[PD] open .exe / close pd
oliver
oliver at klingt.org
Mon Sep 5 10:58:08 CEST 2005
carmen wrote:
>On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 01:48:36PM +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
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>>pd wrote:
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>>>hi there,
>>>
>>>is it possible to open a .exe file from a pd-patch?
>>>
>>>
>>[shell]
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>except that [shell] wont compile on windows, so youll want to use [popen]. and [popen] doesnt thread, so you proably want to also install mingw and launch it via bash adding a "&" at the end of the command..
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for windows, there's the "motex" library
(http://www.reverberant.com/PD/index.htm) and its [system] object that
can do console things quite well (don't know if it runs in its own
thread, though)
for quitting pd, IOhannes method to send PD the "quit" message is best.
ciao
oliver
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