never mind, i found the info - who's a PD newbie - this guy! lots of documentation already within PD-help browser. just never thought to look there, thinking it would be an advanced topic. sorry to trouble...

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Scott R. Looney scottrlooney@gmail.comwrote:

hey listers, i was wondering if anyone here can easily tell me how to message PD from another object, or to point me to information along those lines? we're assuming communication via netsend/netreceive.

i would love to see an example of the following:

1. how to open/instatiate a PD object or abstraction inside a canvas, as

if you were creating an object via the gui 2. how to connect one created object to another purely through messaging

i have tried opening a PD patch as text to decode the text. i can see the object creation messages pretty well, but the logic underlying the 'connect' messages is a little confusing.

what i'd like to see in PD as this happens is objects being created, placed on the canvas, and connected to other objects without any user interaction needed. any place to go or threads to check for more info on how to do this?

thanks in advance,

scott