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<c74object name="forward" module="max" category="Control">
	<digest>
		Send messages to specified receive objects
	</digest>
	<description>
		Relays messages to other objects remotely. Unlike the <o>send</o> object, the destination receive object of forward can be changed with each message.
	</description>
	<!--METADATA-->
	<metadatalist>
		<metadata name="author">
			Cycling '74
		</metadata>
		<metadata name="tag">
			Max
		</metadata>
		<metadata name="tag">
			Control
		</metadata>
	</metadatalist>
	<!--INLETS-->
	<inletlist>
		<inlet id="0" type="INLET_TYPE">
			<digest>
				Message To Remote, send Changes Receiver
			</digest>
			<description>
				TEXT_HERE
			</description>
		</inlet>
	</inletlist>
	<!--OUTLETS-->
	<!--ARGUMENTS-->
	<objarglist>
		<objarg name="receiver" optional="1" type="symbol">
			<digest>
				Initial receive object name
			</digest>
			<description>
				Sets the name for the <o>receive</o> object which will receive messages. This name can later be changed with the <m>send</m> message.
			</description>
		</objarg>
	</objarglist>
	<!--MESSAGES-->
	<methodlist>
		<method name="bang">
			<arglist />
			<digest>
				Send a message to named receive objects
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> entry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="int">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input" optional="0" type="int" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Send a message to named receive objects
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> entry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="float">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input" optional="0" type="float" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Send a message to named receive objects
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> entry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="list">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="input" optional="0" type="list" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Send a message to named receive objects
			</digest>
			<description>
				See the <m>anything</m> entry.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="anything">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="any message" optional="0" type="list" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Send a message to named receive objects
			</digest>
			<description>
				Sends any message to all <o>receive</o> objects which share the name currently referred to by <o>forward</o>.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="send">
			<arglist>
				<arg name="arguments" optional="0" type="list" />
			</arglist>
			<digest>
				Set the destination for messages
			</digest>
			<description>
				The word <m>send</m>, followed by the name of a <o>receive</o> object, sets the destination for any subsequent messages received by the <o>forward</o> object. This ability to change the destination of messages on the fly distinguishes <o>forward</o> from the <o>send</o> object.
			</description>
		</method>
	</methodlist>
	<!--ATTRIBUTES-->
	<!--EXAMPLE-->
	<examplelist>
		<example img="forward.png" caption="Using forward to send messages to multiple objects at once... The same thing, with two send objects... The message box can perform the same function" />
	</examplelist>
	<!--SEEALSO-->
	<seealsolist>
		<seealso name="message" />
		<seealso name="pattrforward" />
		<seealso name="receive" />
		<seealso name="route" />
		<seealso name="send" />
		<seealso name="value" />
	</seealsolist>
	<misc name="Output">
		<entry name="anything">
			<description>
				There are no outlets. A message (other than <m>send</m>) received in the inlet of <o>forward</o> is sent out the outlet of each <o>receive</o> object of the same name, even if the <o>receive</o> is in another patch.
			</description>
		</entry>
	</misc>
</c74object>
