class Global

Global object for sharing data between Max JavaScript instances.

Each Global object is a reference to a shared storage object. Creating two Global objects with the same namespace will share stored properties. Properties stored in a Global object can be accessed in Max, from outside of JavaScript.

Example 1

var g = new Global("name");
g.bob = 12;
var h = new Global("name");
post(h.bob); // 12

You can send messages to a named Global object from Max, using a message object.

Example 2

; xyz height 42
// Put this in a message box to set the property `height` of the Global object
// named `xyz` to the value 42.

; xyz frank x y z
// Set the value of `frank` of the Global object `xyz` to the string array ["x", "y", "z"].

; xyz sendnamed height dest
// Send the value of `height` of the Global object `xyz` to all receive objects named `dest`.

Constructors

new Global(namespace: string);

Constructs a new instance of the Global class

Methods

sendnamed

Forward a property to receive objects

Forward the value of a property to named receive objects. The target of sendnamed is the name of a receive object, in which case every receive object with that name will receive the value of the named property.

sendnamed(target: string, propertyName: string): void;

Example

var g = new Global("xyz");
g.ethyl = 1000;
g.sendnamed("fred", "ethyl");
// every [receive fred] will output 1000