[JW Lua] AddGuide function doesn't work properly

Mon Jan 17 18:07:49 CET 2022

I just checked out the creation of Guides in Finale v25.0.0.6858.
It works fine! So the problem came with version 26.

Artem.

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> From: Artem Roschenko <roschenkoartem at gmail.com>
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> When I try to add a new FCGuide to an empty FCGuides collection,
> it works fine, but if there are some guides (of the same type -
> horizontal or vertical), it cannot add a new one.
> I think this problem started in Final 26 and
> relevant so far for both JWLua 0.54 and RGP 0.59
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> Example:
> local ggp = finale.FCGridsGuidesPrefs()
> ggp:Load(1)
> local hg = ggp:GetHorizontalGuides()
> hg:AddGuide(640)
> ggp:Save()
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> Artem.
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> From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
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> I am seeing this also in versions of Finale 26.2 and higher. If you have an
> earlier Finale version you can test, please confirm that it works there.
>
> I'm still researching why this is happening in F26.2+.
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> On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 7:35 AM Artem Roschenko <roschenkoartem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > When I try to add a new FCGuide to an empty FCGuides collection,
> > it works fine, but if there are some guides (of the same type -
> > horizontal or vertical), it cannot add a new one.
> > I think this problem started in Final 26 and
> > relevant so far for both JWLua 0.54 and RGP 0.59
> >
> > Example:
> > local ggp = finale.FCGridsGuidesPrefs()
> > ggp:Load(1)
> > local hg = ggp:GetHorizontalGuides()
> > hg:AddGuide(640)
> > ggp:Save()
> >
> > Artem.
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> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:15:39 -0600
> From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
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> Could you send a sample musx file to go with that script? I'm not sure
> what's going on. FWIW: the bottom composite is almost always 1-element per
> group. And it's usually only used where you are combining multiple full
> meters like (2/4) + (3/8).
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 4:54 AM Carl Vine <carlvine at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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> > This is amazing Robert - mind-boggling complexity.
> >
> > Trying to wrap my head around Time Signatures. I don?t suppose you have a
> > sample script running through the nested elements in Composite TimeSigs?
> >
> > I think I?ve fathomed most of it but can?t get
> > time_sig_bot:GetGroupElementBeatDuration(0,0) to work, even though the
> > group and element numbers are shown to exist. Keeps throwing a ?nil
> value?
> > exception. Oddly, ?SetGroupElementBeatDuration()? does work.
> >
> > ?=======
> > if time_sig.CompositeBottom then
> >     local ccb = time_sig:CreateCompositeBottom()
> >     local num_bot_groups = ccb:GetGroupCount()
> >     res=res.."Comp bot = ".. num_bot_groups .. " groups - "
> >
> >     for i = 0,num_bot_groups-1 do
> >         local x = ccb:GetGroupElementCount(i)
> >         res=res.."bot"..i.."= "..x.." els/ \n"
> >         for j = 0, x-1 do
> >             res=res..ccb:GetGroupElementBeatDuration(i,j).."/ "
> >         end
> >     end
> > end
> > finenv.UI():AlertNeutral(plugindef(), res)
> > ?=======
> >
> > Carl
> >
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> > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:31:16 -0600
> > From: Robert Patterson <robert at robertgpatterson.com>
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> > RGP Lua version 0.59 is now available for download on the download page
> > <https://robertgpatterson.com/-fininfo/-rgplua/rgplua.html>.
> >
> > Enhancements include:
> >
> >   - Full support for adding, changing, and deleting mid-measure clefs.
> >   (See FCCell.)
> >   - Full support for adding, changing, and deleting composite time
> >   signatures, both measure-level and for independent time signatures.
> >   - Various new methods and properties on FCCellMetrics, FCArticulation,
> >   FCDistancePrefs, FCStrings, and FCFontInfo. (See version history for
> >   details.)
> >   - Added system- and folder-level prefix script options (perhaps useful
> >   for adding to PATH and/or CPATH require paths).
> >   - Bug fixes.
> >
> > Happy scripting,
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