[JW Lua] FCPart:GetName() removes line breaks?

[Robert Patterson]

Unfortunately, that is built into the PDK. It is calling
FX_GetPartName_UTF16 and returning that directly.

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:49 AM Jan Angermüller <jan at angermueller.com>
wrote:

> Robert,
>
> could it be that FCPart:GetName() removes not only enigma commands, but
> also the line breaks?
>
> I.e. a two line name like:
>
> Acoustic Guitar
> (Steel Strings)
>
> becomes:
>
> Acoustic Guitar (Steel Strings)
>
> In the documentation it only says:
> "*On Finale 2012 and later, the string will be set to the current part
> name each time this method is called. The string is a "print version" of
> the part name, so there's no Enigma commands for flat/sharps in the string.*
> "
>
> Test code:
> local part=finale.FCPart(finale.PARTID_CURRENT)
> local partname=finale.FCString()
> part:GetName(partname)
> print(partname.LuaString)
>
> Could this be fixed?
> Or is this a fix value from the Finale PDK?
>
> Jan
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