Saving files to destinations outside of the {PROJECT_FOLDER} - String fileName

[LeeC]

Hi guys,

How do we save files or set locations outside of the HISE {PROJECT_FOLDER}?
Is there a certain 'filepath' structure that we need to use to point to external locations?

I'm hoping to find a way to save a midi file to a users desktop (or any other folder) as a workaround to the bug raised here.
I just need to know the correct filepath structure to populate the 'String fileName' with to achieve this

saveAsMidiFile(String fileName, int trackIndex)

Any thoughts?

Cheers

[ustk]

@LeeC I just tried with dumpAsJSON and "~/Desktop/MyFile.js" seems to work. So it might work for MIDI files too...

EDIT: that's for mac obviously, I don't know for win though...

[LeeC]

@ustk yeah I'm on a mac also.

Cool, I'll give that a try now.... Thanks for feeding back

[TNTHM]

@ustk does this work for filmstrip images?

[ustk]

@TNTHM Why would you save filmstrips?

[TNTHM]

@ustk it goes back to trying to save filmstrip images in an external folder so you can reskin knobs on a compiled plugin. I saw this and thought it was worth the ask.

[BWSounds]

Did anyone ever find a way to do this? Finishing a huge plugin and while testing it out and realized I didn't know how to export the midi file from the vst, or where it goes..