Storing soundfiles in a vst~

Hello dears,

For reasons that would take too long to explain, I'm trying to use a
vst plugin as a wrapper for some audio files in a standalone, which I
then access via an sfplay~ in the same patch the vst is loaded into.
I can get the vst to compile and load fies on a Windows machine, but
although it appears to successfully compile on mac, I get an
initialization error. Opening up the vst itself reveals that the
audio content was never loaded, although as I say, it works flawlessly
in Win.

Is there any particular trick to this on a Mac? I've tried loading
the file in by hand, but no dice, regardless of where I put it inside
the vst. Has anyone ever tried to do this, and if so, what's the magic?

Thanks,

M