[JW Lua] Creating new text expression category

Tue Jan 11 14:22:48 CET 2022

Your test script works for me. That error message sounds like you either
are running the script on JW Lua or on an earlier version of RGP Lua. You
can confirm the PDK version by adding this line to the beginning of your
script:

finenv.UI():AlertNeutral("test", finenv.StringVersion)

When I run it, it displays "0.58".

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 6:41 AM Carl Vine <carlvine at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> I started off with “SaveNewWithType" in RGP0.58 which I noticed in your
> Class Browser, Robert, absent from JW’s original. And indeed started with
> the DEFAULTCATID_TECHNIQUETEXT type (“5”). But that method keeps throwing
> up the error: 'attempt to call method “SaveNewWithType” (a nil value).’
>
> Here’s a basic test case:
> —  ============
> local new_cat = finale.FCCategoryDef()
> new_cat:Load(finale.DEFAULTCATID_TECHNIQUETEXT)
> local s = finale.FCString()
> s.LuaString = "Cue Names"
> new_cat:SetName(s)
> if new_cat:SaveNewWithType(finale.DEFAULTCATID_TECHNIQUETEXT) then
>       finenv.UI():AlertNeutral("test", "success")
> else
>       finenv.UI():AlertNeutral("test", "failure")
> end
> —  ============
>
> Carl
>
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> >   1. Re: Creating new text expression category (Robert Patterson)
> >   2. Re: Creating new text expression category (Robert Patterson)
> >   3. Re: JWLua Digest, Vol 87, Issue 1 (Jacob Winkler)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:45:46 -0600
> > From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
> > To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
> > Subject: Re: [JW Lua] Creating new text expression category
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> > SaveNewWithType should work in RGP Lua 0.58+. The others will not. If you
> > have an example of SaveNewWithType that fails to create a new category,
> > please post a sample script that fails.
> >
> > However, creating a new category is just the beginning. To assign
> > expressions to it requires additional code for each expression.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 1:29 AM Carl Vine <carlvine at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone help?
> >>
> >> I?m loading the standard  TECHNIQUETEXT FCCategoryDef (ItemNo 5),
> changing
> >> the name and some values, then trying to Save() as a new category.
> >>
> >> SaveNew(), SaveAs(new_unique_id) and SaveNewWithType(some_type) all
> fail.
> >> Save() succeeds but doesn?t change or update the CategoryDefs
> collection.
> >>
> >> Carl
> >>
> >>
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> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:06:13 -0600
> > From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
> > To: "The JW Lua script plug-in." <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>
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> > Also, I just realized the documentation may not be clear. The "type" is
> not
> > just "some type". It must be one of the CATEGORY_DEDAULTIDS constants. In
> > your case, probably TECHNIQUETEXT.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 6:45 AM Robert Patterson <
> > robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:
> >
> >> SaveNewWithType should work in RGP Lua 0.58+. The others will not. If
> you
> >> have an example of SaveNewWithType that fails to create a new category,
> >> please post a sample script that fails.
> >>
> >> However, creating a new category is just the beginning. To assign
> >> expressions to it requires additional code for each expression.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 1:29 AM Carl Vine <carlvine at iinet.net.au>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Can anyone help?
> >>>
> >>> I?m loading the standard  TECHNIQUETEXT FCCategoryDef (ItemNo 5),
> >>> changing the name and some values, then trying to Save() as a new
> category.
> >>>
> >>> SaveNew(), SaveAs(new_unique_id) and SaveNewWithType(some_type) all
> fail.
> >>> Save() succeeds but doesn?t change or update the CategoryDefs
> collection.
> >>>
> >>> Carl
> >>>
> >>>
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> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:32:23 -0800
> > From: Jacob Winkler <jacob.winkler at mac.com>
> > To: jwlua at jwmusic.nu
> > Subject: Re: [JW Lua] JWLua Digest, Vol 87, Issue 1
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> > From my experience and understanding, you can access existing
> FCCategoryDefs along with their associated parameters, but you cannot
> create them. Perhaps this will change in the future with RGP Lua? I
> certainly would appreciate the addition as I?ve made several inelegant
> scripts that contain logic along the lines of ?if category x exists use it,
> else use miscellaneous ?.
> >
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> >>  1. Creating new text expression category (Carl Vine)
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:51:06 +1100
> >> From: Carl Vine <carlvine at iinet.net.au>
> >> To: jwlua at jwmusic.nu
> >> Subject: [JW Lua] Creating new text expression category
> >> Message-ID: <ED819027-5540-438E-B23C-FF57DB07B431 at iinet.net.au>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
> >>
> >> Can anyone help?
> >>
> >> I?m loading the standard  TECHNIQUETEXT FCCategoryDef (ItemNo 5),
> changing the name and some values, then trying to Save() as a new category.
> >>
> >> SaveNew(), SaveAs(new_unique_id) and SaveNewWithType(some_type) all
> fail.
> >> Save() succeeds but doesn?t change or update the CategoryDefs
> collection.
> >>
> >> Carl
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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