[JW Lua] Add blank page - revisited

[Bart Visser]

Hi Jan,

Have you seen the class-method in FCPage?

finale.FCPages.AppendBlank(true)

This creates a blank page at the end of the document. Or are you looking for something else?

Cheers,


Bart

> Op 8 jun. 2015, om 11:15 heeft Jan Angermüller <jan at angermueller.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Jari and Bart,
> 
> have you found a way of adding a blank page in the meantime ?
> 
> Best regards,
> Jan
> 
> Am 07.09.2014 um 19:39 schrieb Jari Williamsson:
>> Bart,
>> 
>> To be able to create a blank page, the start system needs to be set to -1 (a magical value for Finale). However, there's no SetStartSystem() available for FCPage, so I'll have to add something here.
>> 
>> I would really want to avoid the use of magical values in JW Lua scripts, so I'll see if I can create something more user friendly.
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Jari Williamsson
>> 
>> 
>> On 2014-09-06 21:20, Bart Visser wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to create a blank page, but saving one returns false:
>>> 
>>> local allPages = finale.FCPages()
>>> allPages:LoadAll()
>>> 
>>> local firstPage = finale.FCPage()
>>> firstPage:Load(1)
>>> local pageProperties = dumpproperties(firstPage)
>>> 
>>> local newPage = finale.FCPage()
>>> for k,v in pairs(pageProperties) do
>>>    newPage[k] = v
>>> end
>>> 
>>> newPage.ItemNo = (allPages.Count + 1)
>>> finale.FCStaffSystems.UpdateFullLayout()
>>> print(newPage:SaveNew(allPages.Count + 1))
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Is it my code or is this function not yet available in JW Lua (like the append-function in finale.FCStaves)?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bart
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