[resolved] uiLabel to display/edit program names

[msepsis]

Is there any example you might be able to put together, atom that demonstrates how this is possible? I seem to recall you saying this was doable a while back but I wasn’t at a point where I was even thinking about implementing it.

Many of my synths use value 32-127 in ASCII of the last 16 bytes of a program dump to transfer program/sound names. I’ve got comboboxes set up right now to display/edit program names but would love to implement user typable program names if this is now possible.

If it’s within reason a demo panel would probably be the most helpful

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[atom]

if you can put the data into a memory block that is exactly the data that holds the program name (no more, no less), the doing toString() on the memory block that holds it should give you the program name.

[zeoka]

i think i will use a script that is “a table” i can call for dump or edit name knobs
and send to the 16 uilabels or one label with variables.
I will naming bytes or mods with the same name and call the script when it needed
That seems to be a good plan…
In the Dasfaker panel there is things he does with the Virus main params label , i see approximatively like tables {“aa,bb,cc,dd”} if i’m correct , an other way than “setProperty” for each value…

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[zeoka]

Hi

I’ve found some thing in a forum that looks like a ASCII table
Not really sure about what’s happ or about what Ipad41001 said (even with Google trad 🙂 ) but i see “it works”

http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/Talk/discussion/46/ascii-supported-resolved/p1

there is other code later
string.byte (s [, i [, j]])

may be to evitate to type special characters we can’t type in ctrlr or jknobman ?

Something to do with that ?

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[zeoka]

tried this one :`myMethod = function(mod, value)

m1 = panel:getModulatorByName(“modulator-1”):getModulatorValue()
m2 = panel:getModulatorByName(“modulator-2”):getModulatorValue()
m3 = panel:getModulatorByName(“modulator-3”):getModulatorValue()
mylabel = panel:getComponent(“modulator-4”)
char1 = string.char(m1 + 32)
char2 = string.char(m2 + 32)
char3 = string.char(m3 + 32)

mylabel:setComponentText (string.format(“%s%s%s”,char1,char2,char3))

end`

This is working except
for two last chars in my synth there is arrows and not in ctrlr
it is applied to the 3 modulators
EDIT
1 ) How to have a label text with input text like modulators contents ?
Then i could apply a revert script in the label ?

2) Atom may be i will not use modulator at all . could you create a special label text (or an option) with an input text when click on ? could be a simple way…
i could replace modulators by midi:getLuaData 😉

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[zeoka]

OOsp !! “editing on one click” , “editing on double click” properties

coool !

[zeoka]

Got the reverse thing !!

i type with the kbd and i set the modulator name characters ! i ‘ve removed the scripts on mods and now i will remove mods 🙂 `
— Called when the contents of a Label are changed
— @label
— @newContent a string that the label now contains
—
myMethod2 = function(label, newContent)

sendlabel = panel:getComponent(“modulator-4”):getProperty(“uiLabelText”)

charval1 = (string.byte(sendlabel,1)) – 32
charval2 = (string.byte(sendlabel,2)) – 32
charval3 = (string.byte(sendlabel,3)) – 32

panel:getModulatorByName(“modulator-1”):setModulatorValue(charval1,false,true,false)
panel:getModulatorByName(“modulator-2”):setModulatorValue(charval2,false,true,false)
panel:getModulatorByName(“modulator-3”):setModulatorValue(charval3,false,true,false)

end`

cheers

• This reply was modified 10 years, 9 months ago by zeoka.

[zeoka]

Heyho !
With this i can type number of characters i want without nil error :

-- Called when the contents of a Label are changed
-- @label
-- @newContent    a string that the label now contains
--
myMethod2 = function(label, newContent)

sendlabel = panel:getComponent("modulator-4"):getProperty("uiLabelText")

charval1 = string.byte(sendlabel,1)
charval2 = string.byte(sendlabel,2)
charval3 = string.byte(sendlabel,3)
 

if charval1 == nil then 
panel:getModulatorByName("modulator-1"):setModulatorValue(0,false,true,false)
else
panel:getModulatorByName("modulator-1"):setModulatorValue(charval1  - 32,false,true,false)
end

if charval2 == nil then 
panel:getModulatorByName("modulator-2"):setModulatorValue(0,false,true,false)
else
panel:getModulatorByName("modulator-2"):setModulatorValue(charval2  - 32,false,true,false)
end

if charval3 == nil then 
panel:getModulatorByName("modulator-3"):setModulatorValue(0,false,true,false)
else
panel:getModulatorByName("modulator-3"):setModulatorValue(charval3  - 32,false,true,false)
end

end

[zeoka]

Now my label sends directly sysex without modulators !
Ive replaced setmodultorvalue by sendmidimessage now
20*4 combos less in the xml file , replaced by 8 textlabels !
They receive the patch name and send sysex (16 quasi at once)when i type the kbd

