i want pd to trigger an external file with a load bang.

what do you use instead of openpanel when you know what file yuo want to load automatically??

thanks

all openpanel does is output a symbol of the filename.

a symbol object or message box will also do what you want.

ie, [/presets/gigantic-bass/404.txt(

hmmm,
itried making a text file called test.txt and placed it in the same folder as my patch.

made a message [test.txt] nothing happened
same for [open test.txt]

what might i be doing wrong?
Thanks

you have to include the entire path to the file.

you can also use ./ to go from the directory your patch is in.

ok,
i see what you're doing. I phrased my question wrong I think.
I am trying to make a file launch outside of PD. i.e a text file opens in notepad or make a batch file/VBScript run rather than load it into PD as in a text file into an array.

Thanks

Hmm, what do Windows users do in the absence of [shell]? Could you use PyExt to run a Python script on Windows?

so i decided to write an external for this. I tested this on windows only. in the zip file is the dll some example files to open and a pd patch to see how it works.

let me know if you think it could have better features

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/openfileExtern.zip

On a slightly different tack (didt see where to start a new post), I want to make a file open by loadbang. It would be a .dll file for the vst object. Can't see how to do it...

I assume you want to have the [vst~]object startup with specific vst instrumet. Use the dll name as a creation argument.

If vst is name Example.dll, and it has two ins and two outs:

[vst~ 2 2 example.dll]

The [openFile] I made basically is for launching other applications/files by calling a command window in the background and doing an open command.

see attached for code

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/openFile.c

excellent, thank you.