Internal Max messages

Anthony Prechtl's icon

I seem to remember people mentioning various in-patch messages that you can use to communicate with Max; for example, to open a URL in your default browser. I tried searching the documentation, but couldn't find a list of these messages anywhere. Does anyone know if such a list exists?

In particular, I am wondering if it is possible to open the DSP status and MIDI setup windows using Max messages rather than by clicking the Options menu.

Anthony Prechtl's icon

After some experimenting, I found that

";
max dspstatus" opens the DSP status window

and

";
max midisetup" opens the MIDI setup window.

Are there any other useful commands?

pdelges's icon
Roman Thilenius's icon

colors (max v4) and sheduler settings are a bit dangerous ones.

menubar, redraw window, and cleaning the dirty bit are quite useful.

Anthony Prechtl's icon

Thank you both. I did try searching the documentation... I searched for "Max messages" and that vignette did not come up (at least not in Max... I didn't try searching in the online docs), which is interesting because the name of the vignette is "Controlling Max with messages." I guess it searches for exact phrases only. Anyways, lots of useful new messages... thanks!

seejayjames's icon

also note that the ;max launchbrowser doesn't necessarily always open a Web browser, it'll open whatever app the OS is configured to open the file or URL. (At least that's been my experience.) So a "mailto" will open the default mail client, a .txt file would launch TextEdit or whatever, or you can open other .app or .exe programs directly. Very handy!