Thanks so much for the help. How would that look based on what I've provided? I can't seem to make it

work by adding an autopattr @autoname 1 object. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. These in conjunction with

Also, currently I'm using a single preset to set hundreds of parameters, can this @autoname 1 work with

Thanks so much for the help.  How would that look based on what I've provided?  I can't seem to make it
work by adding an autopattr @autoname 1 object.  Maybe I'm doing it wrong.  These in conjunction with
Preset have always mystified me.

Also, currently I'm using a single preset to set hundreds of parameters, can this @autoname 1 work with
that single preset object?

There are a lot of ways to get objects into pattrstorage, autopattr being one of them. You can use the 'include' outlet, or just use the 'exclude' outlet if you have only a few objects that need to be excluded. Or, you can use a pattr object by itself, and connect it to the umenu directly.

To reiterate, you need to use the pattrmode attribute of umenu (set to 1) to store a symbol instead of a number.

There are a lot of ways to get objects into pattrstorage, autopattr being one of them. You can use the 'include' outlet, or just use the 'exclude' outlet if you have only a few objects that need to be excluded. Or, you can use a pattr object by itself, and connect it to the umenu directly. 

To reiterate, you need to use the pattrmode attribute of umenu (set to 1) to store a symbol instead of a number.


Excellent! Got it working, all I had to do was add pattrmode to the umenus and it works.

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