File.startAsProcess() wrapper

[Dan Korneff]

This would be very useful to me as I'm currently designing a downloader app for my products.

[orange]

@d-healey I think this would be pretty good. "Opening files" has already been used by lots of plugin manufacturers. For executing the installers, it would be awesome though.

I am not sure this is already available in Hise but, also "Opning folders" would be great too.

[Matt_SF]

@d-healey +1 good idea

[d.healey]

@orange said in File.startAsProcess() wrapper:

but, also "Opning folders" would be great too.

This is already possible. I think it's File.show().

Ok I've implemented the function now. I'll push it to my fork soon and make a pull request.

[ustk]

@d-healey Hmm... I thought Christoph implemented this already because I made one for my own use and prepared a pull request but I've seen it was done in the meantime. It's not in the API list though, but you might have a look before making a new one. But I might be mistaken here, mixing up with something else...

[d.healey]

@ustk I couldn't see it in the source, any idea what it's called?

[ustk]

@d-healey Yeah neither do I (I searched all branches). I think it's a mistake of me, so go ahead :)

[d.healey]

Done - https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/pull/226/commits/e7f4d9595f9cc47848a5abe01ebd4a63e75fd147

I also added a wrapper function to set the execute permissions on a file and one to check how much space is left on the disk - a good thing to check before downloading files.

[d.healey]

I also added a Engine.quit() function so we can close our app once we've launched the update installer. I don't know if it's safe to use this function in a plugin, my use case if for a standalone app only, let me know if you try it in a plugin :)

https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/pull/237

[orange]

@ustk said in File.startAsProcess() wrapper:

@d-healey Yeah neither do I (I searched all branches). I think it's a mistake of me, so go ahead :)

I think the .unzip function was added a couple of months ago, maybe that's the cause of the confusion.