Bruno Zamborlin

Dear all, I wrote an MXJ really simple class that just creates a new folder on the hardisk.

I wrote and compiled it on Windows XP, but it does'nt work on Mac OSX.

http://www.brunozamborlin.com/temp/BmakeFolder.java

http://www.brunozamborlin.com/temp/BmakeFolder.class

public class BmakeFolder extends MaxObject {

        declareInlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});

        declareOutlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});

    public void anything(String msg, Atom[] args)

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Here there is the java file:
http://www.brunozamborlin.com/temp/BmakeFolder.java

and here the .class:
http://www.brunozamborlin.com/temp/BmakeFolder.class

import com.cycling74.max.*;
import java.io.File;

	public BmakeFolder (Atom[] args)
	{
		createInfoOutlet(false);
		declareInlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});
		declareOutlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});
	}

	public void anything(String msg, Atom[] args)
	{
		File f = new File (msg);
		f.mkdir();
	}		
}

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Just another question: if I recompile this class on Mac, it works.

But if I send it a message with a full macintosh path, like "iBook:/Users/iBook/Desktop/test", that is the path that goes out from "thispatcher" object, it doesn't create the folder.

However, if I give it a path like "/Users/iBook/Desktop/test", that is without the partition name, it works fine.

1-Why I have to re-compile this class, if Java is multiplatform?

2-How can I remove the "partition name" from the path, but just on a macintosh platform?

Just another question: if I recompile this class on Mac, it works.
But if I send it a message with a full macintosh path, like "iBook:/Users/iBook/Desktop/test", that is the path that goes out from "thispatcher" object, it doesn't create the folder.

So the questions would be two:
1-Why I have to re-compile this class, if Java is multiplatform?

> 1-Why I have to re-compile this class, if Java is multiplatform?

i am not sure why you are having this problem. it shouldnt be the 

> 2-How can I remove the "partition name" from the path, but just on 

you could try using the function MaxSystem.maxPathToNativePath(). 

output from thispatcher to something suitable for java.

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> So the questions would be two:
> 1-Why I have to re-compile this class, if Java is multiplatform?

i am not sure why you are having this problem. it shouldnt be the  
case. how are you transferring the class
to the macintosh?

> 2-How can I remove the "partition name" from the path, but just on  
> a macintosh platform?

you could try using the function MaxSystem.maxPathToNativePath().  
This should translate the max style path
output from thispatcher to something suitable for java.


1-I'm recompiled the class on Macintosh. Now this "new" version seems to work properly boh with OSX and with XP.

2-Thank you very much, this method works perfectly.

Very simple .class file that works only in Windows