ok last question

now in my transport i have switches to make the pads do different functions....and it works great ,but before they work i have to press atleast 1 switch for any function to work,,,and that is for all tabs in the project,,is there a way to initialize them as the project opens?

ok so heres the transport ,so i thought this would work,,,see pics

script.jpg
pad.jpg
trans.jpg

ctlout() is a command, so you would use it on its own and not as an attribute.
Open the user manual and it will have a section describing the ctlout() and other commands.
If you want to know the available attributes of an object, you can look them up in the manual too or type the value in a monitor object: getattributelist(getobject());

and that will initialize the pads with the switches? and i have do that for all of them in each container?