Access Expansion data without loading?

[dustbro]

Is it possible to access data (images, additional code) from an expansion without loading it?
I'm looking for a quick way to distribute some additional content without going full blown expansion.

[d.healey]

@dustbro You can access anything with the File and FileSystem APIs

[dustbro]

@d-healey that's great news. If I have an intermediate monolith file (.hxi), how do I pass the Blowfish key and read contents?

[d.healey]

@dustbro

If I have an intermediate monolith file (.hxi), how do I pass the Blowfish key and read contents?

Oh that's different. I was assuming file based expansion.

I think you can access the contents of expansions without loading them - play around with the get functions

[dustbro]

I think you can access the contents of expansions without loading them - play around with the get functions

I don't think those are available without using the the expandionHandler
I would just use the expansion system, but the built in preset browser gets weird.

[d.healey]

@dustbro said in Access Expansion data without loading?:

I don't think those are available without using the the expandionHandler

You can use the expansionHandler without loading an expansion.

[dustbro]

Ok, so I can get access to the image files embedded in an .hxi by using:

var MyImage = "{EXP::MyExpansionName}MyImageFile.png";
ImagePanel.loadImage(MyImage, "pic");

But I can't seem to find the magic combo to get loadDataFile() working so I can load the AdditionalSourceCode
I've tried:

var currentExpansion = "{EXP::MyExpansionName}";
reg expansionData = currentExpansion.loadDataFile("data.json");

EDIT:
Got it

for (e in expansions)
{
    var p = e.loadDataFile("data.json");
   	Console.print(trace(p));
}