Creating a standalone app

Thomas C Gass

Sorry to bother you all with a probably "RTFM beginner!" question, but I really couldn't find an answer while browsing the forum or search google for it...

I've written a little app in Max 8, OSX (basically just sending out an OSC message to mute/unmute a channel on a MIDAS console) which works absolutely fine (I'm happy about that! :-). I've set up the presentation mode and tried to export it as standalone app. The app opens, but with it the console as well - and beside that, it does not show in presentation mode but with all items and connections. And third: it's huuuge (more than 350 MB).

Please, could anyone guide me to any information about how to export a slick, small app, opening without console and in presentation mode? I've really spent hours now to find a solution, but as I said... beginner... :_(

Thanks for all your hints,
Tom

Ben Bracken

Hi Tom! A few suggestions:

Add a standalone object to your patch, and set it's @statusvisible attribute to 0
Also, experiment with the standalone attribute @copysupport, @gensupport, and @cefsupport to reduce the size of the standalone
To have your patcher open in Presentation view, in the patcher inspector, set the @openinpresentation attribute to 1

Thomas C Gass

Hi Ben!
Thank you so much for giving me these hints! Worked like a charm :-) And now I know where to look and maybe find out even more about standalone apps! (especially how to size the app's window ;-)
Have a great and successful day!
Thomas