ReaScripts: Access another (named) project?

[DarkStar]

Is there any way to access another, named, project and then its track chunks from a lua script?

I have looked through the API documentation but did not see a suitable one.

[X-Raym]

Not possible to use reascript API with unopen project


but you can parse and do text processing on .rpp


More advanced, you can use our RPP Lua Parser :
https://github.com/ReaTeam/ReaScripts/wiki/RPP-Parser


It is more advanced than simple line per line text parsing as it actually understand .rpp chunks structure.

[DarkStar]

OK. Thank you.

How about if I load the project ("XXX") into a new tab, then run the lua script in my main project ("AAA"). Can I run a script for project AAA and access the track chunks of the project XXX, in the other tab?

[nofish]

Yes, this should be possible.
Use EnumProjects() to get a pointer ('ReaProject') to the (background) project of interest.
Use that pointer in GetTrack() to get track from background project, then GetTrackStateChunk().

[X-Raym]

possible, but way less efficient than the rpp parser. especially if you have VST like Kontakt etc.

[DarkStar]

Thank you both. I'll give the parser a try out first.