open a non-max file

Dg's icon

Hi list !
Does anyone know how to launch a non-MaxMSPJitter file (such as a microsoft word or powerpoint file for example) from within Max environnement (NOT launch IN max).

Thank you !

Derrick Giscloux

robotic-audio's icon

if you are on OSX, take a look at Bill Orcuts [shell] object, which allows for UNIX shell commands...

Peter Castine's icon
johnpitcairn's icon

Try the launchbrowser message to max. Path might need massaging a bit on Windows(?) - you can also try running it from javascript via max.launchbrowser(path).

;max
launchbrowser file:///Volumes/Scratch/Wine.doc

Trum's icon

With Jitter you can launch flash files, which you could use in a very powerpointish way, might be a bit less fiddley than the other methods suggested, but then it depends if you want to play with jitter.
Hope this helps
Trum

Mattijs's icon

> With Jitter you can launch flash files,

Heh yea, I did a presentation that way. It was fun watching the faces when suddenly the flash presentation turned away in a 3D space.