Rodrigo

So I have a patch that I share freely, and there are certain things that vary when I'm personally using the patch or sharing it for others (a menu for my own startup presets, loading my own vsts or prompting via menu etc....). At the moment I do this via a flag in the code, but it would be more convenient (particularly since I'm sharing it via Github) to have this detection happen automatically.

Is there a way to have the patch check for a file on the computer somewhere (a level above the patch) or something like that? And if it doesn't find it, it defaults to the 'public' version of the patch.

I guess similar to copy protection, but nothing is being protected here.

Is there a way to have the patch check for a file on the computer somewhere (a level above the patch) or something like that? And if it doesn't find it, it defaults to the 'public' version of the patch. 

I guess similar to copy protection, but nothing is being protected here.


checking-to-see-if-i-am-running-a-patch

Why not check for the Name of your Userfolder? Here's for a Mac os but might be somethin similar for pc too. Given your Computer username is quite unique and you don't mind the world to know it.

Actually that's a good idea, though for some reason this doesn't appear to be working for me. thispatcher is only spitting out "/"

Last time you and I talked Max you weren't big on externals, but if you're willing to use [shell] - one of my all-time favourite/most useful - then there's this:

thispatcher only knows the path once the patch was saved...

If you need to do it per Project by checking existance of a file

Checking to see if *I* am running a patch?

Checking to see if I am running a patch?