On 6/8/07, marius schebella marius.schebella@gmail.com wrote:
yes, I get a message in the output window, but I cannot use the output window to trigger actions within Pd. marius.
There is a way to do this depending on platform. pix_film will load images on OSX (and should on Windows) and it gives the frame count as 1 if loaded or 0 if not through the middle outlet.
Having a status report in the patch itself is useful and worth a look.