[JW Lua] Create page_texts

[Jari Williamsson]

Bart,

The last row seems wrong:
new_item:Save(1)

Save would not use the parameter, since that's just a resave method. 
Instead, use SaveNew(1)


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


On 2014-01-08 22:13, Bart Visser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Third question of the day (sorry, after a few weeks I finally found some time again to script the JW Lua).
>
> I’m trying to build a few page-texts from scratch. I’ve put the details in a table. Somehow only the last text-block becomes visible in the score. The other first one is created but I can only view it by choosing "Edit text…" from the Text-menu.
>
> (I’ve tried this with up to five new page-texts, every time the same thing happens: only the last one is visible, but all are created).
>
> Any clues for how to make it work would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Bart Visser
>
>
> local page_texts = {
> ["^font(Times New Roman,4096)^size(14)^nfx(0)^composer()"] = {
>     ["VerticalPos"]=-510,
>     ["HorizontalPos"]=0,
>     ["HorizontalAlignment"]=1,
>     ["PageAssignment"]=0,
>     ["IndependentRightPage"]="false",
>     ["PageEdgeRef"]="false",
>     ["Visible"]="true",
>     ["FirstPage"]=1,
>     ["FrameEdgeRef"]="true",
>     ["LastPage"]=1,
>     ["VerticalPosRightPage"]=-510,
>     ["VerticalAlignment"]=0,
>     ["HorizontalAlignmentRightPage"]=1,
>     ["HorizontalPosRightPage"]=0,
> },
>
> ["^font(Times New Roman,4096)^size(28)^nfx(0)^title()"] = {
>     ["VerticalPos"]=-249,
>     ["HorizontalPos"]=0,
>     ["HorizontalAlignment"]=2,
>     ["PageAssignment"]=0,
>     ["IndependentRightPage"]="false",
>     ["PageEdgeRef"]="false",
>     ["Visible"]="true",
>     ["FirstPage"]=1,
>     ["FrameEdgeRef"]="true",
>     ["LastPage"]=1,
>     ["VerticalPosRightPage"]=-249,
>     ["VerticalAlignment"]=0,
>     ["HorizontalAlignmentRightPage"]=2,
>     ["HorizontalPosRightPage"]=0,
> }
>
> }
>
> function set_position(text_block, tbl_data)
> 	for k,v in pairs(tbl_data) do
> 		text_block[k] = v
> 	end
> end
>
> for k, v in pairs(page_texts) do
> 	local new_item = finale.FCPageText()
> 	local str = new_item:CreateTextString()
> 	str.LuaString = k
> 	new_item:SaveNewTextBlock(str)
> 	set_position(new_item, v)
> 	new_item:Save(1)
> end
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