Joe Kaplan

I'm just getting started with Min. It looks quite slick. I currently have a standalone C++ app, and I am interested in implementing some of that functionality as a set of Max externals. I was hoping MinDevkit would allow me to re-use the meat of my code. But I found that if I tried to define a class and instantiate it then Max will fail to load the external.

How do I fit the following into a MinDevkit object?

class CollectionOfCoolFunctions {       
  public:             
     void function1() {*make the cool thing happen*};
     void function2() {*make the cooler thing happen*}; 
     void function3() {*make the coolest thing happen*};  
};

CollectionOfCoolFunctions  MyClassOfCoolFunctions;

MyClassOfCoolFunctions.function1();

For example, I want to call function1() when the object receives a bang in the first inlet. I thought this might be straightforward, but Max refuses to load any object in which I've instantiated one of my own classes. The object turns red and the Max Window reads "object could not be loaded."

I would appreciate any help getting pointed in the right direction here. Thanks!

I'm just getting started with Min.  It looks quite slick.  I currently have a standalone C++ app, and I am interested in implementing some of that functionality as a set of Max externals.  I was hoping MinDevkit would allow me to re-use the meat of my code.  But I found that if I tried to define a class and instantiate it then Max will fail to load the external.

For example, I want to call function1() when the object receives a bang in the first inlet.   I thought this might be straightforward, but Max refuses to load any object in which I've instantiated one of my own classes.  The object turns red and the Max Window reads "object could not be loaded."

I would appreciate any help getting pointed in the right direction here.  Thanks!

I'm just getting started with Min.  It looks quite slick.  I currently have a standalone C++ app, and I am interested in implementing some o

instantiating-c-classes-in-mindevkit-objects

Nevermind. This appears to be an issue related my class in particular because my support .dlls were in the wrong place.

I was getting an error 126 when trying to load the external. After some searching I saw that the support .dlls dont' go in the package folder, or the folder with externals. They need to live in the main max folder right alongside max.exe.

Nevermind.  This appears to be an issue related my class in particular because my support .dlls were in the wrong place.

I was getting an error 126 when trying to load the external.  After some searching I saw that the support .dlls dont' go in the package folder, or the folder with externals.  They need to live in the main max folder right alongside max.exe.

Instantiating C++ Classes in MinDevKit Objects?