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PlayMaster PlayMusic is a plug-in for Finale (http://www.playmaster-finale.com www.playmusic-finale.com). This plug-in was created in Visual C++ without using MFC. The source code is about 1.2MB. The size of the .fxt-file is 259KB. Now available version 18.4.2 18.5.0.2 (only for Windows).

PlayMaster PlayMusic has as its main purpose to make performing music available to more people. It provides a very easy method of playing music scores on the MIDI keyboard. Practice shows that even persons who have never played the piano or any other keyboard instruments, now can perform their favourite piano pieces.



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So it plays the next note of the piece, regardless of what note you play on the keyboard?

Well, I guess that does make performing easy. smilewinkgrin


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This plug-in processes keyboard message and replaces in it the pressed key number to "true" number, i.e. corresponding to the next note. The plug-in does not have any relationship to to the playback mode.

Perhaps you were misled by the form of the cursor that appears after you launch PlayMaster. But this is not the playback cursor. I just made it similar to the Finale's playback cursor. Moreover, I made it so that you can change its color through View->Select Display Colors->Playback Cursor (only bear in mind that you should terminate PlayMaster before open the View menu).

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This plug-in returned to its original name PlayMusic. Accordingly, the site has moved to www.playmusic-finale.com. Now available PlayMusic 18.5.0.1 for Windows. Any version of PlayMaster can be updated to PlayMusic for free. If you have already authorized PlayMaster, then re-authorization is not required.
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How to draw a cursor similar to the Finale’s playback cursor?

First, declare the global variables and function:

HWND hDrawWnd;                    //handle of the window where you want to draw the cursor
HDC hDrawDC, hDrawCompDC, hCursCompDC;
HBITMAP hBitmap, hCursBitmap;
SIZE *pSizeDrawWnd;
COLORREF rgbCursor;                        //color of the cursor

void __stdcall DrawCursor(int nHorz, int nBottom, int nTop, bool bDrawFlag);


Then, insert the following text into FinaleExtensionInvoke():


  int nHorz, nVertBottom, nVertTop;
  pSizeDrawWnd =new SIZE;                                                
  RECT *pRectDrawWnd = new RECT;
  GetClientRect(hDrawWnd, pRectDrawWnd);
  pSizeDrawWnd->cx = pRectDrawWnd->right;
  pSizeDrawWnd->cy = pRectDrawWnd->bottom;
  delete pRectDrawWnd;

  hDC=GetDC(hDrawWnd);
  hCompDC=CreateCompatibleDC(hDC);
  hBitmap=CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDC,  pSizeDrawWnd->cx, pSizeDrawWnd->cy);
  SelectObject(hCompDC, (HGDIOBJ)hBitmap);

  BitBlt(hCompDC, 0, 0,  pSizeDrawWnd->cx, pSizeDrawWnd->cy, hDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);

  hCursCompDC=CreateCompatibleDC(hDC);
  hCursBitmap=CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDC,  4, pSizeDrawWnd->cy);
  SelectObject(hCursCompDC, (HGDIOBJ)hCursBitmap);
  for(int nX=0; nX<2; nX++)
   for(int nY=0; nY<pSizeDrawWnd->cy; nY++)
     SetPixel(hCursCompDC, nX, nY, rgbCursor);
//..........................................................................................
  DrawCursor(nHorz, nVertBottom, nVertTop, true);        //draw cursor
//..........................................................................................
  DrawCursor(nHorz, nVertBottom, nVertTop, false);       //restore previous image
//..........................................................................................
  DeleteObject((HGDIOBJ)hBitmap);
  DeleteDC(hCompDC);

  DeleteObject((HGDIOBJ)hCursBitmap);
  DeleteDC(hCursCompDC);
  DeleteDC(hDC);
  delete pSizeDrawWnd;


