hi there dear list people, a little while ago, andy mentioned a construction for bypassing gui objects (numberboxes, in that case) while at the same time using the info you may put in them with the mouse. i can't find the post anymore, but i think that's exactly what i need now. i'm making an abstraction for my midi controller (drum pad thingy), that should both show what comes in--ie bang the nicely coloured [bang]s when the pad with the corresponding notenumber is hit--and function as an onscreen replacement: when a [bang] is clicked, it should send it out. in other words, i'm looking for a way to have incoming info stop at the [bang] (as it'll come out directly), but info generated at the [bang] move on. hope i make myself clear... anyone have any idea? thanks a lot! cheers, robbert