Copy & Save '.mid file' to 'folder' || Help.

Chazrox

This is where im at now, still not working completely. All of the functions work in this code block except for the part where I want the dropped file saved to the AppData folder. Can anyone help with this please?

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//! onPnlMIDIFilesFileDrop ---------------------------------------------------------------
inline function onpnlMIDIFilesFileDrop_B(obj)
{
    // HOVER STATE
    prevHover = this.data.hover ? 1 : 0;

    this.data.hover = (obj.hover && !obj.drop) ? 1 : 0;

    if ((this.data.hover ? 1 : 0) != prevHover)
    {
    	this.repaint();
    }

    // HOVER CHECK
    if (obj.hover && !obj.drop)
    {
        this.data.text    = "Drop to load!";
        this.data.dropped = false;
        this.changed();
        return;
    }
   
    if (!obj.drop || obj.fileName == undefined)
    {
    	return;	
    }

    // PARSE BASE NAME
    local full = obj.fileName;   
    local slash = Math.max(full.lastIndexOf("/"), full.lastIndexOf("\\"));   
    local dot = full.lastIndexOf(".");
    
    if (dot < 0) 
    {
    	dot = full.length;
    }
    
    local base = full.substring(slash + 1, dot);

    this.data.filename = base;   // paint()
    this.data.fileName = base;   // sync
	
	Console.print("BASE__" + base);
    // HIDE RANGE SLIDER WHILE NO EVENTS
    RangeSlider.set("visible", 0);

    // LOAD MIDI PLAYER TRACK 1
    MIDIPlayer1.setFile(full, true, true);
    if (MIDIPlayer1.setTrack != undefined) MIDIPlayer1.setTrack(1);
		
	// START POLLING EVENTS
	midiRangeTimer.stopTimer();
	midiRangeTimer.startTimer(50);
    // -----------------------------------------------------------
    // COPY DROPPED FILE INTO AppData 
    // -----------------------------------------------------------
   
	local original = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath(full);
	local filename =  original.toString(this.data.Filename);
    if (isDefined(original) && original.isFile())
    {
              
		Console.print(filename.toString());
       	Console.print("ORIGINAL__" + original);
        
        local appDataDir = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads);
        local newFile = appDataDir.getChildFile(filename);

        original.copy(newFile);
       // newFile.move(appDataDir);
		Console.print("NEWNEWNEW" + newFile);
    }
	
    Console.print("Saved copy to AppData: " + newFile.toString(newFile.FullPath));
	
		
   
    // Save As "FAVORITE" Midi File in AppDataFolder
    // SaveFavoriteMidiFiles();

    // setAnalysisWindowFull();
    disableAllChords();
    // groupMidiNotesByTimeInWindow(analyzeStartMs, analyzeEndMs);
    // RangeSlider.setValue({ min: RangeSlider.get("min"), max: RangeSlider.get("max")});
    disableAllChords();
    // addChordsFromCurrentWindow();

    // UI flags
    this.data.text    = "Loaded";
    this.data.dropped = true;
    this.data.hover   = false;
    this.changed();
    this.repaint();

    knbSmartStrength.changed();
    pnlCustomMidiPanel.sendRepaintMessage();
    pnlCustomMidiRipView.sendRepaintMessage();
}

none of my .prints return any results in that section either.

Lindon

@Chazrox said in Copy & Save '.mid file' to 'folder' || Help.:
[snip]

Ok lets start with your code...



    // PARSE BASE NAME
    local full = obj.fileName;   
}

and later:

local original = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath(full);

So you are taking the filename from the obj and (later)asking for the actual file using .fromAbsolutePath()

..but absolute path wants just that - an absolute path not the file name....so something like C:\documents\myfolder\myfilename.mid

so this:

local original = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath(full);

is probably failing - I think. so this:

if (isDefined(original) && original.isFile())
    {

    etc. etc...

is going to return false - and not execute....you need to do a LOT more Console.print debugging....

like this:

//! onPnlMIDIFilesFileDrop ---------------------------------------------------------------
inline function onpnlMIDIFilesFileDrop_B(obj)
{
    // HOVER STATE
    prevHover = this.data.hover ? 1 : 0;

    this.data.hover = (obj.hover && !obj.drop) ? 1 : 0;

    if ((this.data.hover ? 1 : 0) != prevHover)
    {
    	this.repaint();
    }

    // HOVER CHECK
    if (obj.hover && !obj.drop)
    {
        this.data.text    = "Drop to load!";
        this.data.dropped = false;
        this.changed();
        return;
    }
   
    if (!obj.drop || obj.fileName == undefined)
    {
    	return;	
    }

    // PARSE BASE NAME
    local full = obj.fileName;   
    local slash = Math.max(full.lastIndexOf("/"), full.lastIndexOf("\\"));   
    local dot = full.lastIndexOf(".");

