Max 5.0.5 Bug Fixes and New Features

This page is a record of all bugs fixed and features added in this version of Max5. If you know of an issue which is outstanding or you would like to report a bug, please contact support@cycling74.com

• seq~: can add a simple symbol (aka "add 1 0.74 honk")
• dial now has a floatoutput attribute like slider
• dial better mouse interaction with small ranges
• jit.fprint: read no longer produces a -1 error for every read attempt.
• dial now has a setminmax message like slider and multislider
• metro: fixed quantization when starting
• fix for crash when # args are used in certain attribute values (as exposed by examples/max-tricks/send-receive-tricks/send-receive-hoard-#0.maxpat)
• paste picture works on windows again
• importing patcher with embedded bpatcher that contains a non-embedded bpatcher no longer crashes
• textedit: new attribute, bangmode, controls whether bang updates value while user is typing, defaults to max 4 behavior
• textedit: enter message to textedit no longer documented
• fromsymbol: 'separator' method to mirror the 'separator' in tosymbol
• textedit: new fourth outlet sends "textchanged" when text changes (when typing or otherwise)
• wclose -> thispatcher no longer crashes
• quickref menu now enabled for non-left inlets of user-interface objects
• number~ now correctly imports minimum and maximum values from old patches
• clocksource support for transport external sync to ReWire
• ad_rewire: creates a clock source for transport sync
• transport: now has a clocksource attribute (currently set to internal / rewire)
• button: draws correct state after being clicked when connected to opendialog
• waveform~: border color works properly
• jit.buffer~: automatically includes the buffer~ object in standalone applications
• audio can now be turned on without any DSP objects present; this permits use of sync for ReWire without audio generation
• imovie: added PICT to list of known types
• jit.qt.movie: @moviepath is not settable.
• jit.qt.movie: @movie_name attribute hidden (it's just an alias for @moviename)
• regexp: backslashes (escapes) are no longer modified in-place in an incoming atom list
• improved reliability of the searchpath for Mac OS 10.5 in situations where the contents of the searchpath are changed by non-notifying processes (such as network access) while Max is running.
• opening large colls on windows is faster
• runtime version and standalones no longer register filetypes that should be registered to max application
• Windows runtime no longer requires MS C runtime library when run on computers without it.
• file browser: now lists vst plug-ins that are present in the searchpath
• setting box's visible attribute to true via sending "hidden 1" to box when patch is locked, followed by unlocking and locking the patch, followed by making the box visible by sending "hidden 0" to it, now works properly
• clearing various entries in max preferences no longer causes max to crash
• pending segmented patch cord is aborted when patcher is locked
• new localization support -- use localize_lookupstring() to get a string associated with a symbol
• combine: supports list input
• outputlength message has greater consistency with buffer~ size message
• removed Debug Panel from the debug menu
• pattrmarker: names are no longer accidentally retained under certain circumstances
• biquad~:now only incurs new "smooth" performance hit when coefficients actually change
• jit.qt.movie: movie volume is automatically set to 0 if a 'soc' is requested, but either not (yet) found or DSP disabled
• zigzag~: solved freezing
• jit.gl.text2d and 3d: fix for bogus chars with multiline text on windows
• jit.qt.grab: eliminated error warnings re: DFG when opening inspector
• Jitter Java: fixed signed byte problems with copyMatrixToArray, and planar offset problems with copyArrayToVectorPlanar and copyVectorToArrayPlanar
• jit.gl.imageunit: fixes for lost parameters when windows are rebuilt as going to/from fullscreen
• scope~: now displays y axis properly
• menubar: fixed "Max Menus" menu item when a menubar is made active if an existing menubar is already active
• freeze and revert toolbar icons are properly enabled for read-only attributes
• De-encapsulate: #-arguments are now preserved upon de-encapsulation, as they were in Max 4
• jit.gl.* fixed quickref attribute selection crash for jitter objects
• modal text dialog now prevents title bar clicks, preventing crashes when used inside an inspector
• jit.qt.grab: changes to @framerate are properly applied to the digitizer when it is (re-)opened.
• modal text dialog now prevents title bar clicks, preventing crashes when used inside an inspector
• file browser: menus for specifying search criteria now use the 'system font' specified in Max's preferences.
• textedit no longer starts editing when previously focused and patcher window is activated
• coreaudio audio driver: now unicode-compatible
• poly~: fix for clicking with parallel on
• fixed crash when using the finder to change the contents of the clippings folder
• sfplay~: fix for looping rather than stopping when playing certain audio files at certain vector sizes
• Select Window contextual menu item for All Windows Active is now properly enabled on the Mac
• jweb: 'read' with no argument loads the about:blank empty URL
• rewire sync now supports host looping and seeking
• overdrive~ works now properly with signal in the right inlet
• timepoint: fixed bug where other timepoints before current time would fire when scheduled time was changed
• pattrstorage: increased maximum length of parsed symbols from XML from 256 to 2048 characters.
• pattrstorage: increased maximum length of parsed symbols from XML from 256 to 2048 characters.
• jweb: followed links are now properly added to the page history
• jweb: untitled pages now use the absolute URL, rather than the relative path, as the title
• jweb: 'url' is now properly reported after page load in Windows
• borax ignores pitches out of MIDI range properly
• buffer~: removed long-standing check that prevented increasing the number of channels when reading in a file
• incdec now allosw automatic incrementation/decrementation while the mouse is pressed
• max useslowbutcompletesearching option for examining the disk when files are not found in the search path
• zl mode sect sends bangs when nothing is common between the two input lists
• rewire sync now sends time signature changes
• transport: restriction on changing time signature when time > 0 has been eliminated
• kslider outputs velocity 0 when turning notes off in polyphonic mode
• jit.gl.slab: fix for crash when changing shape attribute
• itable: second background color can now be transparent
• jit.gl.texture: fix for persistent pbuffer errors
• transport: new "resetbarcount" (reset bar counter on time signature changes) attribute
• transport: prevents time signature changes from happening if externally synchronized
• menubar: fixed problems with extra items added to file and edit menus after deleting the object
• menubar: implemented maxinwmenu 0 message to max for runtime version (removes Max window menu item)
• mxj now checks for bad inlet numbers, and posts an error
• pattrstorage: @outputmode 1 properly reported recalled values originating at a pattr object
• pattrhub: @patcher properly resolves poly~ instances
• umenu: depth now works properly when a file type is specified
• toggle: fixed redraw on int message after set message
• embedded bpatchers no longer save over their parents in obscure circumstances



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