[PD] vst~ getenv() on vista

[Patrice Colet]

> De: "Thomas Grill" <gr at grrrr.org>

> By the way, another possibility would be to change the Pd path -
> don't know if this is useful at all.


 Yes it is, I didn't think about this possibility.



> Am 08.07.2012 um 17:08 schrieb Patrice Colet:
> 
> > 
> > I've just found out another alternative that is about using
> > sys_gui(set env(VST_PATH)) for retrieving the vst folder without
> > admin rights,
> > we can use also [hcs/sys_gui] in a patch, so if we could set this
> > path by sending a message to [vst~] that would be neat.
> > 
> > 
> >> De: "Patrice Colet" <colet.patrice at free.fr>
> >> À: gr at grrrr.org
> >> Cc: "pd-list" <pd-list at iem.at>
> >> Objet: [PD] vst~ getenv() on vista
> >> 
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> if we want VST_PATH to be accessed with getenv() on windows > XP,
> >> pd
> >> have to be loaded with admin account...
> >> 
> >> maybe using a newer method like GetEnvironmentVariable() would be
> >> more appropriate,
> >> 
> >> or another method that would allow vst~ to access a vstplugins
> >> directory?
> >> 
> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/77zkk0b6.aspx
> >> 
> >> I'm using mingw for compilation, but I'm not sure I could compile
> >> all
> >> flext externals, so I couldn't try to make a patch, sorry for
> >> this...
> >> 
> >> Colet Patrice
> >> 
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