Will Dark Zebra get the dot8 skin?

[Urs]

I don't blame the support team at all! I'm just pointing out how such a simple sounding issue can have extraordinary consequence, right down to delaying the whole release schedule of a company by weeks

[EvilDragon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

[dermage]

can't the installer create a symbolic link?
I mean Windows can do it...

Or just execute a batch file with mklink
https://superuser.com/questions/1020821 ... windows-10

Afaik this works in all Windows versions based on NT (at least from XP upwards)

[zvenx]

My vote still is to make it up to the user's discretion. I want to treat ZebraHZ as a totally separate plugin to Zebra2.....for several reasons including/especially their non communication of favourites.
rsp

[Urs]

can't the installer create a symbolic link?
I mean Windows can do it...

Yes... but as the pathfinder rule states, always leave a place more tidy than you found it (or so, for software developers at least). So we're removing old fallback code which seeks data files in C:\Program Files and we're insisting that fresh installs go into user's documents location rather than Vstplugins (updates follow existing paths to wherever). But uh-oh, what if users have chosen names outside the range of Windows' own UTF-16 to UTF-8 encoding table? Crazy shit. Facepalm. You had one job.

Ok, we're almost done. Customer support is alerted. Things will be fine.

[dermage]

Ah I see. Windows native shit

I'm a programmer myself but mostly leave the encoding stuff to libs.
Best would be to save all User set folders in an platform independent ini file in a system dependent location like AppData Roaming

[EvilDragon]

u-he plugins don't need the Roaming folder, they have their own self-contained data folder (which is usually placed in Documents).

[dermage]

I see. But usually there are environment/place holders for system folders like %documents%. So the path should really be handled by system libs or near system libs like boost filesystem
But I see, if there was an older legacy design, it's hard to adapt.
Possibly they could supply a batch/command file or small script, to create this symbolic link and use the place holder to the new location.

[RobGee]

So how is it coming along ?

Nicely. We're down to a handful of ToDos.

Those handful of todos must be nearly done by now?

Due to the new preset browser, the link to the Zebra2 presets which the installer automatically creates needs to be a symbolic link now, not a shortcut on Windows. This has led to enormous grief, heated arguments, refactorings, various meetings, binding weeks of manpower on a simple issue, I kid you not. Even our internal platform-based string handling is under scrutiny because of it.

If this issue is not resolved by tonight, the automatic link will disappear from the installer and become a small entry in the user manual, "how to link to Zebra2 presets from ZebraHZ". Only, our support team is very afraid of extra work, once it's not automatic anymore.

I’ve got no issue with adding the link myself as long as it’s described in the manual how to do it.