And finally, here is the declared above function:

void __stdcall DrawCursor(int nHorz, int nBottom, int nTop, bool bDrawFlag)
{
  UINT uArrowBitMask[12]={0x20, 0x20, 0x70, 0x70, 0xF8, 0xF8, 0x1FC, 0x1FC, 0x3FE, 0x3FE, 0x707, 0x401};

  if(nHorz<0)
    nHorz=0;
  else
   if(nHorz>=pSizeDrawWnd->cx)
     nHorz=pSizeDrawWnd->cx-1;
  if(nTop<0)
  {
    nTop=0;
    if(nBottom<0)
      nBottom=0;
  }
  else
   if(nBottom>=pSizeDrawWnd->cy)
   {
     nBottom=pSizeDrawWnd->cy-1;
     if(nTop>=pSizeDrawWnd->cy)
       nTop=pSizeDrawWnd->cy-1;
   }

  int nPixelCount=0;
  for(int nY=0; nY<12; nY++)
   if((nTop-nY>=0)&&(nTop-nY<pSizeDrawWnd->cy))
    for(int nX=0, uBitMask=1; nX<11; nX++, uBitMask<<=1)
     if((nHorz+5-nX>=0)&&(nHorz+5-nX<pSizeDrawWnd->cx))
     {
      if(uBitMask&uArrowBitMask[nY])
       if(bDrawFlag)
       {
         BitBlt(hCursCompDC, 2, nPixelCount, 1, 1, hCompDC, nHorz+5-nX, nTop-nY, SRCCOPY);          
         BitBlt(hDC, nHorz+5-nX, nTop-nY, 1, 1, hCursCompDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
       }
       else
         BitBlt(hDC, nHorz+5-nX, nTop-nY, 1, 1, hCursCompDC, 2, nPixelCount, SRCCOPY);
       nPixelCount++;
     }

  if(bDrawFlag)
  {
    BitBlt(hCursCompDC, 3, nTop+1, 1, nBottom-nTop, hCompDC, nHorz, nTop+1, SRCCOPY);    
    BitBlt(hDC, nHorz, nTop+1, 1, nBottom-nTop, hCursCompDC, 1, nTop+1, SRCCOPY);
  }
  else
    BitBlt(hDC, nHorz, nTop+1, 1, nBottom-nTop, hCursCompDC, 3, nTop+1, SRCCOPY);
}

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How to find the current color of the Finale's playback cursor?

File FINALE.INI keeps the settings (including the color of the playback cursor) from the previous run of Finale. To find the actual value of the cursor's color, you should open Select Display Colors item in View menu, get a pixel from Playback Cursor window, and then close Preferences - Display Colors window. But, of course, necessary that all opened windows were practically invisible.

Declare the global variables and functions:

HWND hFinaleWnd;
HHOOK hDialogHook;
HDC hScreenDC, hScreenCompDC;                                               //27.03.12
HBITMAP hScreenBitmap; 
int nDialogChildWnd;
int nFinDispWnd;

//WNDPROC wpFinaleWndProc;    
struct TWndProc
{
 WNDPROC  wpWndProc;    //WNDPROC for Visual C++; FARPROC for C++ Builder;                
 HWND hWnd;
};
TWndProc* lpDialog;

int __stdcall DialogHookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
LRESULT CALLBACK NewDialogWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);

Insert this text into FinaleExtensionInvoke():

Sleep(1000);
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 hFinaleWnd=hWnd; 
 hScreenDC=GetWindowDC(NULL);                                                            
 hScreenCompDC=CreateCompatibleDC(hScreenDC); 
 int nScreenWidth=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
 int nScreenHeight=GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
 hScreenBitmap=CreateCompatibleBitmap(hScreenDC, nScreenWidth, nScreenHeight);
 SelectObject(hScreenCompDC, (HGDIOBJ)hScreenBitmap);            

