I have seen this problem before when I accidently tried to send a message to a number box, it said 'no method....' so the only reason I can think of is that maybe your trying to send a message to an object that can't read messages? Also I'm not sure if qlist will send messages like normal messages, or rather I'm not sure if the messages outputted by qlist are the same as regular messages, for instance outputting a bang message has no effect on anything? Similarly outputting a message containing a 1 in it doesn't bang anything either, or so it seems. I have used qlist in the past with numbers and it seems very capible, have you thought about using select object which in turn will bang your message boxs? although you probably would like a better way, don't know if i have helped at all!
regards, Rory.
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