what sort of dll would one need to load? library dlls are placed in the maxmsp folder, if that helps.

You would have to write your own external, that would load a dll and execute functions in it.

Anthony

----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:59 pm Subject: [maxmsp] imorting dll's in max

> > Hi! > > How can I communicate / load dll files into max? I have no idea... > :-) Is this possible at all? > > Thanx > > Gerald >

Hi Gerald,

As far as I know, you would need to write a wrapper for the library as an external.

-- Owen

Gerald wrote: > Hi! > > How can I communicate / load dll files into max? I have no idea... :-) Is this possible at all? > > Thanx > > Gerald >

Hi,

yes I'm a Windows user, but I'm not interested to use VST-plugins! I want to use the interface of the dll to control an external hardware via USB. So my question was, how to call the "routines" defined in this dll...?

Greets

Gerald

Quote: f.e wrote on Mon, 16 April 2007 01:45 ---------------------------------------------------- > I think it's a Windows user wondering how to load VST plugins, am i wrong ? > > f.e

yeah but they all misunderstood the question by will because it is more fun that way.

> yeah but they all misunderstood the question by will because > it is more fun that way. ----------------------------------------------------

oh lol i should have finished reading the story to its end.

dll libraries can not be "loaded" with max unless you use them in an [mxj] maybe.

Quote: Roman Thilenius wrote on Mon, 16 April 2007 04:39 ---------------------------------------------------- > > > yeah but they all misunderstood the question by will because > > it is more fun that way. > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > oh lol i should have finished reading the story to its end. > > dll libraries can not be "loaded" with max unless you use > them in an [mxj] maybe.

btw there are some max objects which accesses a third party device driver such as usb game controllers or the firewire interface for kyma in the way you describe.

it is probably very simple and requires you to look into the MAXMSP SDK and the description of the driver you want to connect to - if the description it is available.

Even then you'd need to make a C wrapper, so you may as well make an external instead.

-- Owen

Roman Thilenius wrote: > dll libraries can not be "loaded" with max unless you use > them in an [mxj] maybe.