I think what is happening is that [midifile] is expecting a full path for the file name when using read. This is why it works for the [openpanel] because it returns a complete path. Did you try using the full path with [read $1(?
Mike On Feb 12, 2008 12:33 PM, saint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for the quick reply again martin, > > it's a strange problem that i seem to be having. > because i definitely have all the midifiles in the same folder as the > patch but > > [midifile test.mid] > ...or... > [read test.mid(---[midifile] > gives... 'error: midifile: unable to open test.mid' > > but when i do > [bang]---[openpanel]---[read $1(---[midifile] > and point it to 'test.mid' it seems to work? > > hmmmm... > unfortunately for what i want to do i need to be able to automate opening > different midifiles. > i'm using your zip from > http://puredata.info/Members/martinrp/midifile/midifile.zip/view > > > thanks again in advance! > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Martin Peach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 12 February, 2008 5:13:00 PM > Subject: Re: [PD] Phasor Driven Midi File Playback? > > saint wrote: > > > >hi martin, > > > >been trying your midifile object and it's working nicely. > > great! > > > > >is there a way to send it a [read test.mid{ message or a [read > >folder/test.mid{ message? > > > >i need to automate opening a bunch of files without using the 'openpanel' > > >object. > > > > Just like that. > Or send a message or symbol containing the path to the [read $1( message. > It's probably easier if all the files are in the same directory as the > patch. > > Martin > > > > > ------------------------------ > Sent from > Yahoo!<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51949/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html>- > a smarter inbox. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > -- Peace may sound simple—one beautiful word— but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician
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