Examples
Use filepath to check your search path or temporarily set search path slots for a patch
Report information about the current Max search path
| Name | Type | Opt | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| search-path-type | symbol | Obligatory. Specifies one of the Max search path types (, , , , or ) | |
| File-Preferences | int | opt | A number greater than zero specifies a slot in the Preferences file. If the argument is or no number is supplied, the path will not be saved in the Preferences file--you can use this feature to create temporary search paths for a patch. The action, help, and startup paths only have one slot. The search path can have up to 256 slots (normally there are about 8). The default path is never saved in the Preferences file. |
| bang | A causes the currently saved path name(s) to be output as a list. | |
| append | folder [list] |
The word , followed by a symbol which specifies a folder, adds the folder to the list of paths (but does not save it in the Preferences file). |
| clear | input [int] |
Causes the currently specified search path to be cleared. |
| set | pathtype [list] |
The word , followed by the name of a Max search path type (, , , , or ), sets the current search path to the type specified. |
| revert | Causes the pathnames to be reset to the last set of Max file preferences to be saved. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| conformpath | Convert paths of one pathtype and/or pathstyle to another |
| filedate | Report the modification date of a file |
| Report information about the current Max search path | |
| folder | List the files in a specific folder |
| opendialog | Open a dialog to ask for a file or folder |