List,
I've been using textfile to save and load some preset values in a complex collection of related GUI tools. I'd like to be able to start with no presets and allow the user to define them separately in different project environments or just leave them without setting them. My problem is that textfile searches for these preset files whether they exist or not and the present the user with errors in the log window. Is there a way for Pd to look for the files first and if they aren't found not pass on the load file commands to textfile?
I know I could create default preset text files for all of them, but it is useful for a user to copy the whole directory and then empty the preset text file folder, which now that I think of it could be a one button press.
Thanks, Sam
Hey Samuel
On Sat, 2016-01-23 at 17:51 +0000, Samuel Burt wrote:
I've been using textfile to save and load some preset values in a complex collection of related GUI tools. I'd like to be able to start with no presets and allow the user to define them separately in different project environments or just leave them without setting them. My problem is that textfile searches for these preset files whether they exist or not and the present the user with errors in the log window. Is there a way for Pd to look for the files first and if they aren't found not pass on the load file commands to textfile?
I know I could create default preset text files for all of them, but it is useful for a user to copy the whole directory and then empty the preset text file folder, which now that I think of it could be a one button press.
For similar reasons I was looking for a way to check the existence of a file without causing an error message. I came up with this:
https://github.com/reduzent/netpd/blob/master/includes/netpd-if-file.pd
It uses [readdir] from moocow and [getdir] from ggee. Though quite kludgey, it was the only way I was able to achieve that. If someone knows of a better way (even if it uses an external), please let us know.
Roman
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