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 This page contains some longer scripts that are "​feature complete"​ in terms of their interaction with the Finale user. For shorter script examples, please refer to the page with [[jwlua:​quickscripts|quick scripts]]. This page contains some longer scripts that are "​feature complete"​ in terms of their interaction with the Finale user. For shorter script examples, please refer to the page with [[jwlua:​quickscripts|quick scripts]].
 +
 +The [[jwlua:​harpglisssample|Using JW Lua - Create Harp Gliss]] page also contains a full script that might be of interest.
  
 ==== Locked Systems Per Page ==== ==== Locked Systems Per Page ====
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 ==== Create Tacet ==== ==== Create Tacet ====
  
-This script creates a tacet for the selected region, regardless of if the section contains music or how the measures has been configured regarding multimeasure breaks. It requires that the Automatic Update for multimeasure rests is OFF for the file. Before the tacet , a user alert is displayed. The script also requires a selected region (JW Lua will automatically tell the user if a region isn't selected).+This script creates a tacet for the selected region, regardless of if the section contains music or how the measures has been configured regarding multimeasure breaks. It requires that the Automatic Update for multimeasure rests is OFF for the file. Before the tacet , a user alert is displayed. The script also requires a selected region (//JW Lua// will automatically tell the user if a region isn't selected).
  
 Specifying the multimeasure rest preference record 1 doesn'​t really matter here (any value would load the same preference data), but generally speaking for single-instance preference records, it's good practice to load preference record 1 anyway. Specifying the multimeasure rest preference record 1 doesn'​t really matter here (any value would load the same preference data), but generally speaking for single-instance preference records, it's good practice to load preference record 1 anyway.
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    -- This function and the '​finaleplugin'​ namespace    -- This function and the '​finaleplugin'​ namespace
    -- are both reserved for the plug-in definition.    -- are both reserved for the plug-in definition.
-   ​finaleplugin.Author = "Jari Williamsson"​ 
    ​finaleplugin.RequireSelection = true    ​finaleplugin.RequireSelection = true
    ​finaleplugin.CategoryTags = "​Layout,​ Measure, Rest"    ​finaleplugin.CategoryTags = "​Layout,​ Measure, Rest"
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 end end
  
--- Delete all old mm rests from the part+local region = finenv.Region() 
 + 
 +-- Delete all old mm rests from the region
 -- (In this case, it's safe to delete from the start, since no relocation of data records takes place.) -- (In this case, it's safe to delete from the start, since no relocation of data records takes place.)
 local mmrests = finale.FCMultiMeasureRests() local mmrests = finale.FCMultiMeasureRests()
 mmrests:​LoadAll() mmrests:​LoadAll()
 for mm in each (mmrests) do for mm in each (mmrests) do
-    mm:​DeleteData()+    ​if region:​IsMeasureIncluded(mm.StartMeasure) or region:​IsMeasureIncluded(mm.EndMeasure) then         
 +        ​mm:​DeleteData() 
 +    end
 end end
-     + 
-local region = finenv.Region()+
 local mm = finale.FCMultiMeasureRest() local mm = finale.FCMultiMeasureRest()
 mm.StartMeasure = region.StartMeasure mm.StartMeasure = region.StartMeasure
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 mm.UseSymbolsLessThan = mmrestprefs.UseSymbolsLessThan mm.UseSymbolsLessThan = mmrestprefs.UseSymbolsLessThan
 mm.Width = mmrestprefs.Width mm.Width = mmrestprefs.Width
-mm:Save() +mm:​Save()</​code>​
-</​code>​+
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