Knowing if the Standalone or plugin is used via Lua

[dobo365]

I'm wondering if it is possible via Lua (panel property or something else) to know if the user is using the standalone or the plugin?
When using the plugin, it is needed to redo the Midi settings when adding the panel plugin on a new track.
To avoid that boring setting, one can use a template.
I'd like to store the settings in a file and secure that, when one is using the plugin, those settings are read.
Plugin settings are usually different from standalone settings.
Hence my question...
Thx in advance!

[damiensellier]

Hi Dominique,

There's isStandaloneApp() in the JUCEApplicationBase class : https://docs.juce.com/master/classjuce_1_1JUCEApplicationBase.html#ad75e84c848382d012ecc7ba0c5192960

I use it often in Ctrlrx code in c++, It will return a bool. (true for standalone, false if plugin version).

We would need to bind it to lua, I don't think it's available yet.

[damiensellier]

I also used in c++ the following code to check the extension of the running instance :

    File me = File::getSpecialLocation(File::currentApplicationFile);
    String fileExtension = me.getFileExtension();

I don't know if it's bound to lua

[damiensellier]

Ok I found an easier way :

myMethod = function(--[[ CtrlrModulator --]] mod, --[[ number --]] value, --[[ number --]] source)
local me = File.getSpecialLocation(File.currentApplicationFile)
local ext = me:getFileExtension()
console("Running as: " ..tostring(ext))

if ext == ".vst3" or ext == ".dll" then
    console("I am a plugin!")
elseif ext == ".exe" or ext == ".app" then
    console("I am a standalone app!")
end

end

console :

LUA>> Running as: .app
LUA>> I am a standalone app!

[damiensellier]

if you need something more granular you can base your code upon this one :

myMethod = function(mod, value, source)
    local me = File.getSpecialLocation(File.currentApplicationFile)
    local ext = me:getFileExtension():lower() -- Convert to lowercase just in case
    
    console("Running as: " .. tostring(ext))

    -- Map extensions to categories
    local formatMap = {
        [".vst3"] = "Plugin",
        [".vst"] = "Plugin",
        [".dll"]  = "Plugin",
        [".vst"]  = "Plugin",
        [".component"] = "Plugin", -- AudioUnit on macOS
        [".auv3"] = "Plugin", -- AudioUnit V3 on macOS
        [".aaxplugin"] = "Plugin",
        [".exe"]  = "Standalone",
        [".app"]  = "Standalone"
    }

    local mode = formatMap[ext] or "Unknown"

    if mode == "Plugin" then
        console("I am a plugin!")
    elseif mode == "Standalone" then
        console("I am a standalone app!")
    else
        console("Format not recognized.")
    end
end

Good luck ;)

Damien

[damiensellier]

And if on Windows the dot is not there, just sanitize the string with : if not ext:find("%.") then ext = "." .. ext end

[dobo365]

Fantastique!
Thx a lot Damien!!!