Tried my first export and I'm delighted to say that it worked beautifully. I sent it to a friend and it worked just as expected on his system as well.
However, the one thing I can't seem to make work is exporting the pdf manual. Can you explain: what do you name the file, where do you put it, and what, if anything, extra do you need to do in the export process? Or, is there some post-export action that is required? If so, the same first two parts of the previous question still apply.
Another question involves the visibility of source code. I see that the export took my source code and named it "default.cxx" or something like that (I'm not at my DAW). Now, in my case, I plan to let the source code be public in any case. But what if I did not? Can a plug-in based on a cxx script be distributed with the source code protected?
Thanks for any info.
Plug'n'Script Export Questions
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Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981 - KVRAF
- 5821 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
Glad that it works well for you.
For the pdf manual, you should simply name it with the name of the script + .pdf at the end so that it is copied during export. For example: myscript.cxx and myscript.pdf.
Scripts are indeed not encrypted in the exported plug-in. If you really want to distribute a plug-in and keep the source code closed, it is recommended to use a native script instead (compiled C or C++).
For the pdf manual, you should simply name it with the name of the script + .pdf at the end so that it is copied during export. For example: myscript.cxx and myscript.pdf.
Scripts are indeed not encrypted in the exported plug-in. If you really want to distribute a plug-in and keep the source code closed, it is recommended to use a native script instead (compiled C or C++).
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1669 posts since 11 Nov, 2009 from Northern CA
Hmmm, I thought I tried that and had no success. I will need to double check to make sure the names were identical. Also, where does the .pdf file go? I assume it should be in the same directory as the .cxx file. Is that right?Blue Cat Audio wrote: For the pdf manual, you should simply name it with the name of the script + .pdf at the end so that it is copied during export. For example: myscript.cxx and myscript.pdf.
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Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981
- KVRAF
- 5821 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
Yes, that's the way it is supposed to be. Before exporting, you can check that the question mark properly appears at the right of the plug-in title.
