[JW Lua] get all items of "Expression Tool"
Jan Angermüller
jan at angermueller.com
Tue May 10 12:01:05 CEST 2016
You can also browse the archives which are my favorite place for looking
up things that I can't find in the documentation:
http://jwmusic.nu/pipermail/jwlua_jwmusic.nu/
I think the archive doesn't have a search function (I use my email
program for searching). So you probably should download all monthly ext
archives, put them in one large text file and then search...
There you will find most topics covered.
Jan
Am 10.05.2016 um 11:53 schrieb Robert Wildling:
> Thank you so much, Jan! You made my day and helped me understand how
> to use Get-functions properly!!!
>
> Also, thanks for the links, which, for some reason, I hadn't found yet!
> Studying intensly!
>
> Do you by any chance know of any other sources, where JW Lua scripts
> are shared?
>
> ll the best,
> Robert
>
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> void FCTextExpressionDef::GetDescription ( FCString
> <http://www.finaletips.nu/frameworkref/class_f_c_string.html> *
> /pDescriptionString/ )
>
> From the online documentation: "Gets the description text for the
> text
> expression definition."
>
> As can be seen from the function declaration: the Get-function returns
> void, so it probably saves the return value into the FCString class.
> That's why it needs the string as a parameter.
>
> local ted = finale.FCTextExpressionDef()
> if ted:Load(1) then
> local argString=finale.FCString()
> ted:GetDescription(argString) -- No return value
> print(argString.LuaString)
> end
>
> You should first study Jari's examples from
> http://jwmusic.nu/jwplugins/wiki/doku.php?id=jwlua:quickscripts . This
> should solve these questions.
>
> Best,
> Jan
>
>
>
> Am 10.05.2016 um 11:02 schrieb Robert Wildling:
> > Thank you, Jan!
> >
> > That's actually exactely the way I try to get my fingers wet... but
> > when getting to description, I get these examples:
> >
> > -- Process single item:
> > local ted = finale.FCTextExpressionDef()
> > if ted:Load(1) then
> > -- ('argString' must be defined here)
> > ted:GetDescription(argString) -- No return value
> > end
> >
> > -- Process a collection of items:
> > local textexpressiondefs = finale.FCTextExpressionDefs()
> > textexpressiondefs:LoadAll()
> > for ted in each(textexpressiondefs) do
> > -- ('argString' must be defined here)
> > ted:GetDescription(argString) -- No return value
> > end
> > textexpressiondefs:SaveAll()
> >
> >
> > And I am confused, because GetDescription needs an argument, even
> > though I need it to read what is there already... or how do I
> have to
> > understand the "argString" usage?
> >
> >
> >
> > *Robert Wildling*
> > G?llnergasse 19/30 || A-1030 Vienna
> > ph: +43 676 6089613
> > @: robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>
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> > 1. Re: get all items of "Expression Tool" (Bart Visser)
> > 2. "Use Note Shapes" option ? (Jan Angerm?ller)
> > 3. Re: get all items of "Expression Tool" (Robert Wildling)
> > 4. Re: get all items of "Expression Tool" (Jan Angerm?ller)
> >
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 21:02:36 +0200
> > From: Bart Visser <bartvisser at me.com
> <mailto:bartvisser at me.com> <mailto:bartvisser at me.com
> <mailto:bartvisser at me.com>>>
> > To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu
> <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> > <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>>>
> > Subject: Re: [JW Lua] get all items of "Expression Tool"
> > Message-ID: <05A763D6-720D-4B82-BB3E-6371393939C4 at me.com
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> >
> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > Welcome to the list. As far as I know, there is no direct way to
> > list all expressions in a category (there would probably need to
> > be a Class-Function for something like that). The way to go
> > forward is to load all TextEpressionDefs and look at each one of
> > them to see if it?s attached to the Misc-category:
> >
> > --------
> > function IsMiscCategory(inputExpressionDef)
> > local allCategories = finale.FCCategoryDefs()
> > allCategories:LoadAll()
> > for thisCategory in each(allCategories) do
> > if thisCategory.ID == inputExpressionDef.CategoryID then
> > local categoryName = thisCategory:CreateName()
> > print(categoryName.LuaString)
> > if categoryName.LuaString == "Miscellaneous" then return
> > true end
> > end
> > end
> > return false
> > end -- function IsRehearsalCategory(inputExpression)
> >
> > local miscExpressions = {}
> >
> > -- This handles all TextExpression
> > -- In case you also need ShapeExpressions use
> > -- local exprdefs = finale.FCShapeExpressionDefs()
> > -- and repeat the process
> >
> > local exprdefs = finale.FCTextExpressionDefs()
> > exprdefs:LoadAll()
> > for exprdef in each(exprdefs) do
> > if IsMiscCategory(exprdef) then
> > miscExpressions[#miscExpressions + 1] = exprdef.ItemNo
> > end
> > end
> >
> > print(#miscExpressions) -- Number of all Misc Expressions
> > --------
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> > All the best,
> >
> >
> > Bart Visser
> >
> >
> >
> > > Op 8 mei 2016, om 18:37 heeft Robert Wildling
> > <robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>> het
> > volgende geschreven:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > this is my first post and also my first day with JW Lua from a
> > developer point of view. Quite amazing, what can be done
> with it!
