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    • Casey KolbC
      Casey Kolb @DanH
      last edited by

      @DanH It's currently installed within the plugin, but honestly a .pkg makes a lot more sense. We do have license keys for expansions though, so it's a bit tricky. It would certainly be faster with a .pkg file

      Casey Kolb
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      • d.healeyD
        d.healey @Casey Kolb
        last edited by

        Might be relevant to this thread...

        I've just added a File.hasWriteAccess() script wrapper function so you can verify if a directory selected by the user is writable and prompt them for another location if it isn't.

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        • bendursoB
          bendurso
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          Is there some way to give permissions to the plugin to install samples in a custom location now? Or still the better option is to install the samples in the appdata folder?

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          • d.healeyD
            d.healey @bendurso
            last edited by

            You should ask the user where they want to install the samples. The built in expansion installer does this I think.

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            • bendursoB
              bendurso @d.healey
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              @d-healey Oh I know. But I was asking because of this:

              @Casey-Kolb said in Expansion Installation Issue:

              Yes, we figured out that you need to install the samples to the default Expansions folder within the AppData folder to ensure your plugin has the right permissions for unpacking the samples. Basically, your plugin won't be able to write to a lot of directories on the OS because the folders may be read-only for the plugin. I'd recommend not even giving the user a choice for where to install the samples, and if they need to move the samples, they can always move them to their samples folder manually.

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              • d.healeyD
                d.healey @bendurso
                last edited by

                @bendurso Try it, I haven't ran into any issues but these days I'm using my own HISE based installer. If you're writing your own installer you can check that the user has write permission for the selected folder.

                You definitely don't want to install to the app data folder though, unless you only have a tiny amount of samples, maybe < 100MB.

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                • bendursoB
                  bendurso @d.healey
                  last edited by

                  @d-healey It semms to work ok on my mac, but I think I should test it with more macs.

                  You definitely don't want to install to the app data folder though, unless you only have a tiny amount of samples, maybe < 100MB.

                  That makes sense. But if the library is big, the user could change the sample folder after installing it.

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                  • d.healeyD
                    d.healey @bendurso
                    last edited by

                    @bendurso What happens if they don't have enough room on their system drive during installation?

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                    • bendursoB
                      bendurso @d.healey
                      last edited by

                      @d-healey That's a good point. Well, bad luck for the user, lol

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                      • LindonL
                        Lindon @bendurso
                        last edited by

                        @bendurso said in Expansion Installation Issue:

                        @d-healey That's a good point. Well, bad luck for the user, lol

                        hmm, avoid installing in any system folder if I were you...

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                        • bendursoB
                          bendurso @Lindon
                          last edited by

                          @Lindon nice, thanks! Yes, I think I'll go with a custom folder and warn them if the directory isn't writable.

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