me4of

Max External Object included OpenFrameworks code and to control OpenFrameworks directly

A. Demo

• http://youtu.be/m4ovWBJz-gg

B. Quickstart

1. Download the of_[version]_vs_release.zip.
   http://openframeworks.cc/download/
2. Download the MaxSDK-6.1.4.zip.
   https://cycling74.com/downloads/sdk/
3. Extract the downloaded files to any place you like.
4. Copy MaxSDK-6.1.4\c74support folder to of_[version]_vs_release\libs.
5. Clone the me4of~ repository into the of_v0.8.4_vs_release\apps\myapps.
   $ git clone https://github.com/tkrworks/me4of me4of~
6. Copy all dll files in of_v0.8.4_vs_release\apps\myapps\me4of~\bin to the following folders(both or only existing folder).

```
C:\Program Files\Cycling '74\Max 7\resources\support
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cycling '74\Max 7\resources\support
```

7. Build the project. After than, Add the full path of of_v0.8.4_vs_release\apps\myapps\me4of~\bin to Max's File Preferences. Or copy .mxe to the existing path in File Preferences.

C. Make project by yourself

1. same process as quickstart 1-4.
2. Make new project by ProjectGenerator.exe.
3. Build this project and copy all bin\*.dll files to the following folders.

```
[If you use Max7]  
C:\Program Files\Cycling '74\Max 7\resources\support  
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cycling '74\Max 7\resources\support  

[If you use Max6]
C:\Program Files\Cycling '74\Max 6.1\support
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cycling '74\Max 6.1\support
```

4. Modify some configurations in your project properties. The changes are as follows.
5. Modify ofApp.h, ofApp.cpp and Main.cpp by reference to me4of~'s code.
6. Build again and check whether .mxe is found or not in your bin folder. If you find the .mxe, your build is succeeded. Then, add the full path of apps\myapps\[your project name]\bin to Max's File Preferences or copy .mxe to the existing path in File Preferences.

The Changes in VS Project Properties

• Configuration Properties

  • General
    -> Project Defaults
    Configuration Type：Dynamic Library(.dll)
    Character Set：Use Multi-Byte Character Set
    -> General
    Target Extension：.mxe

  • C/C++
    -> General
    Additional Include Directories：

    ..\..\..\libs\c74support\max-includes  
    ..\..\..\libs\c74support\msp-includes  
    ..\..\..\libs\c74support\jit-includes  
    

    -> Preprocessor
    Preprocessor Definitions：WIN_VERSION;WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;WIN_EXT_VERSION;

  • Linker
    -> General
    Output File：$(OutDir)$(ProjectName).mxe
    Additional Library Directories：

    ..\..\..\libs\c74support\max-includes  
    ..\..\..\libs\c74support\msp-includes  
    ..\..\..\libs\c74support\jit-includes  
    

    -> Input
    Additional Dependencies：

    MaxAPI.lib  
    MaxAudio.lib  
    Jitlib.lib