 HMENU hMenu=GetMenu(hFinaleWnd);
 int nPosViewItem=4;                      //for Finale 2008-2014.5
//   nPosViewItem=3;                      //for Finale 2004-2007
 HMENU hMenuView=GetSubMenu(hMenu, nPosViewItem);

 int nPosSelectDisplayColorsItem=16;      //for Finale 2012b-2014.5
//   nPosSelectDisplayColorsItem=6;       //for Finale 2004-2005
//   nPosSelectDisplayColorsItem=7;       //for Finale 2006-2007
//   nPosSelectDisplayColorsItem=14;      //for Finale 2008
//   nPosSelectDisplayColorsItem=15;      //for Finale 2009-2012a

 ANIMATIONINFO animation;
 animation.cbSize=sizeof(ANIMATIONINFO);
 SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETANIMATION, sizeof(ANIMATIONINFO), &animation, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE);
 int nMinAnimate=animation.iMinAnimate;

 animation.iMinAnimate=0;                              
 SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETANIMATION, sizeof(ANIMATIONINFO), &animation, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE);  
 lpDialog=(TWndProc*)calloc(256, sizeof(TWndProc));
 hDialogHook=SetWindowsHookEx(WH_CALLWNDPROC, (HOOKPROC)DialogHookProc, NULL, GetCurrentThreadId());
 nFinDispWnd=0;
 BitBlt(hScreenCompDC, 0, 0, nScreenWidth, nScreenHeight, hScreenDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);

 SendMessage(hFinaleWnd, WM_COMMAND, GetMenuItemID(hMenuView, nPosSelectDisplayColorsItem), NULL);
                                                                                                 //open Select Display Colors item in View menu
 
 BitBlt(hScreenDC, 0, 0, nScreenWidth, nScreenHeight, hScreenCompDC, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
 UnhookWindowsHookEx(hDialogHook);
 free((TWndProc*)lpDialog);
 animation.iMinAnimate=nMinAnimate;                                  
 SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETANIMATION, sizeof(ANIMATIONINFO), &animation, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE);  

 DeleteObject((HGDIOBJ)hScreenBitmap);
 DeleteDC(hScreenCompDC);
 DeleteDC(hScreenDC);
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
char szText[80];
wsprintf(szText, " rgbCursor= %x\n  ", rgbCursor);
MessageBox( hFinaleWnd, szText, "Playback Cursor", MB_OK | MB_ICONASTERISK );       

Here are DialogHookProc() and NewDialogWndProc():

int __stdcall DialogHookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)           
{
  if(nCode>=0)
  {
    if(((CWPSTRUCT*)lParam)->message==WM_NCCREATE)
    {
      if(((LPCREATESTRUCT)((CWPSTRUCT*)lParam)->lParam)->hwndParent==hFinaleWnd)  
        nDialogChildWnd=0;
      (lpDialog+nDialogChildWnd)->hWnd=((CWPSTRUCT*)lParam)->hwnd;
      (lpDialog+nDialogChildWnd)->wpWndProc=                                                      
        (WNDPROC)SetWindowLongPtr((lpDialog+nDialogChildWnd)->hWnd, GWLP_WNDPROC, (LONG_PTR)NewDialogWndProc); 
      nDialogChildWnd++;
    }
    return 0;
  }
  else
    return CallNextHookEx(hDialogHook, nCode, wParam, lParam);
}




LRESULT CALLBACK NewDialogWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) 
{
 static bool bCloseDialog;
 static RECT rectWnd;
 static int nNCPaintCount;
 RECT rectClient;
 POINT pointLeftUp;
 HDC hCurrDC;
 bool bFinDispWnd;
 bool bCompFinaleDC;               
 int nChildWnd;
 char buf[80];

 int nPlaybackCursorFinDispWnd=20;                 //for Finale 2012.b-2014.5
//   nPlaybackCursorFinDispWnd=19;                 //for Finale 2004
//   nPlaybackCursorFinDispWnd=20;                 //for Finale 2005-2008
//   nPlaybackCursorFinDispWnd=19;                 //for Finale 2009-2012a

 int nFinDispWndNums=24;                           //for Finale 2012.b-2014.5   
//   nFinDispWndNums=21;                           //for Finale 2004  
//   nFinDispWndNums=22;                           //for Finale 2005-2006 
//   nFinDispWndNums=24;                           //for Finale 2007-2008
//   nFinDispWndNums=23;                           //for Finale 2009-2012a  

 bCompFinaleDC=false;
 
