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I couldn't get it to work either.<br>
The problem seems to be with expressions and articulations only.<br>
When using <a class="el"
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FCMetatoolAssignment:CreateLinkedObject() always returned nil in my
test cases. The other metatool assignment modes seem to work fine -
or at least they return an object.<br>
<br>
Jan <br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 12.11.2015 um 15:08 schrieb Joseph
Weidinger:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Jari, any advice on this? I still cannot get a
metakey assigned, even after taking your advice into
consideration. I made a bare minimum example that demonstrates
what won't work on this. It SHOULD create a new text expression
called "test" (which it does) and assign it to metakey "a"
(which it does not)
<div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
<div>
<div>local ted = finale.FCTextExpressionDef()</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-- actual text of expression</div>
<div>expText = "test"</div>
<div>stringObject = finale.FCString()</div>
<div>stringObject.LuaString = "^fontTxt(Times New
Roman,4096)^size(14)^nfx(1)" .. expText</div>
<div>ted:SaveNewTextBlock(stringObject)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-- put into expression category</div>
<div>catdef = finale.FCCategoryDef()</div>
<div>catdef:Load(4)</div>
<div>ted:AssignToCategory(catdef)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-- assign metakey "a"</div>
<div>local ma = finale.FCMetatoolAssignment()</div>
<div>ma:SetMode(finale.MTOOLMODE_EXPRESSION)</div>
<div>ma:AssignTextExpressionDef(ted)</div>
<div>ma:SaveAsKeystroke(65)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>ted:SaveNew()</div>
</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Joseph
Weidinger <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jsphweid@gmail.com" target="_blank">jsphweid@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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<div dir="ltr">So I moved that above metatool assignment and
wrapped a print around AssignTextExpressionDef. Still no
metatool assignment but it *does* return true...</div>
<div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 7:55
AM, Jan Angermüller <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jan@angermueller.com"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jan@angermueller.com">jan@angermueller.com</a></a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I haven't
tested it, but maybe call <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"></span>ted:SaveNew()
<b>before </b>assigning the metatool ?<br>
I am not sure, but the text expression might
need "to be registered in the system" before
assigning the metatool.<br>
Does <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.finaletips.nu/frameworkref/class_f_c_metatool_assignment.html#ab9c22e27b1d9d30357d5a8d63b775acb"
target="_blank">AssignTextExpressionDef</a>
return true ?
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<div><br>
<br>
<br>
<div>Am 08.11.2015 um 14:39 schrieb Joseph
Weidinger:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Thanks. However, I did all
of those things and it still does assign
the metakey. Here is the updated part +
the rest of the relevant code in case
maybe it is part of a larger problem
(?).
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>function
makeBoldAbove(expressionText)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>local
ted = finale.FCTextExpressionDef()</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>--
actual text</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>stringObject
= finale.FCString()</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>stringObject.LuaString
= "^fontTxt(Times New
Roman,4096)^size(14)^nfx(1)" ..
expressionText</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SaveNewTextBlock(stringObject)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>--
description</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>local
descriptionstr = finale.FCString()</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>descriptionstr.LuaString
= expressionText -- get it from
userinput also, why not</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetDescription(descriptionstr)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>--
put into which category?</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>catdef
= finale.FCCategoryDef()</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>catdef:Load(4)
-- 4 is expressions</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:AssignToCategory(catdef)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>--
we will not use standard positioning</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetUseCategoryPos(false)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>--
here is the positioning data</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetVerticalAlignmentPoint(finale.ALIGNVERT_ABOVE_STAFF_BASELINE_OR_ENTRY)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetVerticalBaselineOffset(-26)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetVerticalEntryOffset(36)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetHorizontalJustification(finale.EXPRJUSTIFY_LEFT)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetHorizontalAlignmentPoint(finale.ALIGNHORIZ_CLICKPOS)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetHorizontalOffset(0)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SetBreakMMRest(false)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>local
ma = finale.FCMetatoolAssignment()</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ma:SetMode(finale.MTOOLMODE_EXPRESSION)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ma:AssignTextExpressionDef(ted)</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ma:SaveAsKeystroke(65)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>ted:SaveNew()</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>return
ted:GetItemNo()</div>
<div>end</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>local expressionID =
makeBoldAbove("test") -- create it
and get its new ID</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 8,
2015 at 5:47 AM, Jari Williamsson <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jari.williamsson@mailbox.swipnet.se"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jari.williamsson@mailbox.swipnet.se">jari.williamsson@mailbox.swipnet.se</a></a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
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solid;padding-left:1ex">Joseph,<br>
<br>
In addition to what Jan said:<br>
* Remove the call to SaveNew(),
since it isn't needed. SaveNew()
should only be used for classes that
can save a list of objects to the
same location. SaveAsKeyStroke() is
the SaveAs method to use for
metatool assignments.<br>
<br>
* Put the AssignTextExpressionDef
before the save, otherwise the
connection to the text expression
def will not be saved to Finale.<br>
<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Jari Williamsson<span><br>
<br>
On 2015-11-08 11:07, Jan
Angermüller wrote:<br>
</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"><span> As
the online documentation says
for AssignTextExpressionDef:<br>
</span> "The mode for the object
must be set to
MTOOLMODE_EXPRESSION *in advance*.
"
<div>
<div><br>
So you need a SetMode before.<br>
<br>
Jan<br>
<br>
Am 08.11.2015 um 09:04 schrieb
Joseph Weidinger:<br>
<blockquote
class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex"> I
am creating a new text
expression definition (ted)
and that part<br>
works. However it won't
assign the metakey "a"
(which is 65 apparently)<br>
<br>
I try to do this:<br>
~ ted defined and working
great<br>
<br>
local ma =
finale.FCMetatoolAssignment()<br>
ma:SaveAsKeystroke(65)<br>
ma:SaveNew()<br>
ma:AssignTextExpressionDef(ted)<br>
<br>
ted:SaveNew()<br>
<br>
Maybe it has something to do
with set mode? I coculdn't
get anything<br>
to work. Help appreciated!
Thanks.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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