MaxMadMike

I haven't been able to figure out how to do this. I want to use a range slider and have 2 number boxes that display the high and low range of the slider, but can also set the values. When I tried it the way I thought it would work, Max crashed on me. =[

I am using Max 4.6. Someone please let me know how to do this, or paste the patch text so I can open it and figure it out.

using-a-number-box-to-set-a-slider-value-and-display-it

> I haven't been able to figure out how to do this.

Chris Muir
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I think your method is probably the simplest and quickest to implement into my patch, Chris. It's pure and simple - just using prepends as the middle man. Nice!

Thanks again, guys. I'd be pulling out even more of my hair if it weren't for all of the helpful users on this site.

The "teaching moment" here is twofold: first,

a value, and - secondly - the notion that

you need to grab any outputs you actually

use somewhere else from something *other*

than the number box connected to the set 

message [connect your imaginary destination

the rslider and the number box to see why

this is what you need to do. Should become

Generally speaking, the "set" message is used

value sent to a "hot" inlet of a Max object

WITHOUT triggering any output or calculation.

Along with trigger, it's one of your friends

Once again, Chris and I think alike; our
solutions are *almost* exactly alike.

The "teaching moment" here is twofold: first,
the use of the "set" message to set the 
number box values without outputting
a value, and - secondly - the notion that
you need to grab any outputs you actually
use somewhere else from something *other*
than the number box connected to the set 
message [connect your imaginary destination
number boxes to the two number boxes in
the patch instead of tapping off the
rslider object and honk around with 
the rslider and the number box to see why
this is what you need to do. Should become
obvious].

Generally speaking, the "set" message is used
all over the place in Max to change the 
value sent to a "hot" inlet of a Max object
WITHOUT triggering any output or calculation.
Along with trigger, it's one of your friends
as a beginning user.


using a number box to set a slider value AND display it?