outoff

I need to execute any application from max (like Flash, but I think algorithm to all files alike)

execute-any-application-in-maxmsp

if you are on os x, use the shell external:

or "osascript tell "application" open" (not sure about the applescript syntax)

if you are on os x, use the shell external:
"open -a /path/to/application"

On 9 juil. 07, at 19:06, Robert Ramirez wrote:

> if you are on os x, use the shell external:

> or "osascript tell "application" open" (not sure about the 

; max launchbrowser file:///Applications/Flash.exe

> if you are on os x, use the shell external:
> "open -a /path/to/application"
>
> or "osascript tell "application" open" (not sure about the  
> applescript syntax)
>
> or use tap.applescript.

Quote: Emmanuel Jourdan wrote on Mon, 09 July 2007 11:16

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> ; max launchbrowser file:///Applications/Flash.exe

like: ; max launchbrowser file:///C:/playlist.exe ?

indeed he nothing do not execute, but also not give error

Quote: Emmanuel Jourdan wrote on Mon, 09 July 2007 11:16
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> ; max launchbrowser file:///Applications/Flash.exe
>
> ej
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like: ; max launchbrowser  file:///C:/playlist.exe ?

this just that it is necessary!!!
thank you


I want to execute compiled in exe flash-movie,

hmm...
I want to execute compiled in exe flash-movie,
but opened only empty flashplayer 
(


necessary that max/msp should start by turns flash-movies, but I even one can not start

hitherto can not copes with problem
necessary that max/msp should start by turns flash-movies, but I even one can not start
(
please help!
i'm works on WindowsXP/Vista

Could you please write your posts in both russian and english, I 

might have better luck understanding them...

On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:18 AM, outoff wrote:

> necessary that max/msp should start by turns flash-movies, but I 

Could you please write your posts in both russian and english, I  
might have better luck understanding them...

>
> hitherto can not copes with problem
> necessary that max/msp should start by turns flash-movies, but I  
> even one can not start
> (
> please help!
> i'm works on WindowsXP/Vista
>
> sergey komarov
> SPb
> russia


у меня проблемма с запуском флэш-анимации из Max/MSP

всё взаимодействие происходит через flashserver, но нужно как-то запускать попорядку сами фильмы

у меня проблемма с запуском флэш-анимации из Max/MSP
всё взаимодействие происходит через flashserver, но нужно как-то запускать попорядку сами фильмы

всё работает, остаётся вопрос на засыпку - возможно ли теперь закрыть приложение из макс

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all work, remains question on backfilling - possible now close exhibit from max

отлично!
всё работает, остаётся вопрос на засыпку - возможно ли теперь закрыть приложение из макс
большое спасибо

fine!
all work, remains question on backfilling - possible now close exhibit from max

Good! As for closing flash player from max, it won't be too easy as 

If you know the exact file name of the executable you want to close, 

you could use taskkill command line util(f.e. taskkill /F /IM 

Type taskkill /? in xp command prompt to see it's parameters.

Good! As for closing flash player from max, it won't be too easy as  
far as I know.

If you know the exact file name of the executable you want to close,  
you could use taskkill command line util(f.e. taskkill /F /IM  
yourflashplayer.exe).
Type taskkill /? in xp command prompt to see it's parameters.

DOSHack opened *.swf files, but don't close by taskkill

in help file it opens NOTEPAD, and don't close too (

DOSHack opened *.swf files, but don't close by taskkill
in help file it opens NOTEPAD, and don't close too (

ps heard that in Vista problem with Java, hope earn

in windows Vista it worked !
open -------------------> closed
beautifully!!!
but it's take over 60-100 ms
hope is gonna be all right

ps heard that in Vista problem with Java, hope earn
)))


there must be some free alternative, maybe:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128209

> hop hop hop ! Yes it closes things using taskkill, but i taskkill 

> hop hop hop ! Yes it closes things using taskkill, but i taskkill  
> is only available on Win XP PRO...
>
> And sure it launches .bat


I have a problem with ";max launchbrowser" I can run an app made in openframeworks, but it runs as a background process and it crash when I start to send messages to it. If I open by hand as a front app the app goes just well and clean.

Hi
I have a problem with ";max launchbrowser" I can run an app made in openframeworks, but it runs as a background process and it crash when I start to send messages to it. If I open by hand as a front app the app goes just well and clean.
Thanks for the help


Hi Dalmazzo. If you are in OSX, the Shell-external and open command may be an alternative (like someone mentioned before in this thread).