 GetClassName(hWnd, buf, sizeof(buf));

 for(nChildWnd=0; nChildWnd<nDialogChildWnd; nChildWnd++)
  if(hWnd==(lpDialog+nChildWnd)->hWnd)
    break;

 switch(uMsg)                               
 {
  case WM_NCCREATE:
  {
   if(hWnd==lpDialog->hWnd)
   {
     nNCPaintCount=0;
     SetWindowRgn(hWnd, CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 0, 0), true);       
   }
   return CallWindowProc((WNDPROC)(lpDialog+nChildWnd)->wpWndProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam); 
  }

  case WM_CREATE:
  {
   if(hWnd==lpDialog->hWnd)
     bCloseDialog=false;
  
   return CallWindowProc((WNDPROC)(lpDialog+nChildWnd)->wpWndProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
  }

  case WM_NCPAINT:
  {
    if(hWnd==lpDialog->hWnd)
    {
      if(nNCPaintCount++==0)
        SetWindowRgn(lpDialog->hWnd, CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 0, 0), true);
      GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rectWnd);

      CallWindowProc((WNDPROC)lpDialog->wpWndProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
    }                     //end:   if(hWnd==lpDialog->hWnd)
  }                  //end:  case WM_NCPAINT
    break;

  case WM_PAINT:
  {
    GetClientRect(hWnd, &rectClient);
    pointLeftUp.x=rectClient.left;
    pointLeftUp.y=rectClient.top;
    ClientToScreen(hWnd, &pointLeftUp);

    if(strcmp(buf, "FinDisp")==0)
    {
      SetWindowRgn(lpDialog->hWnd, CreateRectRgn(pointLeftUp.x-rectWnd.left, pointLeftUp.y-rectWnd.top,
                     pointLeftUp.x-rectWnd.left+1, pointLeftUp.y-rectWnd.top+1), false);
      hCurrDC=GetDC(hWnd);
      bFinDispWnd=true;
    }
    else
      bFinDispWnd=false;
    
    CallWindowProc((WNDPROC)(lpDialog+nChildWnd)->wpWndProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);

    if(bFinDispWnd)
    {
      nFinDispWnd++;
 
      if(nFinDispWnd==nPlaybackCursorFinDispWnd)
        rgbCursor=GetPixel(hCurrDC, 0, 0);                            //color of the Finale's playback cursor

      if(nFinDispWnd==nFinDispWndNums)  
        bCloseDialog=true;

      BitBlt(hCurrDC, 0, 0, 1, 1, hScreenCompDC, pointLeftUp.x, pointLeftUp.y, SRCCOPY);
      ReleaseDC(hWnd, hCurrDC);
    }

    if(bCloseDialog)                   
    {
      bCloseDialog=false;
      BitBlt(hScreenDC, rectWnd.left, rectWnd.top, rectWnd.right-rectWnd.left, rectWnd.bottom-rectWnd.top,
             hScreenCompDC, rectWnd.left, rectWnd.top, SRCCOPY);                                    

      PostMessage(lpDialog->hWnd, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_RETURN, 0);     //close Preferences - Display Colors window
      PostMessage(lpDialog->hWnd, WM_KEYUP,  VK_RETURN, 0);
    }

  }                             //end:  case WM_PAINT
    break;

  default:
    return CallWindowProc((WNDPROC)(lpDialog+nChildWnd)->wpWndProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
 }                              //end:  switch(Msg)
 return 0l;
}

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And finally, how to find a handle of the window where you want to draw the cursor?

