Engine.saveUserPreset(value) in any dir?

[ulrik]

Is it possible to redirect the

Engine.saveUserPreset(value);

to save in whatever folder inside "User Presets"?

[d.healey]

@ulrik As far as I'm aware this only saves the currently loaded preset, it doesn't save a new preset. Or does it?

[ulrik]

@d-healey I'm working with my "compare" script and

Engine.saveUserPreset(newName);

will save the loaded preset that have been modified in to a new preset with a new name, and it's working nicely, however it saves the new preset into the same category folder as the original preset.
I want the user to chose the category folder

[ally]

@ulrik Did you happen to find a solution to this? Trying to do the same thing and having no luck

[d.healey]

@ally

Yes it's possible. I posted a video about it on Patreon a couple of months ago showing how to prompt the user to select a location for the preset.

Here's the code I'm using in one of my projects. I'm using expansions so you'll need to modify the first line in the function for non-expansion projects. (The version in the video is simpler).

    inline function createNewPreset()
    {
		local userPresetsFolder = Expansions.getCurrentUserPresetsFolder();

		if (!isDefined(userPresetsFolder))
			return;

	    FileSystem.browse(userPresetsFolder, true, "*.preset", function[userPresetsFolder](f)
	    {
			var grandparent = f.getParentDirectory().getParentDirectory().getParentDirectory();

			if (!userPresetsFolder.isSameFileAs(grandparent))
				return Engine.showMessageBox("Invalid Location", "Presets must be saved in a bank and category folder within the instrument's user presets folder.", 0);
			Engine.saveUserPreset(f.toString(f.FullPath).replace(".preset"));
	    });
    }

[ally]

@d-healey Thank you!