Dave You may do better to put the VST_PATH in your 
autoexec.bat file
that way you will just have to load the plugin~ or 
vst~ object 
i would love to share some patches using VST with 
you if you care to.
I have some neat ones with Richard Dobson's Pv 
plugs and the newer ether and shapee plugins
Also i have made one with northpole which is rather 
nice too
cheers
 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  
  
  Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:18 
  AM
  Subject: [PD] Problem running VST~ 
  object
  
  Hi
I 
  cannot get the VST~ object to work on my machine. Whenever I put a VST~ object 
  in a new canvas it crashes.
I have set the path to search my VST plugin 
  folder by adding the 'set VST_PATH....' in a batch file I use to run PD, is 
  this the correct place to put it?
I have also tried variations on the 
  path command by using '\' instead of  '/' but with the same 
  result.
Here is my .bat file...
  pd -lib 
  ../vst/Release/vst -noadc -midiindev 1 -midioutdev 1 set VST_PATH=D:\Program 
  Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins
and here is the command line readout after I 
  run it...
  VST host  by mark williamson
  contains 
  source code from Psycle tracker
  Contact: mark@junklight.com  
  . website: http://www.junklight.com
  VSTLib: version: 0.1
  VSTLib 
  compiled: May 7 2002
  open: No such file or directory
  
  No such file or directory
  open: No such file or directory
  
  No such file or directory
The 'no such file or directory' error only 
  occurs when I include the set VST_PATH command, but the path is definitely 
  correct.
Any help please? 
  
Thanks in 
  advance
Dave