[JW Lua] AddGuide function doesn't work properly

Robert Patterson robert at robertgpatterson.com
Mon Jan 17 13:50:16 CET 2022


This appears to be a bug in Finale itself. But a workaround is possible. Do
you also make changes to the GridsGuides preferences themselves?

On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:16 PM Robert Patterson <
robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:

> 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+.
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 7:35 AM Artem Roschenko <roschenkoartem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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