Changing Develop Settings

Hi peeps
There seems no way of changing a photo's develop settings except via applying a develop preset. is this true.
I've found
photo:getDevelopSettings()
but sadly nothing to
"addDevelopSettings()"

Rob Cole wrote:
John Spacey wrote:
I was assuming that if a develop setting can be written to a preset ( in LR itself ) then a plugin can also apply these settings as it can call a Dev preset.
I assume that as well, although I haven't verified all cases. You can't enable/disable sections using reglar presets, but they can be set in preset applied by plugin. Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if it could be done using a hand-edited preset too, but haven't checked (there is no UI for it, in any case).
Crop settings are clearly not settable in reglar preset: many forum posts requesting it.
Orientation could be handled like a dev adjustment but isn't.
Thanks,
Rob
Unless I'm misinterpreting what you mean by enable/disable these parameters enable or disable dewvelop sections in a regular Dev Preset
EnableCalibration = false,
EnableColorAdjustments = false,
EnableDetail = false,
EnableEffects = false,
EnableLensCorrections = false,
EnableSplitToning = false,
EnableToneCurve = false,
I remembered this as I'd recently created a Develop Preset to apply on import which switched off most sections.

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