hard off wrote:

anyway $0 won't work inside a message box.

while this is true in general it doesn't apply here, as tim's example uses [s pd-$0-subpatch] (no message-box involved in the problematic code)

tim: your problem is most likely related to an outdated version of Pd you are using. since Pd-0.40 you can use $args within symbols, so your example will perfectly work.

if, for some reason, you don't feel like upgrading Pd, use hard off's example.

btw, with Pd>=0.40, you can also change the sendlabel of [send], which i think is somewhat more elegant (and efficient) than sending via message-boxes.

fmgasd.r IOhannes

use this:

[f $0] | [makefilename pd-%d-subpatch] | | [$1] [$2] | | | [pack s f f] | [; $1 obj 120 $2 table $3(

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