[JW Lua] JWLua Digest, Vol 34, Issue 6
Robert Wildling
robertwildling at gmail.com
Tue May 10 11:53:06 CEST 2016
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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> Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 11:17:58 +0200
> From: Jan Angerm?ller <jan at angermueller.com>
> To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Digest, Vol 34, Issue 3
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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>
> >
> > 2016-05-10 10:55 GMT+02:00 <jwlua-request at jwmusic.nu
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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>>
> > To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <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
> > <mailto: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>> 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
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> > > http://jwmusic.nu/mailman/listinfo/jwlua_jwmusic.nu
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> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 21:39:31 +0200
> > From: Jan Angerm?ller <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>>
> > Subject: [JW Lua] "Use Note Shapes" option ?
> > Message-ID: <f9725493-e670-a460-d685-4c59d8545f62 at angermueller.com
> > <mailto:f9725493-e670-a460-d685-4c59d8545f62 at angermueller.com>>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> >
> > 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>>
> > To: 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
> > <mailto:g%2B4_wszO6qgSpfs5YhHe9_UeC1QVYQ at mail.gmail.com>>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >
> > 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>
> > @: 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>>:
> >
> > > 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
> > <mailto:jan at angermueller.com>>
> > To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu
> > <mailto:jwlua at jwmusic.nu>>
> > Subject: Re: [JW Lua] get all items of "Expression Tool"
> > Message-ID: <b9e7b7fc-913a-6809-9e29-493ff5af31a1 at angermueller.com
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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>>
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > JWLua mailing list
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