Brad Garton

Does anyone know if it's possible to pass in arguments from a

command-line invocation of a max-created standalone app? Something

I scanned through the tutorials and list archives and didn't find

Does anyone know if it's possible to pass in arguments from a
command-line invocation of a max-created standalone app?  Something
like this:

I scanned through the tutorials and list archives and didn't find
anything; probably can't be done.

command-line-args-for-standalones

On 2 oct. 07, at 18:51, garton@columbia.edu wrote:

> Does anyone know if it's possible to pass in arguments from a

> command-line invocation of a max-created standalone app? Something

> I scanned through the tutorials and list archives and didn't find

This is not supported, like for most UI applications. However, I'd 

suggest that you create a script which takes those arguments, write 

them in a file, open your maxapp, and ask your maxapp to look at that 

> Hey maxers --
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to pass in arguments from a
> command-line invocation of a max-created standalone app?  Something
> like this:
>
>   open maxapp.app 1 2 3 4
>
> I scanned through the tutorials and list archives and didn't find
> anything; probably can't be done.

This is not supported, like for most UI applications. However, I'd  
suggest that you create a script which takes those arguments, write  
them in a file, open your maxapp, and ask your maxapp to look at that  
file.

> This is not supported, like for most UI applications.

> However, I'd suggest that you create a script which takes

> those arguments, write them in a file, open your maxapp,

> and ask your maxapp to look at that file.

> However, I'd suggest that you create a script which takes
> those arguments, write them in a file, open your maxapp,
> and ask your maxapp to look at that file.

put the parameters into an environment variable and read it with proper object in maxmsp if any.

> On 2 oct. 07, at 18:51, garton@columbia.edu wrote:

>> Does anyone know if it's possible to pass in arguments from a

>> command-line invocation of a max-created standalone app? Something

>> I scanned through the tutorials and list archives and didn't find

> This is not supported, like for most UI applications. However, I'd

> suggest that you create a script which takes those arguments, write them

> in a file, open your maxapp, and ask your maxapp to look at that file.

Emmanuel Jourdan wrote:
> On 2 oct. 07, at 18:51, garton@columbia.edu wrote:
>
>> Hey maxers --
>>
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to pass in arguments from a
>> command-line invocation of a max-created standalone app?  Something
>> like this:
>>
>>   open maxapp.app 1 2 3 4
>>
>> I scanned through the tutorials and list archives and didn't find
>> anything; probably can't be done.
>
> This is not supported, like for most UI applications. However, I'd
> suggest that you create a script which takes those arguments, write them
> in a file, open your maxapp, and ask your maxapp to look at that file.
>
> Best,
> ej
>
>
>
>


command-line args for standalones?