[JW Lua] metatools assignments

[Jan Angermüller]

I haven't tested it, but maybe call ted:SaveNew() *before *assigning the 
metatool ?
I am not sure, but the text expression might need "to be registered in 
the system" before assigning the metatool.
Does AssignTextExpressionDef 
<http://www.finaletips.nu/frameworkref/class_f_c_metatool_assignment.html#ab9c22e27b1d9d30357d5a8d63b775acb> 
return true ?


Am 08.11.2015 um 14:39 schrieb Joseph Weidinger:
> Thanks.  However, I did all of those things and it still does assign 
> the metakey. Here is the updated part + the rest of the relevant code 
> in case maybe it is part of a larger problem (?).
>
> function makeBoldAbove(expressionText)
> local ted = finale.FCTextExpressionDef()
>
> -- actual text
> stringObject = finale.FCString()
> stringObject.LuaString = "^fontTxt(Times New 
> Roman,4096)^size(14)^nfx(1)" .. expressionText
> ted:SaveNewTextBlock(stringObject)
>
> -- description
> local descriptionstr = finale.FCString()
> descriptionstr.LuaString = expressionText -- get it from userinput 
> also, why not
> ted:SetDescription(descriptionstr)
>
> -- put into which category?
> catdef = finale.FCCategoryDef()
> catdef:Load(4) -- 4 is expressions
> ted:AssignToCategory(catdef)
>
> -- we will not use standard positioning
> ted:SetUseCategoryPos(false)
>
> -- here is the positioning data
> ted:SetVerticalAlignmentPoint(finale.ALIGNVERT_ABOVE_STAFF_BASELINE_OR_ENTRY)
> ted:SetVerticalBaselineOffset(-26)
> ted:SetVerticalEntryOffset(36)
> ted:SetHorizontalJustification(finale.EXPRJUSTIFY_LEFT)
> ted:SetHorizontalAlignmentPoint(finale.ALIGNHORIZ_CLICKPOS)
> ted:SetHorizontalOffset(0)
> ted:SetBreakMMRest(false)
>
>
> local ma = finale.FCMetatoolAssignment()
> ma:SetMode(finale.MTOOLMODE_EXPRESSION)
> ma:AssignTextExpressionDef(ted)
> ma:SaveAsKeystroke(65)
>
> ted:SaveNew()
>
> return ted:GetItemNo()
> end
>
> local expressionID = makeBoldAbove("test") -- create it and get its new ID
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 5:47 AM, Jari Williamsson 
> <jari.williamsson at mailbox.swipnet.se 
> <mailto:jari.williamsson at mailbox.swipnet.se>> wrote:
>
>     Joseph,
>
>     In addition to what Jan said:
>     * Remove the call to SaveNew(), since it isn't needed. SaveNew()
>     should only be used for classes that can save a list of objects to
>     the same location. SaveAsKeyStroke() is the SaveAs method to use
>     for metatool assignments.
>
>     * Put the AssignTextExpressionDef before the save, otherwise the
>     connection to the text expression def will not be saved to Finale.
>
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Jari Williamsson
>
>     On 2015-11-08 11:07, Jan Angermüller wrote:
>
>         As the online documentation says for AssignTextExpressionDef:
>         "The mode for the object must be set to MTOOLMODE_EXPRESSION
>         *in advance*. "
>
>         So you need a SetMode before.
>
>         Jan
>
>         Am 08.11.2015 um 09:04 schrieb Joseph Weidinger:
>
>             I am creating a new text expression definition (ted) and
>             that part
>             works. However it won't assign the metakey "a" (which is
>             65 apparently)
>
>             I try to do this:
>             ~ ted defined and working great
>
>             local ma = finale.FCMetatoolAssignment()
>             ma:SaveAsKeystroke(65)
>             ma:SaveNew()
>             ma:AssignTextExpressionDef(ted)
>
>             ted:SaveNew()
>
>             Maybe it has something to do with set mode? I coculdn't
>             get anything
>             to work. Help appreciated! Thanks.
>
>
>
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