Thank you, menuclose is the command I was looking for.  Actually, the subpatch I want to clear is not the patch I want to close.  I also realized none of this makes any difference if the patch isn't saved after clearing the subpatch.
 
Anyone know a way to save a patch by a command?  Would
[; pd-JI.pd write JI.pd(
work???
 
 

This message should do it, if run from another patch:
____________________
|;                 /
|pd- JI.pd clear;   |
|pd-JI.pd menuclose\

.hc

On Nov 8, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

> I still have the same problem with my presets- the subpatch wherein I
> write them saves its contents, which include a 12,000-element array
> per preset, and when I reopen my main patch, PD doesn't read the whole
> thing. It doesn't reach the length I've been told PD patches can be,
> but somehow it doesn't read to the end of the patch, and none of the
> connections on the main page show up, among other things. If I open
> in a text editor and delete all the scalars in that canvas, it works
> fine.
>
>  Is it possible to execute a command when a window closes? Say, to
> send ";pd-presetmemory clear" when JI.pd is told to close?
>
>  I tried [loadbang]---[;pd-presetmemory clear( but, even though that
> command showed up before the presetmemory canvas in the file, it never
> reaches that point on load.
>
>  I have a button for manually clearing pd presetmemory, but I don't
> always hit it before I close.
>
>  Thanks.
>  -Chuckk
>
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