changeset 1148:b3b5885e7c2c pluginscan

Check for plugin scan helper checker helper program in suitable directory, & tidy up warning messages somewhat

--- a/.hgsubstate	Thu Apr 14 16:53:03 2016 +0100
+++ b/.hgsubstate	Fri Apr 15 16:13:06 2016 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 442bdbbb17f3910898b892cc798794e32562a3f1 bqaudioio
 28f51eb8bf2dd985b0c1a6d704fb65e14c2f0f25 bqresample
 a518ddd9dd68917393887d28dfee6221bc37fb66 bqvec
-25e00373f597b72ea32c7227f78b2fa9556da481 checker
+af46a17798be1c38cb6e7dcb88ad34508a77fd54 checker
 d16f0fd6db6104d87882bc43788a3bb1b0f8c528 dataquay
 68ae618c6b0e442d08a71d39217784a08f2a8de3 icons/scalable
 1e4f338ae482429a7ab9bdd0825242042354152f sv-dependency-builds
 f7ec9e410108fe08580cf61e328b73fe8c7e4e1d svapp
-98664afd518b39e7ef0ea185bb5231f897162282 svcore
+2f628dc9a0b0ac0ccd3d8333e8bdbc541e88e0b2 svcore
 3691af49291c57a31883fd27190586737935b12b svgui
 9a2998401bbe0a7b9e3233eeca5004542bc0014d vamp-plugin-sdk

--- a/main/MainWindow.cpp	Thu Apr 14 16:53:03 2016 +0100
+++ b/main/MainWindow.cpp	Fri Apr 15 16:13:06 2016 +0100
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@
     }
 
     QString warning = PluginScan::getInstance()->getStartupFailureReport();
-    if (warning != "") pluginPopulationWarning(warning);
+    if (warning != "") {
+        QTimer::singleShot(500, this, SLOT(pluginPopulationWarning()));
+    }
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
@@ -4142,8 +4144,9 @@
 }
 
 void
-MainWindow::pluginPopulationWarning(QString warning)
+MainWindow::pluginPopulationWarning()
 {
+    QString warning = PluginScan::getInstance()->getStartupFailureReport();
     QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Problems loading plugins"), warning);
 }
 

--- a/main/MainWindow.h	Thu Apr 14 16:53:03 2016 +0100
+++ b/main/MainWindow.h	Fri Apr 15 16:13:06 2016 +0100
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     virtual void midiEventsAvailable();
     virtual void playStatusChanged(bool);
 
-    virtual void pluginPopulationWarning(QString);
+    virtual void pluginPopulationWarning();
 
     virtual void saveSessionAsTemplate();
     virtual void manageSavedTemplates();

--- a/main/main.cpp	Thu Apr 14 16:53:03 2016 +0100
+++ b/main/main.cpp	Fri Apr 15 16:13:06 2016 +0100
@@ -334,8 +334,20 @@
     StoreStartupLocale();
 
     // Make known-plugins query as early as possible after showing
-    // splash screen
-    PluginScan::getInstance()->scan();
+    // splash screen. This depends on our helper executable, which
+    // must exist either in the same directory as this one or
+    // (preferably) a subdirectory called "checker".
+    QString myDir = application.applicationDirPath();
+    QString helperPath = myDir + "/checker/plugin-checker-helper";
+    QString helperSuffix = "";
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    helperSuffix = ".exe";
+#endif
+    if (!QFile(helperPath + helperSuffix).exists()) {
+        helperPath = myDir + "/plugin-checker-helper";
+    }
+    helperPath += helperSuffix;
+    PluginScan::getInstance()->scan(helperPath);
     
     // Permit size_t and PropertyName to be used as args in queued signal calls
     qRegisterMetaType<PropertyContainer::PropertyName>("PropertyContainer::PropertyName");