Peter Lindener

I am laying out the development road-map to possibly write a set of Max external objects in C++..

My question regards the potential relationship between an external Max object and the underlying GUI library's that are utilized in the implementation of Max 7..++...

..That is: who's GUI library's / Toolkit does Max currently utilize, and are there apt to be any changes in the GUI libraries that will be utilized in future versions of Max?

I am laying out the development road-map to possibly write a set of Max external objects in C++..
   My question regards the potential relationship between an external Max object and the underlying GUI library's that are utilized in the implementation of Max 7..++...
..That is: who's GUI library's / Toolkit does Max currently utilize, and are there apt to be any changes in the GUI libraries that will be utilized in future versions of Max?


max-gui-library-development-roadmap

Max uses a customized version of JUCE internally, but none of our JUCE implementation is exported directly for 3rd-party use. Instead you can use our Cairo-like jgraphics API.

Max uses a customized version of JUCE internally, but none of our JUCE implementation is exported directly for 3rd-party use.  Instead you can use our Cairo-like jgraphics API.

Is it however possible to write an external using JUCE and have it usable with Max? The nice thing about JUCE is it has nice support for building VST plugins

Thanks DHJDHJDHJ, for requesting clarification:

... as to if the JUCE GUI API is in some way accessible when writing a external object for Max in C++..

...is this(?) true on both the Mac as well as MS_Windows platforms?

... does the Max external object API currently include a well defined layer in support of C++ in addition to vanilla "C"?

I note that JUCE also supports the Linux platform might we be so lukey as to someday be able to run Max under Linux?

Thanks DHJDHJDHJ, for requesting clarification:
... as to if the JUCE GUI API is in some way accessible when writing a external object for Max in C++..
   ...is this(?) true on both the Mac as well as MS_Windows platforms?

   ... does the Max external object API currently include a well defined layer in support of C++ in addition to vanilla "C"? 

   I note that JUCE also supports the Linux platform might we be so lukey as to someday be able to run Max under Linux?

Our JUCE implementation is private and thus not exported for use by third-parties. You may however link to your own copy of JUCE. I believe there are several third-party developers who are doing this.

Our JUCE implementation is private and thus not exported for use by third-parties. You may however link to your own copy of JUCE.  I believe there are several third-party developers who are doing this.


Yeah, but it would really be nice to get a sample external that uses JUCE so we could see how it's done.

i would also like to see something like that! or some of the cario-like jgraphic examples

Max GUI library.. development roadmap