Getting host name in plugin

[pcs800]

Is there a scripting API to get the host DAW name in a compiled VST3?

[David Healey]

@pcs800 No but I see it in JUCE so probably wouldn't be difficult to make it available in HISE. What's the use case?

[pcs800]

@David-Healey DAW locking. I want my plugin to only work in the daw my company makes. So it should check host name at startup.

[David Healey]

@pcs800 Is it in this list?

[pcs800]

@David-Healey No it is not

[David Healey]

@pcs800 Then I don't think there is a way to detect if it's running in your specific DAW. You could check that it's not running in any of the DAWs in the list though, but that might lead to false positives or other unwanted behaviour.

[pcs800]

@David-Healey A plugin developer we know, made a plugin that is daw locked to Mixcraft. However, he does not use Hise. I will see if i can find any info on that, and post here