[JW Lua] Creating text expressions...

[Simon Leclerc]

Dear Jan,

Thank you so much for getting back to me on this and mostly, for pointing me in the right direction.

The problem was in fact a little bit deeper.

It seems that when one creates a new text expression and assigns it to a category, if you want that expression to be truly linked to the category (following its font parameters), you must specify (when you setup the font parameters of that newly created expression) if the category uses text, number or music font in the font string.

For example, setting the font name string of that expression to "^fontTxt(Times)” instead of only "^font(Times)” (without the “Txt”). This will allow you to change the font parameters of the category manually afterwards and to have your expression self-update those changes both in the expression window and in the score if it is used.

Manually created expressions seem to follow that rule. A behaviour I could not reproduce until I found that out.

Not sure if my explanation is cristal clear, but many thanks!


¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Simon Leclerc




> On Aug 4, 2018, at 7:53 AM, Jan Angermüller <jan at angermueller.com> wrote:
> 
> Simon, 
> 
> changing the font settings in FCCategoryDef doesn't automatically update the settings in FCTextExpressionDef.
> So you need to also update the font settings in FCTextExpressionDef - even if FCTextExpressionDef is set to "UseCategoryFont".
> 
> Jan
> 
> Am 03.08.2018 um 21:55 schrieb Simon Leclerc:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> It seems that when I create a text expression and assign it to a category, a part of the saving process is not complete.
>> 
>> The expression is created, appears in the right category and wherever I want in the score.
>> But if I change the font settings of that category afterwards, the expression I created won’t follow, unless I open that expression and click on “OK” in its own window. Another way is to open the edit window of that category, select the expression and click on “Reset to category”.
>> After that, the expression will update any changes made to the category.
>> 
>> Expressions that were created manually (directly in Finale) will update themselves both in the expression dialog window and in the score, just by changing the settings of the category.
>> Mine won’t.
>> 
>> It is a very small detail but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced the same thing.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>> 
>> Simon Leclerc
>> 
>> 
>> 
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