//============
     Console.print("full contains:" + full);
//=============
    
    if (dot < 0) 
    {
    	dot = full.length;
    }
    
    local base = full.substring(slash + 1, dot);

    this.data.filename = base;   // paint()
    this.data.fileName = base;   // sync
	
	Console.print("BASE__" + base);
    // HIDE RANGE SLIDER WHILE NO EVENTS
    RangeSlider.set("visible", 0);

    // LOAD MIDI PLAYER TRACK 1
    MIDIPlayer1.setFile(full, true, true);
    if (MIDIPlayer1.setTrack != undefined) MIDIPlayer1.setTrack(1);
		
	// START POLLING EVENTS
	midiRangeTimer.stopTimer();
	midiRangeTimer.startTimer(50);
    // -----------------------------------------------------------
    // COPY DROPPED FILE INTO AppData 
    // -----------------------------------------------------------
   
	local original = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath(full);
//===========
      Console.print("Original contains:" + original);
      Console.print("Original is defined ==:" + isDefined(original));
       Console.print("Original is a file ==:" + original.isFile());
//===========
	local filename =  original.toString(this.data.Filename);
    if (isDefined(original) && original.isFile())
    {
              
		Console.print(filename.toString());
       	Console.print("ORIGINAL__" + original);
        
        local appDataDir = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads);
        local newFile = appDataDir.getChildFile(filename);

        original.copy(newFile);
       // newFile.move(appDataDir);
		Console.print("NEWNEWNEW" + newFile);
    }
	
    Console.print("Saved copy to AppData: " + newFile.toString(newFile.FullPath));
	
		
   
    // Save As "FAVORITE" Midi File in AppDataFolder
    // SaveFavoriteMidiFiles();

    // setAnalysisWindowFull();
    disableAllChords();
    // groupMidiNotesByTimeInWindow(analyzeStartMs, analyzeEndMs);
    // RangeSlider.setValue({ min: RangeSlider.get("min"), max: RangeSlider.get("max")});
    disableAllChords();
    // addChordsFromCurrentWindow();

    // UI flags
    this.data.text    = "Loaded";
    this.data.dropped = true;
    this.data.hover   = false;
    this.changed();
    this.repaint();

    knbSmartStrength.changed();
    pnlCustomMidiPanel.sendRepaintMessage();
    pnlCustomMidiRipView.sendRepaintMessage();
}

Lindon

@Lindon said in Copy & Save '.mid file' to 'folder' || Help.:

local filename = original.toString(this.data.Filename);

also whilst we are here, Im not sure you can say this:


	local filename =  original.toString(this.data.Filename);

what I think you mean is this:


	local filename =  original.toString(original.Filename);

But its not going to work anyway until you get a file into original, not a text string...

Chazrox

@Lindon bro Thanks!

Im gonna check this out right now and report back.
I really appreciate the time brotha!

These are a bunch of new api's for me so im sure I made alot of mistakes and asking chat gpt to help sometimes make things worse. lol

Chazrox

@Lindon said in Copy & Save '.mid file' to 'folder' || Help.:

you need to do a LOT more Console.print debugging....

I really should.

Chazrox

@Lindon

I was setting my B panels callback to my A panel....thats why none of my prints were hitting. When I was dropping on panel B, Panel A script was running which is already doing what it needs to do fine.

uhggh.. lol.
its one letter sometimes messing your whole day up. haha.

const var pnlMIDIFiles_B = Content.getComponent("pnlMIDIFiles_B");
pnlMIDIFiles_B.setFileDropCallback("All Callbacks", "*.mid", onpnlMIDIFilesFileDrop_B);

Your prints you added are extensive and im going to follow that from now on! Thank You sir! Im getting alot of info from these prints which I should help big time. Again

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Chazrox

@Lindon @d-healey I GOT IT.

After going through all the debugs I figured it out. Thank you guys so much. This was the last function I needed for my plugin which is just save a history of dropped files...and aside from some visual tweaks.....IM DONE!! Im on to the next step. Now i'll be buggin you guys about code-signing soon. haha. Thanks so much!

Chazrox

I'll be sharing a cleaned up snippet version and make an example of this for anybody that might be looking for it. Thanks again guys!

Chazrox

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