Saving and accessing presets

[pcs800]

I saved a few presets as xml files for my project. How do I setup a browser to access them from the vst3 loaded into a daw?

[ustk]

@pcs800 preset and xml files are different

• XML is for saving your Hise project (there's also a way to save it as .preset .hip (Save Archive from the File menu) but I discourage using it, except for AutoSave)
• .preset files that are created with the preset browser are the actual user presets you need.
  So in order to load them from within your plugin, you need to insert a Floating Tile in your interface that you set to Preset Browser from its property called ContentType

[bendurso]

@pcs800
Also, make sure to tick 'Embed User Presets' in the settings. This ensures that when you ship the plugin, it includes the presets and automatically extracts them to the user's presets folder.

[pcs800]

@ustk Excellent, thank you!
So now how do I save presets with it?
It has a search field and a save button which doesn't seem to do anything.

[ustk]

@pcs800 Click Add in the Preset Browser to save a new preset
Save is for saving the preset that is currently loaded

[pcs800]

@ustk Oh boy, my fault. I had the browser tile very short, and the "add" option was hidden. Thank you again

[pcs800]

@ustk How would I show and hide the preset browser with a button?
It's pretty big and if visible all the time, would take up too much space.

[d.healey]

@pcs800 You can set the visible property in the button's callback

[pcs800]

@d-healey I don't know what callback means.
I know I can set the visibility in the preset browser properties window.
How would I use a button to alternate the browsers visibility?

[d.healey]

@pcs800 I recommend you start with this video

And then possibly this one