Actually, this is possible.
Send this message to a number box:
[param f f f s f s s(
where f is float and s is symbol according to the following syntax:
[param <width> <lower-limit> <upper-limit> <label> <position> <receive-label> <send-label>l(
This works with symbol atoms too.
> that’s kind of what i did here. even with state saving…
>
> cheers
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> > On 23 Nov 2015, at 14:50, Miller Puckette <msp@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >
> > As a workaround you can simply force values into the range and send them
> > back to the box via a "set" message. It's not exactly the same (since it will
> > also "correct" numbers typed in which the range setting doesn't) but might
> > be OK or even better for making interfaces with varying ranges.
> >
> > cheers
> > Miller
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 09:46:58PM +0100, Simon Iten wrote:
> >> hi list,
> >>
> >> would it be possible to make the “range” of a numberbox settable via messages? like with vsl etc?
> >> or is there a way to set it (not via properties)?
> >>
> >> cheers
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