[JW Lua] Creating new text expression category
Robert Patterson
robert at robertgpatterson.com
Tue Jan 11 14:23:57 CET 2022
Also, I may have sent you early betas. Make sure you are using the actual
released 0.58.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 7:22 AM Robert Patterson <
robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:
> 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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>> > 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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>> > 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
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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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