Send any message to a named object Routes messages or selects new message routing destinations according to the messages it receives. You can also use the pattrforward object to route messages directly to a specific inlet of an object exposed by pattr or autopattr objects, and also send messages directly to a subpatcher, abstraction or bpatcher. Cycling '74 Max Data messages or data in TEXT_HERE dumpout TEXT_HERE Target object A symbol argument may be optionally used to specify the target object. Forward data to the target bang is passed to the target object. Forward data to the target An int is passed to the target object. Forward data to the target A float is passed to the target object. Forward data to the target A list is passed to the target object. Forward data to the target Incoming messages to the pattrforward object are analyzed. If the first element of the message matches the symbols in0, in1 ... inN, the pattrforward object will forward all remaining arguments to a specific inlet of the target object. in0 refers to the leftmost inlet (this is the default behavior of the pattrforward object), in1 refers to the inlet to the 2nd inlet from the left, and so on.

If the target object is a subpatcher, abstraction or bpatcher, the special element inx can be used to send messages directly to the patcher object (in essence, in order to communicate with a virtual thispatcher object associated with the patch). Reveal the current target object Double-clicking on the pattrforward object reveals the current target object in its parent patcher. Target object The word send, followed by the patcher name of any object in the patcher hierarchy, sets the target object. Names can refer to objects in patchers other than the one in which the pattrforward object resides. A double-colon syntax ('::') is used to separate levels of the patcher hierarchy. For example, some_subpatcher::some_object or parent::some_other_object would be valid target object names. Manage multiple objects at once, or expose them to pattrstorage The pattrforward object uses an object's Scripting Name (its varname attribute, set using an object's Inspector) when specifying the path to objects you want to send messages to. For example, if you want to send a message to an object named my_dial in a subpatcher, and you've also set the Scripting Name of the subpatcher to my_controls, then you would send the message send my_controls::my_dial to the pattrforward object to set the destination for future messages. A message received in the inlet of pattrforward is sent to the named object anywhere in the patcher hierarchy.