Store and recall settings preset can store and recall the parameters of any specified user interface objects at the click of a mouse. It can also be used as a user interface link to a named pattrstorage object. Cycling '74 Max U/I Store or Recall Presets TEXT_HERE Connect to Objects to Include in a Preset TEXT_HERE Preset Number When Recalled TEXT_HERE Connect to Objects to Exclude From a Preset TEXT_HERE Preset Number When Stored TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Recall last preset Sends out the settings of the preset that was most recently recalled with an int or a mouse click. Recall numbered preset Sending any integer will trigger the preset of the same number. Converted to int. Recall last preset See the bang listing. Erase a specific preset Erases the contents of the most recently sent preset. The word clear, followed by a number, erases the contents of that numbered preset. Erase all presets Erases the contents of all presets. Store and recall presets Clicking on a button in the preset object will recall a stored preset.

Shift-clicking on a button in the preset object will store a preset. Specify ID for preset files The word name, followed by a symbol, sets the ID Name for the preset. The ID Name allows the preset to have a unique ID so that files created for it will not read into other presets. Store a preset slot The word store, followed by a number, stores the current setting of all user interface objects in the same window in the preset indicated by the number. If objects are connected to the preset object's left outlet with patch cords, only those connected objects will be affected.

The presets (storage locations in the preset object) are numbered left-to-right, top-to-bottom. When settings are stored in a preset, the dot's color changes to indicate that it contains something. Settings can also be stored in a preset by holding down the Shift key and clicking on the preset with the mouse. Read a preset file The word read, followed by no arguments or a number, displays an Open Document dialog box for choosing a file of preset data to read. If the preset has been given a Preset Name Code, only files of the type specified by the code will be displayed. The number argument specifies the preset number into which the file data should be read. If the number is 0 or -1, the data in the file will be read into the number of presets contained in the file starting with the first one. If the word read is followed by a symbol or a number and a symbol, no dialog box is displayed. Instead, the symbol is taken as a filename from which to read presets. The number functions as previously described. Write a preset file The word write, followed by no arguments or a number, displays a Save As dialog box for specifying a destination filename for writing the preset data. If the preset has been given a Preset Name Code, the file is given this code as its file type. The number argument specifies the preset number from which the preset data should be written. If the number is 0 or -1, all presets will be written. If the word write is followed by a symbol or a number and a symbol, no dialog box is displayed. Instead, the symbol is taken as a filename to use for writing the data, and the file will be placed in the current default folder. The number functions as previously described. Active Color Sets the active preset color of the object in RGBA format TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Background Color Sets the background color of the object in RGBA format TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Bubble size Sets the size of the preset "bubble", in pixels. A bubble must be larger than 2 pixels. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Save presets with the patcher Toggles the ability to save your presets as part of the main patch (The default behavior is 1 (save presets with the patcher). Empty Color TEXT_HERE Panel edge spacing Sets the edge spacing in pixels, for the preset object's panel Link to named pattrstorage object the pattrstorage attribute takes as its argument the name of a pattrstorage object and sets the preset object to allow its use as a user interface object for the named pattrstorage object's contents. Show preset numbers/names on mouseover Toggles the display of preset numbers on mouse-over. The default setting is 1 (on).

If a preset object is linked to a pattrstorage object whose presets are identified using the slotname message, the slot name for the corresponding pattrstorage slot will be displayed on mouseover. Bubble spacing Sets the spacing, in pixels, between bubbles Stored Color Sets the stored preset color of the object in RGBA format. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Style Sets the style to be applied to the object. Styles can be set using the Format palette. Text Color Sets the text color of the object in RGBA format. Out left outlet: When a preset is recalled, either by a mouse click or by a number in the inlet, the settings stored in that preset are sent out the outlet to all connected objects, or, if no objects are connected, to all user interface objects in the window. Out second outlet: When a preset is recalled, the number of the preset is sent out. Out fourth outlet: When a preset is stored, the number of the preset is sent out. Any user interface objects connected to the third outlet of preset will be excluded from the effects of that preset. (This is particularly useful when there are many objects you want to affect with preset, and only a few you want to exclude.)

Objects whose data is stored in a preset include almost all user interface objects. Although an itable object will get stored and recalled, a table object must be connected to the preset object's outlet with a patch cord. The outlet of preset can also be connected to a send object, to communicate with objects connected to a receive object of the same name.

The number of visible presets can be adjusted by resizing the preset object's box. The maximum number of presets in a single preset object is 2048.