Internal Data

Synthesis provides a side area if you have internal data that a patcher wants access to, but a user does not need to be aware of.

Internal Data Folder

Create a folder named InternalData next to your .csproj

[Path To Solution Folder]/[Path To Project Folder]/InternalData/[... your files ...]

Any files located in this folder will be accessible by your patcher

Accessing Internal Data

TryRetrieve off State

The Synthesis state object has convenience calls to access the internal data by providing the relative paths:

// Perhaps pipe this to a Json/xml parser, etc
var pathToInternalFile = state.RetrieveInternalFile("The/Relative/PathYouGaveYourInternalData.exe"));

The path given should be relative to the InternalData folder, rather than absolute paths.

The function returns the absolute path to the file, or throws with some informative messages if not.

Manual

The Synthesis state object also contains a InternalDataPath member that you can use to inspect and access internal files yourself with normal file API.