max5.8b - live.observer - bug or new design?

[Palmer Eldritch]

In further max versions one can write the property of a live.observer directly into the object box. (for example | live.observer color |)
Now this does not work anymore.
When I instantiate a device with a live.observer where the property is written directly into the box I get the error code "unidentifiable C++ exception" in the max window.
Unfortunately, as I am a lazy guy, I have written those properties very often directly into the box. Hopefully this is a bug and not final design of live.observer in MAX 5.8
Otherwise I have to rewrite a lot of my devices to get them work again

Regards, palmer

[stb]

hi

actually this is still perfectly valid and should still work (and it does when i try it on my computer)

could you please send me a patch to show me where it does not work for you ?

thx a lot !
stb

[hoffman2k]

1) You guys just blew my mind.

2) Looks like one of those live.observer bugs where it works in a device but not in the editor.

[Palmer Eldritch]

Hi Stefan,

thanks for your very fast answer
(and also thanks to you, hoffman2k that you also have spent your time for trying to reproduce the bug)

Ok, after trying to reproduce the bug from the scratch it was not that obvious as I had thought at first.
But then I had investigated the structure of my older devices and found the solution. The bug becomes very obvious in subpatches and especially in subsubpatches > "unidentifiable C++ exeption" error.

So, below is the code for an example to make the bug clear. (inclusive explanations inside of the re-pasted code):

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-----------end_max5_patcher-----------
</code></pre>

regards, palmer

[stb]

thx - could reproduce it with your patch

will have a look

[Palmer Eldritch]

thx - could reproduce it with your patch

will have a look

Fine

[stb]

should be fixed with the new Max beta

[Palmer Eldritch]

Yes, it is fixed now.

cheers, palmer