> > >
> > > Currently I would like to adapt the awesome DoubleStaffMMR Lua
> > script that is somewhere out the in the forums. Whenever this
> > plugin is applied, it creates one (and only one!)
> MultiMeasureRest
> > number to a 2-staff-system instruments, hiding the default
> > settings (which make a MMR appear twice).
> > >
> > > The numbers are created as text expressions saved in the
> > "Miscellaneous" category. The disadvantage of this plugin is
> that
> > it creates a number for each measure, not checking whether a
> > number already exists as a text expression. So I would like to
> > fetch all the data that can be found in the "Miscellaneous"
> > category, check against the "Description" field (where is says
> > "DoubleStaffMMR_[number]") and use the existing item, or
> only then
> > create a new item.
> > >
> > > That's the theory. Now for the practical part: How do I fetch
> > all items from the "Miscellaneous" category?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any tips!
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Robert
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > JWLua mailing list
> > > JWLua at jwmusic.nu <mailto:JWLua at jwmusic.nu>
> <mailto:JWLua at jwmusic.nu <mailto:JWLua at jwmusic.nu>>
> > > http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 21:39:31 +0200
> > From: Jan Angerm?ller <jan at angermueller.com
> <mailto:jan at angermueller.com>
> > <mailto:jan at angermueller.com <mailto:jan at angermueller.com>>>
> > To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu
> <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> > <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>>>
> > Subject: [JW Lua] "Use Note Shapes" option ?
> > Message-ID:
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> <mailto:f9725493-e670-a460-d685-4c59d8545f62 at angermueller.com>
> >
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> >
> > Jari (and all),
> >
> > is the "Use Note Shapes" option from Document Options->Notes
> and Rests
> > with all its sub-parameters available yet ? I was asked for
> support of
> > scale degree noteheads. But it seems to be not possible yet.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jan
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 10:44:41 +0200
> > From: Robert Wildling <robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>>
> > To: jwlua at jwmusic.nu <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>>
> > Subject: Re: [JW Lua] get all items of "Expression Tool"
> > Message-ID:
> >
> >
> <CAM9gVwQnpsfam7bXxcW=g+4_wszO6qgSpfs5YhHe9_UeC1QVYQ at mail.gmail.com
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> >
> > Thank you for your script, Bart Visser! That is extremly
> helpful!!!
> >
> > At the moment I am struggeling with getting the text of the
> > Description
> > field (of a Expression Tool item). The "JW Lua" Class
> Browser offers a
> > GetDescription(argString) method (without a return value?),
> but it
> > obviously needs a string to do something. Instead, I need to
> read and
> > return the Description in order to compare it to another
> string...
> >
> > local str = finale.FCString()
> > str.LuaString = [a variable from somewhere else like
> > "DoubleStaffMMR5"]
> >
> > ... and now?
> >
> > Any hint would be most welcome!
