Simple vst console scanner

General JUCE discussion
1

Im trying to do a simple console vst scanner for windows but I dont understand how I´m supposed to send the formatToLookFor.

int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
    KnownPluginList list;    
    FileSearchPath path=FileSearchPath("C://Program Files (x86)//VstPlugins");
    File file;
    

 PluginDirectoryScanner sacanner=PluginDirectoryScanner(list,AudioPluginFormat& formatToLookFor,path,file);
 //........
    return 0;
}

 

help please;
 

2

It's tricky to do a console scanner, because some annoying plugins try to pop up dialog boxes and other UI crap when you first open them. So you can do a scanner that runs from the console, but I think you'd need it to have an event loop running to handle these.

1 Like
3

Thanks for the response, but how I´m supposed to instance a vst AudioPluginFormat or what Im supposed to send as

 AudioPluginFormat& formatToLookFor to scan for vst plugins. Sorry I´m a begginer thanks for yor help.

4

You just give it an instance of whatever format you need to look for. You can look at the plugin host demo for an example of using those classes.