Thank you, menuclose is the command I was looking for. Actually, the subpatch I want to clear is not the patch I want to close. I also realized none of this makes any difference if the patch isn't saved after clearing the subpatch. Anyone know a way to save a patch by a command? Would [; pd-JI.pd write JI.pd( work???

This message should do it, if run from another patch:

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|; / |pd-JI.pd clear; | |pd-JI.pd menuclose\

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On Nov 8, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

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I still have the same problem with my presets- the subpatch wherein I write them saves its contents, which include a 12,000-element array per preset, and when I reopen my main patch, PD doesn't read the whole thing. It doesn't reach the length I've been told PD patches can be, but somehow it doesn't read to the end of the patch, and none of the connections on the main page show up, among other things. If I open in a text editor and delete all the scalars in that canvas, it works fine.

Is it possible to execute a command when a window closes? Say, to send ";pd-presetmemory clear" when JI.pd is told to close?

I tried [loadbang]---[;pd-presetmemory clear( but, even though that command showed up before the presetmemory canvas in the file, it never reaches that point on load.

I have a button for manually clearing pd presetmemory, but I don't always hit it before I close.

Thanks. -Chuckk

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