[JW Lua] Applying MENUCMD_NOTESPACING to non-selected measures

[Jari Williamsson]

Jan,

I'll try to add the finale.MENUCMD_SELECTIONTOOL constant in the next beta.


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


On 2015-07-06 16:57, Jan Angermüller wrote:
> Jari,
>
> thanks for your response and thanks for being back on the list !
>
> SetInDocument() was one of the missing links.
> But unfortunately, it still doesn't work in all cases.
> It only works if a tool was selected before running the plug-in that
> supports a region
> (as the documentation for SetInDocument says: "The region will only be
> visually present if the currently selected tool in Finale supports
> regions.")
>
> So it would be great if you could*add a MenuCommand for the selection tool*.
> Then it would be:
>
>      finenv.UI():MenuCommand(finale.MENUCMD_SELECTIONTOOL)
>      finenv.Region():SetFullDocument()
>      finenv.Region():SetInDocument()
>      finenv.UI():MenuCommand(finale.MENUCMD_NOTESPACING )
>
> Best regards,
> Jan
>
> Am 06.07.2015 um 16:36 schrieb Jari Williamsson:
>> Jan,
>>
>> After finenv.Region():SetFullDocument(), use a subsequent
>> SetInDocument() for the region object. I think you need an explicit
>> region object for the SetFullDocument+SetInDocument(), since
>> SetFullDocument() sets the values internally for the object and
>> SetInDocument() applies the object's values on the document view.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jari Williamsson
>>
>>
>> On 2015-05-30 21:15, Jan Angermüller wrote:
>>> Jari,
>>>
>>> I have a document with no measures selected and would like to re-do the
>>> music spacing with:
>>>
>>> finenv.UI():MenuCommand(finale.MENUCMD_NOTESPACING )
>>>
>>> As no measures were selected nothing happens when I call the script.
>>>
>>> Now if I insert
>>> finenv.Region():SetFullDocument()
>>> before calling the MenuCommand still nothing happens.
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can do to tell the menucommand that it shall process
>>> the full document ?
>>> Another idea would be to add a notespacing function to FCMusicRegion -
>>> like you did with RebarMusic and RebeamMusic.
>>>
>>> (Making the plug-in "Require selection"-dependent is not a good option
>>> in this case as this plug-in will always process the full document.)
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Jan
>>>
>>>
>>>
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