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Robert Wildling*
> > G?llnergasse 19/30 || A-1030 Vienna
> > ph: +43 676 6089613 <tel:%2B43%20676%206089613>
> <tel:%2B43%20676%206089613>
> > @: robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>
> >
> > 2016-05-08 18:37 GMT+02:00 Robert Wildling
> > <robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>>:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > this is my first post and also my first day with JW Lua from a
> > developer
> > > point of view. Quite amazing, what can be done with it!
> > >
> > > Currently I would like to adapt the awesome DoubleStaffMMR Lua
> > script that
> > > is somewhere out the in the forums. Whenever this plugin is
> > applied, it
> > > creates one (and only one!) MultiMeasureRest number to a
> > 2-staff-system
> > > instruments, hiding the default settings (which make a MMR
> > appear twice).
> > >
> > > The numbers are created as text expressions saved in the
> > "Miscellaneous"
> > > category. The disadvantage of this plugin is that it creates a
> > number for
> > > each measure, not checking whether a number already exists
> as a text
> > > expression. So I would like to fetch all the data that can be
> > found in the
> > > "Miscellaneous" category, check against the "Description"
> field
> > (where is
> > > says "DoubleStaffMMR_[number]") and use the existing item, or
> > only then
> > > create a new item.
> > >
> > > That's the theory. Now for the practical part: How do I fetch
> > all items
> > > from the "Miscellaneous" category?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any tips!
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Robert
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 10:55:08 +0200
> > From: Jan Angerm?ller <jan at angermueller.com
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> > <mailto:jan at angermueller.com <mailto:jan at angermueller.com>>>
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> <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
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> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > you should use the JW Lua class browser, the online class
> > documentation
> > and the examples that Jari put on his website to find this out.
> >
> > The online class documentation starts here:
> > http://www.finaletips.nu/frameworkref/annotated.html
> > So you browse to FCTextExpressionDef and search for
> "Description" and
> > you will have your solution.
> >
> > The same result can be found in the JW Lua class browser:
> > Go to FCTextExpressionDef and enter "Description" in the
> Properties
> > and/or Methods search fields. Then you'll even get a sample
> code.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jan
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 10.05.2016 um 10:44 schrieb Robert Wildling:
> > > Thank you for your script, Bart Visser! That is extremly
> helpful!!!
> > >
> > > At the moment I am struggeling with getting the text of the
> > > Description field (of a Expression Tool item). The "JW
> Lua" Class
> > > Browser offers a GetDescription(argString) method (without
> a return
> > > value?), but it obviously needs a string to do something.
> Instead, I
> > > need to read and return the Description in order to
> compare it to
> > > another string...
> > >
> > > local str = finale.FCString()
> > > str.LuaString = [a variable from somewhere else like
> > "DoubleStaffMMR5"]
> > >
> > > ... and now?
> > >
> > > Any hint would be most welcome!
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Robert Wildling*
> > > G?llnergasse 19/30 || A-1030 Vienna
> > > ph: +43 676 6089613
> > > @: robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>
> > <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>>
> > >
> > > 2016-05-08 18:37 GMT+02:00 Robert Wildling
> > <robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>
> > > <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com
> <mailto:robertwildling at gmail.com>>>>:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > this is my first post and also my first day with JW
> Lua from a
> > > developer point of view. Quite amazing, what can be done
> > with it!
> > >
> > > Currently I would like to adapt the awesome
> DoubleStaffMMR Lua
> > > script that is somewhere out the in the forums.
> Whenever this
> > > plugin is applied, it creates one (and only one!)
> > MultiMeasureRest
> > > number to a 2-staff-system instruments, hiding the default
> > > settings (which make a MMR appear twice).
> > >
> > > The numbers are created as text expressions saved in the
> > > "Miscellaneous" category. The disadvantage of this
> plugin is
> > that
> > > it creates a number for each measure, not checking
> whether a
> > > number already exists as a text expression. So I would
> like to
> > > fetch all the data that can be found in the
> "Miscellaneous"
> > > category, check against the "Description" field (where
> is says
> > > "DoubleStaffMMR_[number]") and use the existing item, or
> > only then
> > > create a new item.
> > >
> > > That's the theory. Now for the practical part: How do I
> > fetch all
> > > items from the "Miscellaneous" category?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any tips!
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > JWLua mailing list
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