[JW Lua] List JW Lua Constants

[Jari Williamsson]

Hello All!

The JW Lua constants aren't listed in the Class Browser, but here's an 
attached script that can list them in the console. The constants are 
searchable, so if you for example just enter "BARLINE" you'll get the 
barline constants.

(Btw, there should no need to understand how this script actually works. 
;-) It peeks into the internals of Lua in a way that isn't of much use 
for regular script writing.)


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson
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function plugindef()
   -- This function and the 'finaleplugin' namespace
   -- are both reserved for the plug-in definition.
   finaleplugin.NoStore = true
   finaleplugin.Author = "Jari Williamsson"
   finaleplugin.CategoryTags = "Debug, Development, Diagnose, UI"
   return "List JW Lua Constants", "List constants", "Lists the constants available to JW Lua."
end



-- Show dialog

local dialog = finenv.UserValueInput()

dialog.Title = "List JW Lua Constants"

dialog:SetTypes("String")

dialog:SetDescriptions("Search string (empty to list all):")



local returnvalues = dialog:Execute()

if returnvalues == nil then return end

local pattern = returnvalues[1]



local result = {}



-- Search for constants

for k,v in pairs(_G.finale) do

    if string.find(k, "__propget") == 1 and (type(v) == "table") then

        for k1, v1 in pairs(v) do

            if string.find(k1, returnvalues[1]) or returnvalues == "" then

                table.insert(result, k1)                

            end

        end

    end

end



-- Present sorted result:

table.sort(result)

print("Searching for <", pattern, "> in JW Lua constants:")

for k, v in pairs(result) do

    print(v)

end