>I like very much this idea, but don't understand why the foo-bar file >must be a DLL (a shared object in general). Couldn't it be an XML or >text file, or whatever...? (or I misinterpreted what you said?). no, you're right. it could be anything. reading it (and constructing it) would handled by a function in the SDK anyway, so it doesn't really matter. what actually matters more it what data is actually present. thanks for pointing out my mistake there. --p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe