[JW Lua] Some issues

[Charles O. Lawrence]

Jari,

You say "It's a bug if these boxes aren't at least application modal on
Windows".  They seem to see modal in the context of JWLua, but not Finale.
While waiting for a response from the alert box (click OK), I can switch to
the document window and make selections without having to dismiss the alert
box first.  I cannot click anywhere in any JWLua window (Development or
Class Browser) wihout first dismissing the alert box.  BTW, I run with the
Finale main window full screen, so I don't see anything on the desktop.  I
could not even minimize the Finale window.

The PDK error is probably due to the fact that there were TWO instances of
Finale running.  Neither would close from within the task manager.  Strange!

Charles Lawrence

-----Original Message-----
From: JWLua [mailto:jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu] On Behalf Of Jari Williamsson
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:00 AM
To: The JW Lua script plug-in.
Subject: Re: [JW Lua] Some issues

On 2013-09-21 18:31, Charles O. Lawrence wrote:

> 1.JWLua does not show up in the JW Plug-in Manager.  Is this by design 
> or an oversight?

By design. It'll arrive there later, but not before the script repository is
available.

> 2.I am probably the only one to have done this, but I managed to get 
> myself into an endless repeat-until loop with a modal alert box.  
> There is no way to break out of such a situation in a clean way.  A 
> Break button on the Development page would not work, since the alert 
> box demanded attention first, maybe a CTRL-C would work.

I intended to answer your previous message about the Alert boxes, but
apparently I never did. It's a bug if these boxes aren't at least
application modal on Windows (they are on Mac). 
"finaleplugin.RequireSelection = true" should not require any extra checks
or alerts from the script.

In recent Windows versions, the Task Manager is not good at closing a UI
that is locked in a modal loop (as you've discovered). If Windows sees that
the message queue to the application behaves/responds correctly, it tries to
send a "close" the application instead of destroying the process (which
would not work in this case). You could try "taskkill /IM finale.exe",
although I tested it myself. The Task Manager is much better at closing
things not related to the UI, such as an endless calculation loop.

The error you get about PDK Tools is not related to JW Lua. (JW Lua doesn't
use PDK Tools.)

If I get a debugger in place, I'll try to add a "stop script" feature there.


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


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