[JW Lua] metatools assignments
Jari Williamsson
jari.williamsson at mailbox.swipnet.se
Fri Nov 13 09:32:37 CET 2015
Joseph/Jan,
A couple of things:
1. There's an error in the script. The expression must be saved before
it's assigned to a metatool key. Put the "ted:SaveNew()" before the
metatool assignment.
2. However, I also found an error in both AssignTextExpressionDef() and
AssignShapeExpressionDef() that prevents expression metatools to be
assigned correctly. This will be fixed in the next beta. I didn't found
any such bug in AssignArticulationDef though.
3. There seems to be some strange thing regarding SaveAsKeystroke() as
well, but I haven't found the cause of this yet.
Best regards,
Jari Williamsson
On 2015-11-12 15:08, Joseph Weidinger wrote:
> Jari, any advice on this? I still cannot get a metakey assigned, even
> after taking your advice into consideration. I made a bare minimum
> example that demonstrates what won't work on this. It SHOULD create a
> new text expression called "test" (which it does) and assign it to
> metakey "a" (which it does not)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> local ted = finale.FCTextExpressionDef()
>
> -- actual text of expression
> expText = "test"
> stringObject = finale.FCString()
> stringObject.LuaString = "^fontTxt(Times New
> Roman,4096)^size(14)^nfx(1)" .. expText
> ted:SaveNewTextBlock(stringObject)
>
> -- put into expression category
> catdef = finale.FCCategoryDef()
> catdef:Load(4)
> ted:AssignToCategory(catdef)
>
> -- assign metakey "a"
> local ma = finale.FCMetatoolAssignment()
> ma:SetMode(finale.MTOOLMODE_EXPRESSION)
> ma:AssignTextExpressionDef(ted)
> ma:SaveAsKeystroke(65)
>
> ted:SaveNew()
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Joseph Weidinger <jsphweid at gmail.com
> <mailto:jsphweid at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> So I moved that above metatool assignment and wrapped a print around
> AssignTextExpressionDef. Still no metatool assignment but it *does*
> return true...
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Jan Angermüller
> <jan at angermueller.com <mailto:jan at angermueller.com>> wrote:
>
> 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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