[JW Lua] Insert Measures

[Jari Williamsson]

Charles,

That seems to be the correct approach.


Best regards,

Jari Williamsson


On 2015-03-18 19:06, Charles O. Lawrence wrote:
> Jari,
>
> This code seems to work to insert 2 measures beginning at measure 5 and then
> move all the measure attributes downstream by 2.  Is there a better way?
>
> --------------------------------------------
> local mC = 2
> local mS = 5
>
> local measures = finale.FCMeasures()
>
> measures:LoadAll()
> print ("Before Number of measures",measures.Count)
>
> finale.FCMeasures.Insert(mS,mC,true)
>
> measures:LoadAll()
> print ("After Number of measures",measures.Count)
>
> local measure = finale.FCMeasure()
>
> for m = mS,measures.Count-mC do
>      measure:Load(m)
>      measure:SaveAs(m+mC)
> end
>
> measures:SaveAll()
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> It is easy to forget that note entry storage is completely different than
> the measure data storage.
>
> Thanks,
> Charles
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JWLua [mailto:jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu] On Behalf Of Charles O.
> Lawrence
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:55 AM
> To: 'The JW Lua script plug-in.'
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] Insert Measures
>
> Thanks Jari,
>
> Could you clarify the order of things with a code sample.  Thanks
>
> Charles
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JWLua [mailto:jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu] On Behalf Of Jari Williamsson
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 11:37 AM
> To: The JW Lua script plug-in.
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] Insert Measures
>
> Charles,
>
> Measure attributes are not moved, and I don't think I'll change that design.
> You should be able to read the measures prior to the insert, and then use
> SaveAs() for the measures attributes you want to move.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jari Williamsson
>
>
> On 2015-03-11 16:20, Charles O. Lawrence wrote:
>> Jari,
>>
>> When I try to insert measures with this code:
>>
>> finale.FCMeasures.Insert(12, 5,true) -- Inserts 5 measures at measure
>> #12 and updates layout
>>
>> it inserts the measures OK and pushes the notes and clefs downstream,
>> but things like time signatures and key signatures remain in their
>> original measures.  Am I missing something or is this an error.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Charles
>>
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