Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it? -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it? Posted by: jib Date:9/14/2003 1:43:45 AM mornin' I have a list of sound files C:\Test\Track1.wav C:\Test\Track2.wav C:\Test\Track3.wav C:\Test\Track4.wav C:\Test\Track5.wav and from this list i would like to generate the file "default.sfw". This is a Sound Forge Workspace file that on opening would open the above list of files. The sfw format (SFSS???) is viewable via hexedit. Any help or tips much appreciated. Thanks jib
Subject:RE: Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it? Reply by: Sonic Date:9/15/2003 1:34:36 PM Leave them open and close Sound Forge. Make sure the "re-open default workspace on startup" pref is enabled. Or you can save a new workspace via the File menu.
Subject:RE: Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it? Reply by: jib Date:9/15/2003 2:21:05 PM mornin' thanks - but how could you create the relevant sfw file without using soundforge? the application i have in mind is an ASP/JavaScript search engine for my sfx lib. i enter a search term and the ASP code then generates a web page with the results, it also generates the path for each file (stored locally) c:/test/track1.wav etc. now for each entry i can have a link that opens the file directly, which works, as long as i have associated .wav with sound forge now next to each entry i have a checkbox and also a master checkbox that if checked with check all checkboxes. at this stage i want to press one button "go" which can supply a list of all the files "checked" to a piece of code (maybe javascript) which will hopefully open them in sound forge now i started by thinking that if i could transfer the list of paths for the files into a sfw file and then pass this to sound forge that this would be the neatest solution - i still like to know if this is possible? or should i look to using a command line for each file? liked the idea of generating sfw files through something like ASP - quite appealing ;) thanks for the help ben

Subject:Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it?

Posted by: jib

Date:9/14/2003 1:43:45 AM

mornin'

I have a list of sound files
C:\Test\Track1.wav
C:\Test\Track2.wav
C:\Test\Track3.wav
C:\Test\Track4.wav
C:\Test\Track5.wav
and from this list i would like to generate the file "default.sfw". This is a Sound Forge Workspace file that on opening would open the above list of files. The sfw format (SFSS???) is viewable via hexedit.

Any help or tips much appreciated.

Thanks

jib

Subject:RE: Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it?

Reply by: Sonic

Date:9/15/2003 1:34:36 PM

Leave them open and close Sound Forge. Make sure the "re-open default workspace on startup" pref is enabled.

Or you can save a new workspace via the File menu.

Subject:RE: Generate .sfw Workspace file from file list- how do you do it?

Reply by: jib

Date:9/15/2003 2:21:05 PM

mornin'

thanks - but how could you create the relevant sfw file without using soundforge?

the application i have in mind is an ASP/JavaScript search engine for my sfx lib.

i enter a search term and the ASP code then generates a web page with the results, it also generates the path for each file (stored locally)
c:/test/track1.wav etc.

now for each entry i can have a link that opens the file directly, which works, as long as i have associated .wav with sound forge

now next to each entry i have a checkbox and also a master checkbox that if checked with check all checkboxes.

at this stage i want to press one button "go" which can supply a list of all the files "checked" to a piece of code (maybe javascript) which will hopefully open them in sound forge

now i started by thinking that if i could transfer the list of paths for the files into a sfw file and then pass this to sound forge that this would be the neatest solution - i still like to know if this is possible?

or should i look to using a command line for each file?

liked the idea of generating sfw files through something like ASP - quite appealing ;)

thanks for the help

ben