[JW Lua] Changing noteheads in FCPercussionLayoutNotes problem ... cont'd

[Jari Williamsson]

Jan,

Just to make sure I get this issue correctly: Will the script that you 
posted in this e-mail chain reproduce the issue?


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson

On 2015-11-30 18:20, Jan Angermüller wrote:
> Jari,
>
> the new finenv.UI():MenuCommand(finale.MENUCMD_REDRAWSCREEN) and also
> other combinations with RedrawDocument() or FCPage:UpdateLayout() didn't
> solve the problem.
> I still need to press Ctrl+D or do any other step that updates the
> screen to get the correct percussion noteheads after running the plugin.
>
> Maybe there is an internal update flag that nees to be set for the
> percussion noteheads ?
>
> Jan
>
> Am 26.11.2015 um 15:40 schrieb Jan Angermüller:
>> Jari,
>>
>> I am still struggling with this problem (changing percussion
>> noteheads, see description below in the mail from April). In a
>> modified script dragging the screen (mouse+right button) or pressing
>> Ctrl+D (Redraw Screen) after running the script now solves the
>> problem. In the old script below dragging or Ctrl+D didn't solve the
>> problem.
>> But I found no solution that the script itself delivers the right output.
>>
>> Even if I put
>> finenv.UI():RedrawDocument()
>> at the end of the script, it doesn't change anything. The percussion
>> noteheads still looked messed up.
>> Is there a difference between finenv.UI():RedrawDocument()at the end
>> of the script and pressing Ctrl+D after running the plug-in ?
>> Would it be possible to add the menu command MENUCMD_REDRAWDOCUMENT to
>> achieve the same behaviour ?
>> Attached is another screenshot of how the percussion noteheads that
>> were changed from asci coding to SMuFl look right after running the
>> plug-in and then (correct) after pressing Ctrl-D.
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> Am 02.04.2015 um 19:28 schrieb Jan Angermüller:
>>> Jari,
>>>
>>> when changing the notehead symbols in a percussion layout,
>>> I have the problem that the noteheads are changed in the
>>> percussion layout table, but not automatically updated in the score.
>>>
>>> Now the strange thing: when I press "Undo" and then "Re-do" after
>>> running the script, the changed noteheads appear in the score.
>>> It seems to me that there is an update function missing internally
>>> in JW Lua that the Finale Re-do function seems to call.
>>>
>>> See script below and this youtube screencam video
>>> which demonstrates the behaviour in realtime: http://youtu.be/_Oo4fLq7qiE
>>> In the video I first show how the percussion layout looks before,
>>> then I run the script, then I undo and re-do it. Then the changed x
>>> noteheads appear.
>>>
>>> They also do appear when I open the percussion layout dialog after
>>> running the script
>>> and click on ok without changing anything. Clicking ok applies the
>>> selected percussion layout once more.
>>> Simply pressing on CTRL-U or CTRL-D doesn't help.
>>>
>>> Any clues what might be wrong here ?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> To run the script, *f**irst select a percussion staff* *with a
>>> percussion layout attached *(i.e. a staff that is set to "Notation
>>> Style: Percussion"):
>>>
>>> local percstaff=finale.FCStaff()
>>> percstaff:Load(finenv.Region().StartStaff) --load selected percussion
>>> staff
>>> if percstaff:IsPercussion() then
>>>     local perclayoutID = percstaff:CalcPercussionLayoutID()
>>>     local perclayout=finale.FCPercussionLayoutNotes()
>>>     perclayout:LoadAllForItem(perclayoutID)
>>>     if perclayout~=nil then
>>>         for layoutnote in each(perclayout) do
>>>             layoutnote:SetClosedNotehead(string.byte("x")) --set all
>>> closed noteheads to "x"
>>>             layoutnote:Save()
>>>         end
>>>     end
>>> end
>>>
>>>
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