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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I was afraid of that. For that time being I will hammer away at trying to get a region approach to work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>>I don't know what you are planning to do<<<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am working on a large customer project. The source files are condensed conductor scores (at least 600 scores, and potentially far more in the coming months, maybe even in the thousands) with approximately nine instrument staves, with multiple instrument on each staff. I am “exploding” these scores so that each instrument has its own staff. Of course there are existing released plugins (TGTools, JW) that can do that, but the volume of work is such that a programmatic approach using JW Lua makes sense. I know this because I processed the first 300 scores using the “manual,” “let’s run these plugins” approach and, while effective, these are very repetitive and identical operations for each file. I am fortunate in that the source files are homogeneous in structure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In theory this should be a piece of cake, so I was surprised at the quirks in copy/paste in JW Lua.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For background: I am an experienced Sibelius ManuScript programmer. Copying the contents of one staff to another (programmatically, not via user selection) would be a piece of cake in ManuScript. So I find this Finale issue a bit puzzling! (I’ve also been using Finale for 30 years.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, as ever.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Martin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> JWLua <jwlua-bounces@jwmusic.nu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Patterson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2020 20:11<br><b>To:</b> The JW Lua script plug-in. <jwlua@jwmusic.nu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [JW Lua] Copy/Paste With FCMusicRegion()<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't know what you are planning to do, but transferring the notes individually is possible. It is also potentially quite complicated. In addition to notes, you have to copy all the other stuff in the Mass Edit filter window. (Or as much of it as you need.) If you go that route, you will know Finale programming inside and out by the end of the project.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 2:07 PM Martin Marris <<a href="mailto:mmarris@notecraft.com">mmarris@notecraft.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks Robert. So close, yet so far.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Will investigate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Meanwhile: I assume the other way to copy/paste is to bypass the Region approach altogether and to use note cells instead. I have messed around with several alternatives but got nowhere, but what do I know?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Martin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> JWLua <<a href="mailto:jwlua-bounces@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua-bounces@jwmusic.nu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Patterson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2020 20:00<br><b>To:</b> The JW Lua script plug-in. <<a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [JW Lua] Copy/Paste With FCMusicRegion()<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Unfortunately, this may be a bug in either JW Lua or Finale. It may also be limited to Windows Finale. I have no personal experience with it, because I have never used the underlying API calls in the PDK. It is unfortunate that the PDK Framework does not provide a way to call the Copy/Paste menu items in the Edit menu. This is what I would do if programming directly to the PDK. (I don't trust the Copy/Paste APIs because I don't think they get much use, and they use clip files.)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You could try creating the directory it wants to write the clip files in. Maybe that would help. IDK.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:47 PM Martin Marris <<a href="mailto:mmarris@notecraft.com" target="_blank">mmarris@notecraft.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi Robert,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Do you mean like this? It’s not working, I get a variant of the same message box error notification:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>local musicregion = finale.FCMusicRegion()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.StartMeasure = 1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.EndMeasure = 2</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:SetInDocument() </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:CopyMusic()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.StartMeasure = 3</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.EndMeasure = 4</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:SetInDocument() </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:PasteMusic()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:ReleaseMusic()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Martin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> JWLua <<a href="mailto:jwlua-bounces@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua-bounces@jwmusic.nu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Patterson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 14, 2020 19:36<br><b>To:</b> The JW Lua script plug-in. <<a href="mailto:jwlua@jwmusic.nu" target="_blank">jwlua@jwmusic.nu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [JW Lua] Copy/Paste With FCMusicRegion()<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Try calling musicregion:SetInDocument() after setting the start and end measures (both times).<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:18 PM Martin Marris <<a href="mailto:mmarris@notecraft.com" target="_blank">mmarris@notecraft.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am trying to create a Region programmatically (rather than through user interaction).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Then, copy/paste between regions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>But if I run the following simple script:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>local musicregion = finale.FCMusicRegion()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.StartMeasure = 1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.EndMeasure = 2</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:CopyMusic()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.StartMeasure = 3</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion.EndMeasure = 4</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:PasteMusic()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#C55A11'>musicregion:ReleaseMusic()</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I get this result:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Message box:<span style='color:#C55A11'> Title “Finale” and text “Cannot read library c:\users\myusername\AppDate\LocalLow\Fin33B.tmp”.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Why?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Martin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> 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