"GetSetConfigVariables"-equivalent for SWS

[mespotine]

There are some nice things in SWS that can be set via UI.

For instance, I can set a startup-action, autocolors, nudge and fades, etc.

Problem is, you can set many of them only via UI. So I would ask for a Get/Set-function, that allows you setting the values via ReaScript at runtime.

a function like

boolean retval, string value = reaper.SWS_GetSetConfigVariable(boolean is_set, string configfile, string section, string key, boolean persist)

which allows setting a value, located by its config-file-entry.

So, if I want to set a new fade-in-time, as set in SWS Extension Command Parameters, I write the following:

´retval, value = reaper.SWS_GetSetConfigVariable(true, "Xenakios_Commands.ini", "XENAKIOSCOMMANDS", "1.2345", false)´

Which updates the internal value for it to 1.2345. And when I set persist=true, it also updated the config-file at the same time. Another way would be to have an action, which forces rereading all set config-values, so I could set them in the config-files and run the action to update it. That way, I could have dynamically set nudging/fade/etc-settings, depending on how I need them.

Currently I would need to restart Reaper for a change of these values.

[bhuether]

Totally agree. I just spent hours trying to figure out why I can't write to the sws-autocoloricon.ini file.

As an example, consider adding an AutoColor entry. This test assumes you already have some entry, and will simply add an entry:

swscolorini = 'sws-autocoloricon.ini'
inipath = reaper.get_ini_file()
ini_path = inipath:gsub("(.+)([/\\])(.+)$", "%1%2"..swscolorini)
fileptr = io.open(ini_path)
if fileptr then 
   SWScontent = fileptr:read("*a")
   fileptr:close()
   reaper.ShowConsoleMsg('SWS Auto Color Icon Ini before:\n'..SWScontent..'\n')
   cnt = string.match(SWScontent, "AutoColorCount=(%d+)")
   if not cnt then cnt=1 else cnt=tonumber(cnt)+1 end
   sec="SWS"
   key="AutoColor "..cnt
   val="0 Guitars 16744448 \"\" \"\" \"\""
   reaper.BR_Win32_WritePrivateProfileString(sec, key, val, ini_path)
   key="AutoColorCount"
   val = tostring(cnt)
   reaper.BR_Win32_WritePrivateProfileString(sec, key, val, ini_path)
   fileptr = io.open(ini_path)
   if fileptr then 
      SWScontent = fileptr:read("*a")
      fileptr:close()
      reaper.ShowConsoleMsg('SWS Auto Color Icon Ini after:\n'..SWScontent..'\n')
   end
end

This will write successfully to the file, but Reaper does not see the changes - they get discarded upon opening the SWS Auto Color Layout window or restarting Reaper.

So I think there really needs to be a way to modify some of these ini files in code.