I am trying to launch a java application using the shell object. I can open applications and files using the 'open' command, and other basic commands like cd, mkdir and ls seem to work.

To run the java app (which is already compiled) directly form the terminal I usually call:

Can someone point me the syntax to open a specific file with ;max launchbrowser ? 

For instance : "Macintosh HD:/Users/louiswarynski/Documents/SETS Live/Live 2017/Philémon Project/Philémon 0.088.als"

Can someone point me the syntax to open a specific file with ;max launchbrowser ? 
For instance : "Macintosh HD:/Users/louiswarynski/Documents/SETS Live/Live 2017/Philémon  Project/Philémon 0.088.als"

i'm not looking to get the path. i want to open a file targeted by a known path.

Hi, this is an old thread, and I could be wrong, but the solutions mentioned earlier were only to be found long ago using 3rd party externals.

http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=objects&id_objet=1194

but perhaps was eventually substituted by 'aka.shell', found on the same maxobjects site, or here:

The other was a tap-tools object, 'tap.applescript', found here:

http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=libraries&id_library=2

I'm not sure if those objects work for current versions of Max(you could try), but currently, there might not be a clear answer to your problem: times have changed, and they probably require a new set of experimentation/development/tools/expertise.

As for the earlier post about ";max launchbrowser" working with 'OpenFrameworks'(but not very well), i doubt that was anything intentionally designed to work with Max, nor its 'launchbrowser' command, by Cycling74(the user, "Dalmazzo" sounds like he tried experimenting with it, but never made it work in a fully functional way, and only got it to launch, probably by accidental luck).

You can see here all the messages which can be sent to max directly:

https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/vignettes/messages_to_max

(and 'launchbrowser', described there, is for opening your system's default browser to a specific URL only ...not designed for opening local files or apps)

There you will also notice that there are other messages which sound like they could work in opening files and apps, but instead are designed specifically for max-related files only(for delineating paths to the Max application itself, for opening patcher files, or for linking external names to their corresponding files, etc.)... and if you think about it, this is actually a good thing: if there were an easy way to open up any kind of file or app using Max, it could be disastrous to the overall Max ecosystem as anyone would be able to use the pretense of sharing Max patches to infect systems with viruses or malware.

Either way, hope it helps clarify some things about this thread.

Hi, this is an old thread, and I could be wrong, but the solutions mentioned earlier were only to be found long ago using 3rd party externals.

One was 'shell' used to be here:
http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=objects&id_objet=1194
but perhaps was eventually substituted by 'aka.shell', found on the same maxobjects site, or here:
http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/

The other was a tap-tools object, 'tap.applescript', found here:
http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=libraries&id_library=2

I'm not sure if those objects work for current versions of Max(you could try), but currently, there might not be a clear answer to your problem: times have changed, and they probably require a new set of experimentation/development/tools/expertise. 

You can see here all the messages which can be sent to max directly:
https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/vignettes/messages_to_max 
(and 'launchbrowser', described there, is for opening your system's default browser to a specific URL only ...not designed for opening local files or apps)

I could be wrong, though :) 
Either way, hope it helps clarify some things about this thread.
à votre santé


typing on a phone right now as I am on the road. I need to do more testing but I managed to launch ableton live with the ;max launchbrowser message, with the help of some code posted above. But still no luck with targeting a .als file. I believe it could be just a matter of syntax to target a file somewhere in my HD (example path given above).

Many thanks, Raja, 
typing on a phone right now as I am on the road. I need to do more testing but I managed to launch ableton live with the ;max launchbrowser message, with the help of some code posted above. But still no luck with targeting a .als file. I believe it could be just a matter of syntax to target a file somewhere in my HD (example path given above).

max launchbrowser "file:///Users/yourname/path and extension of the file" 

the "" are important if the path contains spaces.

Yeepee I found the correct syntax : 
; 
max launchbrowser "file:///Users/yourname/path and extension of the file" 
the "" are important if the path contains spaces. 

I am using the shell object on a regular basis and it works great

and yes the " " are important if your path contains a space!

I am using the shell object on a regular basis and it works great
and yes the " " are important if your path contains a space! 

Oh nice! Glad you figured it out. And thanks for sharing the answer with us. Good to know :)

In case anybody is interested, here is the patch i came up with. 

