I can't say much for special message status, but you could use a select object on the recieving end of your messages. [select noop] would have two outlets and output a bang from the right outlet for any message other than "noop" (and a bang from the left inlet for "noop") Chuck
On 2/17/07, David F. Place d@vidplace.com wrote:
Maestri:
I would like a special message (let's call it "noop") which when sent does nothing. (That is to say, sending it would be like not sending it.) This would be useful in automation. For instance, I may have a program which generates a bunch of events which I will trigger using [textfile]. Some of the fields will not be updated in a given event. In that case, it would like to be able to write "noop" in that field.
Surely such a thing exists and I haven't found it yet. Feel free to berate me if it is right under my nose.
Cheers, David
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