HISE Unzipping

[d.healey]

@Casmat An hr file is already a compressed archive, there is no reason to zip a zip file.

Send the user multiple zip files

[Casmat]

@d-healey yup, but I’m planning on including other content that could be used for the player plugin that hr1 files wouldn’t be useful in, and creating a single zip file package would make a more seamless installation process for users

[d.healey]

@Casmat How big will your zip files be?

[Casmat]

@d-healey have no clue, variable range, from couple mb to couple Gb. I was maybe thinking of creating a temp folder somewhere in the app data, then unzipping there and deleting the temp folder as a whole?

[d.healey]

@Casmat Max size of a zip on Windows is 4GB (but I wouldn't go over 3). So you're going to be going the multiple zip route

[Casmat]

@d-healey got you! So is this as simple as putting the zip through something like winzip and hise supporting multi file archives?

[d.healey]

@Casmat The zip standard doesn't support multi-part archives like rar. You have to roll your own. Just add _part1, _part2, etc. to the end of the file name and extract them in a loop.

[Casmat]

@d-healey ahh, I see! I have a question on the appdata folder, how do I do develop things that use the appdata folder in the development phase without compiling a vst? Is there a folder which replicates the appdata location?

[d.healey]

@Casmat

[Casmat]

@d-healey amazing, thanks David!