You can drop up to 20 files, and load them sequentially via MIDI note or CC. You can save setlists as txt files, and drop setlists to load them. You can save the MIDI "next" assignment within the patcher (this will save the MIDI device as well).

I use it to remotely load Ableton Livesets, but it should work with any files.

Setlist loader.zip

In case anybody is interested, here is the patch i came up with. 
You can drop up to 20 files, and load them sequentially via MIDI note or CC. You can save setlists as txt files, and drop setlists to load them. You can save the MIDI "next" assignment within the patcher (this will save the MIDI device as well).
I use it to remotely load Ableton Livesets, but it should work with any files. 

I get a "Max could not launch URL. err = -43" message though. I've tried with als and maxpat files. 

thanks for sharing! 
I get a "Max could not launch URL. err = -43" message though. I've tried with als and maxpat files. 
not sure what's wrong... 

I got the error message when the path contains accents, like "é" or "è". 

I got the error message when the path contains accents, like "é" or "è". 
Would it be the case, "Florent" ?

no accents though. It does the error 43 with a file like "file:// David Douillet:/Ableton Live Projects/Acoustic/Ambigu Project/Cool.als"

There is a space before my hard drive's name. Could this be the issue? 

haha!
no accents though. It does the error 43 with a file like "file:// David Douillet:/Ableton Live Projects/Acoustic/Ambigu Project/Cool.als"
There is a space before my hard drive's name. Could this be the issue? 


The space could absolutely be the reason.

The space  could absolutely be the reason.

i think tosymbol solves this. i cant check right now how exactly i'm doing that.

the space is actually coming out of the tosymbol

Screen Shot 2017-09-27 at 10.24.21 AM.png

nope on Mac
the space is actually coming out of the tosymbol


What if you manually remove the space in the message box (in the example you posted) ?

I still get the error 43 when removing the space...

Did you try opening txt files, wav files, anything else ?

it might be prepend. you are actually adding a space between the slash and David. You should use sprintf. 

it might be prepend. you are actually adding a space between the slash and David. You should use sprintf. 
sprintf file://%s   should solve this

Put tosymbol before sprintf. 
without it you'll get   file://David    :)

(if the above doesn't do it, i bet it's getting confused by the extra colon after your name -> "David Douillet

(if the above doesn't do it, i bet it's getting confused by the extra colon after your name -> "David Douillet:" <- try removing that last colon )

it's weird because something like "file:// Jean-Brigitte:/Users/FLO/Desktop/test.png" works fine (with the extra space after file:// and the extra colon)

but something like "file:// David Douillet:/Max Projects/test.png" doesn't work.

Removing the extra space and extra colon doesn't make a difference.

Maybe the command [; max launchbrowser] only works on the same drive as the one Max is installed on? 

Are you guys able to load files that are not located on the same drive as Max? Or like external drives? 

it's weird because something like "file:// Jean-Brigitte:/Users/FLO/Desktop/test.png" works fine (with the extra space after file:// and the extra colon)
but something like "file:// David Douillet:/Max Projects/test.png" doesn't work.
Removing the extra space and extra colon doesn't make a difference.  

Maybe the command [; max launchbrowser] only works on the same drive as the one Max is installed on? 
Are you guys able to load files that are not located on the same drive as Max? Or like external drives? 


I just tried loading a file from a USB stick. Couldn't open any, and got errors -43 as well. Same files on my desktop open just fine.

well, it seems that the "launchbrowser" message to Max only works on the drive that has Max on it. At least that's the way it seems to behave on my computer.

"The word launchbrowser, followed by a URL as a symbol, opens a web browser to view the URL. For example:

; max launchbrowser http://www.cycling74.com

thanks for sharing your patch though, it's super useful!!

well, it seems that the "launchbrowser" message to Max only works on the drive that has Max on it. At least that's the way it seems to behave on my computer. 

the only info I could find says: 
"The word launchbrowser, followed by a URL as a symbol, opens a web browser to view the URL. For example:
; max launchbrowser http://www.cycling74.com"

You're welcome, sorry i can't help more. 

You're welcome, sorry i can't help more. 
Glad you like it !

 Try this:
"file:///Volumes/ David Douillet/Max Projects/test.png"

thanks STRAY but I still get the error 43 

not a big deal though, I can just put the files on the other drive when I need to start them with Max

thanks STRAY but I still get the error 43 
not a big deal though, I can just put the files on the other drive when I need to start them with Max

Execute any application in Max/MSP