[maxmsp] Storing Values for use with MAX Runtime

Hello good people,
   Just made a nice patch that id like to have available free from my website. In the patch, I used a table to store ( number ) values for a session, then Loadbang them back to he proper places in the patch. 
Great!
but after i made the path into a collective, it no longer is able to save the values for the current sesion and then loadbang them the next time the patch is opened - using MAX Runtime.
  Im guessing this is due to the fact that nothing can be modified in a patch using the Runtime.
next I tried the Preset Object - same thing, no luck with the runtime.
  Anyone have any suggestions on how to save simple intergers in Numberboxes with a patch so the next time a user opens it up, the most recent values xill be loaded up with the patch?
Thanks,
Mike

- oh yeah did a searchof the forum, checked through all MAX tutorials and documentation