[PD-dev] MIDI output devices

[Padraig Kitterick]

Hi all,

I am working on a project for a course Im doing which uses PD (in 
windows) to program a device which understands system exclusive MIDI 
messages. After discovering that sysex out doesn't seem to be fully 
implemented under windows yet I went ahead and wrote an external to do 
it. All is working fine but at the moment I have to hard-code the midi 
device number into the code.

What I would like to be able to do is to use the device which is 
selected in PD's midi settings. I've searched the lists but can't seem 
to find anything related to this. Could anyone tell me how I do this?

p.s. just in case anyone is wondering why I don't just patch the PD 
source tree (which would be easier of course): I don't want people to 
have to use a custom build. I would prefer that they can just link in an 
external at run-time. Also, this is just a small part of a larger 
project which we want packaged in one external.

Many thanks in advance,

Padraig Kitterick