Store values in ScriptPanel data object

[d.healey]

@toxonic I doubt it

[toxonic]

@d-healey Mhh, i compiled the plugin for testing purposes, but i cannot find the appData directory. Where is the place, i should search for?
I build a vst3 fxplugin and put the dll to my standard vst3 folder. It works fine so far in the DAW (except the preset issue), but i there's no appData directory created after the first launch.

[Lindon]

@toxonic
appdata (in windows) is at

C:/Users/<your name>/AppData

[toxonic]

@Lindon Well, I'm on Linux, but I'd assume, that it should be in my home directory (analogue to windows) - but there's no AppData directory.... do I need to check any options in the HISE settings?

[Lindon]

@toxonic David is your UNIX guy...

[d.healey]

@toxonic /.config/company name

[toxonic]

@d-healey Ah, thank you! :-) So, on Linux there is no AppData directory?
The folder /.config/My Company/Plugin Name contains (among others) a User Presets directory, and surprisingly, it transferred the text files which I gave the .preset file extension, but the content of each file is null...

[toxonic]

@d-healey Okay, i just changed the preset file names, at the moment they have no file extension.
Everything works fine in HISE, but not the compiled plugin. It sets up all the needed files in the AppData Directory (or whatever I should call it on Linux... ;-) ) , but changes of parameters won't be saved to the preset files. What am I missing?
I use the following functions to store and recall values from the preset files:

var PresetDir = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.UserPresets);
// store
inline function writePreset (FILE, ARRAY)
{
    local PresetFile = PresetDir.getChildFile(FILE);
    PresetFile.writeObject(ARRAY);
}
//recall
inline function recallPresets (FILE)
{
	local PresetFile = PresetDir.getChildFile(FILE);
	return PresetFile.loadAsObject();
}

[d.healey]

@toxonic AppData is just the generic name, it's actually only on Windows that it's called appData

[toxonic]

Any ideas, why the compiled plugin won't saveparameter value data to the preset files? Inside Hise it works like a charme, but not the compiled plugin...

[d.healey]

@toxonic No I'm not sure, but presets are an xml format so writing an object to it doesn't make sense.

Let's go back to the beginning, there is probably a better way to do whatever it is you are trying to do. What do you want to achieve?

[toxonic]

@d-healey Yeah, "preset" might be the wrong word.
Okay, so far I have a multieffect plugin, each effect has it's own sequencer track to trigger the effect.
Each effect has a UI Section, where you can adjust the effect parameters.
Now, I want to be able to store and recall 10 parameter sets of each effect individually, so you can automate these "presets" in the DAW, instead of automating each parameter of each effect, which would be tricky and time consuming. I can't use the HISE preset system because of the inbuilt sequencer, which will always stop playing, when i would change a preset.
Actually, I got it working to store the parameter sets as a 2 dimensional arrays for each effect.
So, for example the 10 values of the first parameter of effect one's parameter set would be stored in effectOneArray [0] (just an example name).
And to save the parameter sets between the sessions, i store these arrays as objects into files, via the mentioned functions above. As i already said, this work fine in HISE itself, but for some reason, the compiled plugin won't write any values to the files in the AppData directory.

[toxonic]

Noone?

[ulrik]

@toxonic Do you have a small example snippet?

[toxonic]

@ulrik mhh, i'm afraid, i would have to create one, since the project is too large to reduce it to a snippet.
I will give it a try, to make a small snippet to demonstrate the point, where i stuck...

[toxonic]

@ulrik Oh, this is driving me nuts! I created a snippet, that basically does, what happens in my project file in regard of saving and recalling "presets" (don't mind about that term, i don't mean hise presets). And what shall I say, the example works without issues, also as compiled plugin!
Here's the snippet, but that's kinda senseless to dig into, because this one works...

