[JW Lua] Create lyrics

[Jari Williamsson]

Chris,

This example would assign verse syllables for verse 1 note-by-note in 
the region. It assumes that a lyrics text already exists for verse 1.

If you need to save a text as a verse/chorus/section, 
FCVerseLyricsText/etc should be able to do that.

I also limited this example to only work on 1-staff selections and only 
process layer 1 entries.

Although my example doesn't do it, I don't think it's an error to assign 
syllable numbers larger than what's available in the text. Finale 
handles syllables dynamically and if the string grows later, the 
syllables will show up.

---
local region = finenv.Region()
if region:CalcStaffSpan() ~= 1  then return end

local syllable = 1
for e in eachentrysaved(region) do
    if e:IsNote() and (e.LayerNumber == 1) then
         local vs = finale.FCVerseSyllable()
         vs.RawTextNumber = 1
         vs.SyllableNumber = syllable
         vs:SetNoteEntry(e)
         if vs:IsValidSyllableNumber() then
             vs:SaveNew()
             syllable = syllable + 1
         else
             print("Syllable", syllable, "doesn't exist")
         end
     end
end
---


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson

On 2014-04-01 10:45, Chris wrote:
> Jari
>
> Yes I want to add new lyrics (verse, chorus or section) to notes
> and as I can't do with SaveRawText I searched the number of the next
> syllable to insert.
>
> Since I noticed that I did not need the line : vs:SaveRawText(syllabe)
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
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