But at least that one should work correctly (at least in C/C++).
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Dr Victor Lazzarini
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> On 2 Dec 2014, at 15:16, Steven Yi  wrote:
> 
> I forgot to mention I looked at that too, and the design of it doesn't really work for wrapped languages.  It tries to copy values into a char* using csoundGetStringChannel.  That's sort of a mess.  Perhaps we can do an audit and try to create better wrappers/API methods for channels.  That way we could have stable channels like:
> 
> public CsoundStringChannel getChannel(String name);
> String value = strChannel.getValue();
> 
> Rather than having getStringValue() on CsoundMYFLTArray.  
> 
> On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 10:11:51 AM Victor Lazzarini  wrote:
> Have you tried using Csound::GetStringChannel()?
> 
> ========================
> Dr Victor Lazzarini
> Dean of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy,
> Maynooth University,
> Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
> Tel: 00 353 7086936
> Fax: 00 353 1 7086952
> 
> > On 2 Dec 2014, at 15:01, Steven Yi  wrote:
> >
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > I'm pretty sure the answer no, no one has been using this. It looks to me that the API for this needs some attention for the wrapped language interfaces.  interfaces/cs_glue.cpp has this:
> >
> > const char * CsoundMYFLTArray::GetStringValue()
> > {
> >     return (char*) p;
> > }
> >
> > The SetStringValue is also setting as if the value is a char*.  These should be using STRINGDAT if I'm not mistaken.
> >
> > Could you file an issue on Github for this?  Once 6.04.0 is finished, we can look at getting a 6.04.1 out.  In the meanwhile, when I have a chance to investigate this further, I can send you interim builds to test.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > steven
> >
> >
> > On Tue Dec 02 2014 at 6:40:58 AM SimonKenny  wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I'm using Csound in an Android app I've been developing. I use software
> > buses to tell the host app information about the the CSD, such as the tempo
> > and name of the CSD. However, after updating to use Csound v6.04 I'm now
> > only getting garbage in from string channels. The numeric channels work fine
> > still, and I'm not using any audio channels.
> >
> > I'm using chnexport as follows in the CSD:
> >
> > gSname = "Shoe-gaze Harp"
> > gSname chnexport "name", 2
> >
> > In my host app, I use, for example (in Java):
> >
> > io_name = csound.getInputChannelPtr( "name",
> > controlChannelType.CSOUND_STRING_CHANNEL );
> > String name = io_name.GetStringValue();
> >
> > Does anyone use the Android Csound API with strings? Any ideas? Also I
> > should note that I found the string software bus channels to sometimes give
> > me garbage in v6.03 also but irregularly. Now it is constant.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your time
> >
> >
> >
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