[PD] object creation msg to abstraction subpatch

Sat Aug 12 20:24:58 CEST 2006

You have to sent to pd-$0-subpatch ?  (just like your "vis 1" message)

-Mike

Julian Sorrel wrote:
> hello all,
> i'm having trouble sending an object creation message to a unique 
> subpatcher [pd $0-subpatch] in an abstraction i'm building.  i've 
> tried sending "obj 250 70 ctlin" to both an appropriately named 
> messagebox and a [s $0-subpatch] object.  is patch-msg object 
> construction not allowed for dynamic variables?  technically i'm not 
> sending a dynamic variable, becuase the $0 number is already 
> "decompressed" by message time in my patch.  i have no idea what's 
> going on because [; pd-"decompressed $0"-subpatch vis 1 ( works fine. 
>
> i have no aversion to using [dyn~] - but i'll be calling numerous 
> instantiations of this abstraction, and i've found before that using 
> [dyn~] in that situation is a bit slow ... so i'd prefer to use patch 
> messages if i can ...
>
> myer
>
> abstraction title: midibutton
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #N canvas 402 0 584 961 12;
> #X obj 0 0 cnv 15 100 60 empty \$0-button button-0 5 50 0 14 -233017
> -66577 0;
> #X obj 0 0 bng 20 250 50 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 8 -228992 -1 -1
> ;
> #X obj 194 28 tgl 15 0 empty empty rec 0 -6 0 8 -262144 -1 -1 0 1;
> #X obj 56 167 ctlin;
> #X obj 54 206 spigot;
> #X msg 55 276 obj 250 70 ctlin \$1;
> #X obj 358 322 makefilename button-%d;
> #X obj 358 298 float \$1;
> #X msg 358 347 obj 250 95 send \$1;
> #X obj 4 206 sel 0;
> #X msg 4 231 bang;
> #X obj 81 67 nbx 3 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10
> -228992 -1 -1 0 256;
> #X obj 55 251 f;
> #X msg 148 155 2;
> #X msg 148 179 3;
> #X obj 358 240 loadbang;
> #X msg 468 250 bang;
> #X obj 438 293 float \$0;
> #X msg 366 405 \; \$1-button label \$2;
> #X obj 366 380 pack f s;
> #N canvas 0 0 478 328 1132-subpatch 0;
> #X restore 272 10 pd \$0-subpatch;
> #X obj 57 570 symbol;
> #X obj 79 10 nbx 3 14 -1e+037 1e+037 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -6 0 10
> -228992 -1 -1 0 256;
> #X obj 57 545 makefilename pd-%d-subpatch;
> #X obj 57 519 float \$0;
> #X msg 383 878 conn 0 0 1 0;
> #X obj 57 601 a2l;
> #X obj 57 627 glue;
> #X msg 5 550 bang;
> #X text 2 109 _____________________________;
> #X text 231 -7 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;;
> #X text 257 37 <-- graph on parent;
> #X text 146 136 debug;
> #X text 252 65 this abstraction is designed to make \; it easy to program
> a midi profile \; for your midi instrument. it rec- \; ords a user-entered
> ctlin parameter \; and makes a send "button-$1" when \; the record
> button is deselected.;
> #X text 75 880 once i get the objects created ->;
> #X obj 292 296 print a;
> #X obj 103 723 print b;
> #X text 171 207 <----create a ctlin with the specified param;
> #X text 53 348 create a send for the ctlin ------->;
> #X text 66 415 name the button ------------------>;
> #X text 282 546 <-- send message to subpatch;
> #X obj 315 497 t b l;
> #X obj 315 472 a2l;
> #X msg 57 729 \; \$1;
> #X obj 57 653 l2s;
> #X text 97 748 comment;
> #X obj 352 794 s \$0-subpatch;
> #X text -3 748 ---> \; \; \; L----these should be the same \, right?
> --->;
> #X text 456 230 debug;
> #X text 98 627 i have to use [glue] here because [pack] receives \;
> lists only in its left inlet - and here i need \; the list on the right
> side of the filename.;
> #X obj 306 712 makefilename pd-%d-subpatch;
> #X msg 306 736 \; \$1 vis 1;
> #X text 170 693 so why does this work if other messages don't?;
> #X connect 2 0 4 1;
> #X connect 2 0 9 0;
> #X connect 3 1 4 0;
> #X connect 4 0 11 0;
> #X connect 4 0 12 1;
> #X connect 5 0 35 0;
> #X connect 5 0 42 0;
> #X connect 5 0 46 0;
> #X connect 6 0 8 0;
> #X connect 6 0 19 1;
> #X connect 7 0 6 0;
> #X connect 8 0 35 0;
> #X connect 8 0 46 0;
> #X connect 8 0 42 0;
> #X connect 9 0 10 0;
> #X connect 10 0 12 0;
> #X connect 12 0 5 0;
> #X connect 13 0 4 0;
> #X connect 14 0 4 0;
> #X connect 15 0 7 0;
> #X connect 15 0 17 0;
> #X connect 15 0 24 0;
> #X connect 16 0 7 0;
> #X connect 16 0 17 0;
> #X connect 17 0 19 0;
> #X connect 17 0 50 0;
> #X connect 19 0 18 0;
> #X connect 21 0 26 0;
> #X connect 23 0 21 1;
> #X connect 24 0 23 0;
> #X connect 26 0 27 0;
> #X connect 27 0 44 0;
> #X connect 28 0 21 0;
> #X connect 41 0 28 0;
> #X connect 41 1 27 1;
> #X connect 42 0 41 0;
> #X connect 44 0 43 0;
> #X connect 44 0 36 0;
> #X connect 50 0 51 0;
> #X coords 0 0 1 1 200 140 1;
>
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