wkentdag

I'm making a patch that pulls reads data into a coll every hour from a server.

Can I set a timer in Max that works on regular time and not milliseconds?

And, more importantly, can I specify a filepath (the server pushes data to .txt files every hour) for the patch to import from without a dialog box? since this will be an automated installation it needs to run continuously without anybody manually selecting files every hour. Thanks!

I'm making a patch that pulls reads data into a coll every hour from a server. 

Can I set a timer in Max that works on regular time and not milliseconds? 

And, more importantly, can I specify a filepath (the server pushes data to .txt files every hour) for the patch to import from without a dialog box? since this will be an automated installation it needs to run continuously without anybody manually selecting files every hour. Thanks!


reading-files-without-dialog-box

you could use the [date] object, which can give the current time, and when the hour changes, trigger a "read myPath/myFile.txt" type message.

you could use the [date] object, which can give the current time, and when the hour changes, trigger a "read myPath/myFile.txt" type message.
Something like this:


reading files without dialog box?