HiseSnippet 1383.3ocsW0jaabCElismzHklhDfd.H7pQHN1RxIoE00MxV1NvHMIpQNAIvvHgZFJIVOCoJGpXITDfbC5UnGkhtr6691UcauAsOxgye1xINBNZgvv2ue7iOR9XGovmFGKjHmJGLcDE474tcmxUCaOjv3n82A4bc2NRZLUc.MV0.s8zQj3XZ.xwYwGnMwoxRHyu+89aSBIbeZtHD54BlO86YQLUtzNsdHKLbOR.8.VTAquSq88E71hPwX.NK5VGMh3eLY.8wDsYK3hbtxtALkP1UQTzXjyRaKBl1cn3Ddh8OmEy5ER0CZf5BAJQ7dhv.Mh0RQsGxBC5jNsiQPT5jSBKlPBeo6iXArL44jwMLJv4dTjObVnL7VrD7ZTDd0K.uY.ImBPZoDHcS2t9R1HUtFMdtl69bEU1m.zdQnjXKZg+5JtsEfEb0pQjio6IgAYd3cu50WAC+Uaip.yGqvugHw68hNDIIJFuI9vTeGPUsEQiDbXf2xOjK50X4ZqTEOyemuSMmGmVe4ZGUDeIUicogTefqATNaWgO6I1VLA.5FUqt1Z3cXRiGSwJANF9fZCUb07vBFAQbOVHs6zXEMRGTS4izqfvmESkVegfm6s1Dv8rPYfjdwUqva4biRwT+wbeESvSvSUFOjwo4ROQxTzDuvda8zmt0KqU8mMDXdnV0XzS58ivjyZyFUeagnqCDLyIggmI9IhsyDrmN3UjT0XIuXBBEjfshsYHK36LNJZJdKojXHzSDxiwEIRiZnDBV65CKSdrMquAl8soUWqFR4CTCAQ25V0J5ypiFGOz6virLTBDSWov8khHbeMMaHMhTMdzJXV+DYzIrXX4DF5U.+rXC8Wq1ofVoYumMeV1tKMs9RWcIEg31fs8fyipVt9a0XcUmwjTK7xrnsRlJTG9SS+yxNO+zR3Ufp8vwTyhx6iA0DX0JfQUR0bH6HMrdt1cuByYP9glXhuMtglfK6h+PBe.M.D+V6ZrQGENs3rrfAQSvLd14E0vSlIYnU9gHhSYSARHmCBEvxElE.qbYp0av1OPu1UI9DlxeHvRAV1vmDSw1yp9FXbQhn9QGdpkwAo7Usa23HHEl7pYnB6AKxkF1qmjRNV+Qoz07LoqwkY5pb57s9YxWyK2oGTNjsTI3OV.G2vSNr.pSvmVU+9yTmstHDNIcVp0sBHeeN5wGG0iJKtqPaHb+X4KccO+KcK1SfexkFELTv2myTOYDkedcJfr2zn6YvhJvTk454uvd8b2PFbYAhA2B+YtlhOjAv11bd8u76+48QWXmaVx42sY0+4iv40K47u9f+9ONqy2v5b5skF2ula1kmkBA76FsPOa+cHJhtIEKc.TzHpTwzruyNz2.c7kzxRE2cnwGqDiL1Z2xBMwkj5qm1PCgSCM48ptluafljkv28Csllm8uq0Ir.0vbs8aMjxFLLu4x28SszqMY4x8Ct5LoXCnkx0HhDhQgfkgOzGQFZdtY3fKoLr94kgVu9BlgqdAKFlTjdxyyuE1Jh.5bcbgQmeJUzI5UJ66IhQvIOQPMyZVA3F16VwMS+X8zOtS5G2sJ7.hyzbLzVtHXbHQUtWc8CTrJfyRJ0frtIXdLSMs3CXtzZf+hBwa51Qeq0rw3By.iv1tOEXz9rmq6ta+9vEF4.bI28dwml23fdpXrhwG7HhRxzEOOdbTW3ke9TH6bndQeVtyB5ScSFWWOVy.co7.yf+C9YU1PO1wprQpRTDwWJdkexgd5GVcUiD.SbyaJq39H8Xb14btt0WsNJBdi2q780S+aC6TlsOMmCeVeN74NygO2cN74dygOe0b3yW+d8Q+75sFqDQIaG.Ac10beiiytbBTYYpBQ+eep3r3

I'm afraid, I have to find out, where the difference to my project is...

[toxonic]

But it seems not to be a problem, that i can't write to the files, rather than theres something wrong with the internal dummy arrays, that don't seem to work properly.
Whenever i change a preset in the DAW plugin, it shows only default values, but it should at least show the values, that are stored in it's dummy array.
I just copied the preset files from my hise project to the AppData User Presets directory, and as soon, as i change a parameter, the corresponding preset file will be overwritten with null.
Any ideas?

[ulrik]

@toxonic It works here, in Hise no problems.
I compiled it and opened it in Logic, at the first launch, I had not copied the presetFile to the AppData UserPresets folder so it created a new presetFile with all values at undefined.

But if I changed the knob values it wrote them down to the file

[toxonic]

@ulrik Yeah, that's what i mean, the snippet works like expected, but in my project i go pretty much the same way, but it wont work as compiled plugin! That's driving me crazy!

[ulrik]

@toxonic Have you located where on your computer the file "presetFile" is located when you open the daw?
If so, while you're running the daw, open the file with some text editor and have it open, chose a preset and start changing your knobs, is the file changing, what is written inside?

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