Bug 725 – VST BlueCat and GRM Tools (OS X): Non-functional interface

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 725 - VST BlueCat and GRM Tools (OS X): Non-functional interface


Summary:	VST BlueCat and GRM Tools (OS X): Non-functional interface

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	VST
Version:	2.0.6
Hardware:	Mac macOS

Importance:	P3 Repeatable
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2014-05-20 15:11 UTC by Gale Andrews
Modified:	2018-08-20 11:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Release Note:	GROUP: Effects (VST) * (OS X) The following plug-ins do not have a functioning interface in Audacity so can only be used at default settings: '''BlueCat:''' '''GRM Tools:''' Additionally, the interface disappears completely when loading a preset.
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Closed:	2018-08-20 00:00:00

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Description Gale Andrews 2014-05-20 15:11:26 UTC

Comment 1 Leland Lucius 2014-05-20 15:26:30 UTC

I identified why they do not respond...they do not like being hosted in a modal window.  I have found one way to coax them into life, but it's not ideal.  Looking for a better way.

Comment 2 Gale Andrews 2014-09-22 04:46:50 UTC

Fix was committed by Leland in r13014 https://code.google.com/p/audacity/source/detail?r=13104.

I can't test GRM tools but can confirm the fix works in Blue Cat, so moving to RESOLVED-FIXED. 

Leland comments that the workaround (without moving to Cocoa or wxWidgets 3.x) was to install an event handler if the overlay is detected. This handler and the companion handler on our window use the kEventWindowGetClickModality event to tell the system that events can be passed to our window and the overlay window.