From da43672aa362e47525f4b4dbe4b92ed4ab0cdd75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jules <jules@rawmaterialsoftware.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:29:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Workaround for some VST3 plugins crashing.

---
 .../format_types/juce_VST3PluginFormat.cpp                  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_processors/format_types/juce_VST3PluginFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_processors/format_types/juce_VST3PluginFormat.cpp
index 121d160514..93b4b65710 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_processors/format_types/juce_VST3PluginFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_processors/format_types/juce_VST3PluginFormat.cpp
@@ -1634,7 +1634,11 @@ public:
 
     bool hasEditor() const override
     {
-        ComSmartPtr<IPlugView> view (tryCreatingView()); //N.B.: Must use a ComSmartPtr to not delete the view from the plugin permanently!
+        // (if possible, avoid creating a second instance of the editor, because that crashes some plugins)
+        if (getActiveEditor() != nullptr)
+            return true;
+
+        ComSmartPtr<IPlugView> view (tryCreatingView());
         return view != nullptr;
     }