Perfect
Hope that helps some users who want include and type patch names .

i just type the label with the keyboard

Big up to Atom & Ctrlr

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[msepsis]

I’m still not there yet. I’m attempting to get the program name from a sysex dump (from the synth to the panel)… i’ve tried a variety of alterations of the following code, here i’m getting each character’s value individually from a range within the program dump from the synth:

	pn01 = programData:getByte(240)
	pn02 = programData:getByte(241)
	pn03 = programData:getByte(242)
	pn04 = programData:getByte(243)
	pn05 = programData:getByte(244)
	pn06 = programData:getByte(245)
	pn07 = programData:getByte(246)
	pn08 = programData:getByte(247)
	pn09 = programData:getByte(248)
	pn10 = programData:getByte(249)
	pn11 = programData:getByte(250)
	pn12 = programData:getByte(251)
	pn13 = programData:getByte(252)
	pn14 = programData:getByte(253)
	pn15 = programData:getByte(254)
	pn16 = programData:getByte(255)
	programName_string = string.format("%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s", pn01, pn02, pn03, pn04, pn05, pn06, pn07, pn08, pn09, pn10, pn11, pn12, pn13, pn14, pn15, pn16) 

programNameField = panel:getLabelComponent("Program Name Field")
		if programNameField then
			programNameField:setText (" "..(programNameBlock):toString())
		end

This does update the label “Program Name Field” with characters, but the wrong characters.. do I need to offset the bytes by 32 since the ASCII characters start at 32??

I did try an alteration of the above that just grabbed the range of all 16 characters, assigned all bytes to one variable then got a string from it but it’s basically the same as what I’ve done above except above I assign each byte to its own variable…

any help appreciated!

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[zeoka]

pn01 = string.char((programData:getByte(240)))

or pnall = string.char((programData:getRange(240,255)),1,16) ??

heu a range could be set in string.format method ?
if yes go ! i use setComponentText to receive and i don’t convert anything
At the step of my panel i use uiLabelText as memory block. You can even use
find.byte or find.char (??) it could be useful
With string.char and string.byte i basically all update nice i type nb chars i want , it receive nice the only thing is need set “uiLabelChangedCbk” in the label
because when it receives sound it sends to the device too but it’s not a big issue

You must know what is data and what is string….because lua errors like i had 😉

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[msepsis]

I appreciate your follow up (and nine!! edits) but unfortunately I don’t understand your post, zeoka ):

PS you can turn off logging “this reply was modified…” when you edit a post by unchecking “keep a log of this edit” here on the forums if you want.

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[msepsis]

zeoka wrote:

pn01 = string.char((programData:getByte(240)))

or pnall = string.char((programData:getRange(240,255)),1,16) ??

ahh.. yeah before the part i copied/pasted I have this in my script:

programData = midiMessage:getData():getRange(7,256)

that might clear up confusion as to how i was actually getting the bytes. 7-239 contain all the parameters, 240-255 are the bytes that contain the 16 program name characters.

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[zeoka]

No problem :d

So i don’t know if “to get a range of a range” is possible 🙂 but the first line works
pn01 = string.char((programData:getByte(240)))

string.char = receice hex gives character
string.byte = receice character gives hex

may be rescale the range ?
pnall = string.char((programData:getRange(233,248)),1,16)

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[msepsis]

Thanks for your follow up. I’ll try a few things this evening.
thanks again zeoka, i’ve been intending to implement this for a LONG time on my panel but at least had comboboxes working for each character so at least i had a way to display/edit program names. Typing the names in is much more preferable tho than selecting each character via dropdown!!

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[zeoka]

here is the two workingmethod to get midi device patch names :

        idx363 = midi:getLuaData():getByte(370)
         idx364 = midi:getLuaData():getByte(371)

        name1 = string.format("%c%c",idx363,idx364)
        panel:getComponent("1-SoundLabel"):setText((name1))
--or
        idx379 = midi:getLuaData():getByte(386)
        idx380 = midi:getLuaData():getByte(387)
        char17 = string.char(idx379)             
        char18 = string.char(idx380)  
        panel:getComponent("1-Category"):setComponentText(string.format("%s%s",char17,char18))

Unfortunely i can’t get the thing by range because range is not a string or a number . But it is not essential , just to gain code lines

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[msepsis]

Thanks. I’ll have to wait until next week to continue with this.. taking a much much needed week long vacation! ! ! !

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[atom]

I fetch program names in the MOPHO panel

unpackedData:getRange(184,16):toString()

the toString() method for the MemoryBlock tries to parse the memory part as an ASCII string so that might help.

[zeoka]

idx363to378 = midi:getLuaData():getRange(370,16)
panel:getComponent(“1-SoundLabel”):setText(idx363to378:toString())
That’s working
The second number was the range not the end byte ! Before I’ve tried string.char() by range with no success

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