If you want to draw in one of the Finale’s child windows, then it can be selected, for instance, using Win API function EnumChildWindows(). First declare the global variable and function.

HWND hFinaleWnd;
bool __stdcall EnumChildTest(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam);

Then insert this code into FinaleExtensionInvoke():

hFinaleWnd=hWnd;
//...........................................................................................................................................................
EnumChildWindows(hFinaleWnd, (WNDENUMPROC)EnumChildTest, 0);

For all open child window the function EnumChildTest() shows the window class name, screen coordinates of the upper-left and lower-right corners (if the window is not hidden), and the window text (if such text exists).

bool __stdcall EnumChildTest(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam)
 {
  char szClassName[256];
  int nClassNameLength=GetClassName(hWnd, szClassName, sizeof(szClassName));
  if(nClassNameLength==0)
    return true;

  LPRECT lpWndRect = new RECT; 
  char szWndText[256];
  bool bWndRectResult=false;
  if(IsWindowVisible(hWnd))
    bWndRectResult=GetWindowRect(hWnd, lpWndRect); 
                             //The dimensions are given in screen coordinates that are relative to the upper-left corner of the screen.

  int nWndTextLength=SendMessage(hWnd, WM_GETTEXT, sizeof(szWndText), (LPARAM)(LPCTSTR)szWndText);
  char szText[640];
  if(bWndRectResult) 
   if(nWndTextLength>0)
     wsprintf(szText, "{%s}  (%d, %d)-(%d, %d)  \"%s\"  \n", 
              szClassName, lpWndRect->left, lpWndRect->top, lpWndRect->right, lpWndRect->bottom, szWndText);
   else
     wsprintf(szText, "{%s}  (%d, %d)-(%d, %d)  \n", 
              szClassName, lpWndRect->left, lpWndRect->top, lpWndRect->right, lpWndRect->bottom);
  else
   if(nWndTextLength>0)
     wsprintf(szText, "{%s}  (hidden)  \"%s\"  \n", szClassName, szWndText);
   else
     wsprintf(szText, "{%s}  (hidden)  \n", szClassName);

  int nRetValue=MessageBox(hFinaleWnd, szText, "Child Window", MB_RETRYCANCEL|MB_ICONQUESTION|MB_DEFBUTTON1); 

  delete lpWndRect; 
  if(nRetValue==IDCANCEL)
    return false;
  else
    return true;
 }

EnumChildTest() helps to know the correct class name of the desired window and count the number of previous windows from the same class. This is enough to uniquely identify the window.

Now it is easy to find the handle to the desired window. Re-declare the global variables, function and type:

struct TParamEnumChild
{
 char* lpszWndClassName;
 int nSameClassWndNums;
 int nSameClassWndCount; 
 HWND hResultWnd;
};
HWND hFinaleWnd;
HWND hDrawWnd;          //handle of the window where you want to draw 

bool __stdcall EnumChild(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam);


Instead of calling EnumChildWindows(hFinaleWnd, (WNDENUMPROC)EnumChildTest, 0), insert the following code into FinaleExtensionInvoke():
//hFinaleWnd=hWnd
//............................................................................................
TParamEnumChild *lpEnumChildParams=new TParamEnumChild;            

lpEnumChildParams->lpszWndClassName="window_class_name"; //replace it for the real window class name
lpEnumChildParams->nSameClassWndNums=0; //if necessary, replace 0 for another number of previous windows 
                                                                                   //from the same class 
lpEnumChildParams->nSameClassWndCount=0;
lpEnumChildParams->hResultWnd=0;
                      
EnumChildWindows(hFinaleWnd, (WNDENUMPROC)EnumChild, (LPARAM)lpEnumChildParams);

hDrawWnd=lpResultChildWndTemp->hResultWnd;   //this is the handle value of the desired window 

delete lpEnumChildParams;

if(hDrawWnd==0)
{
//.............................................................................................................
  MessageBox( hFinaleWnd, "Specified window was not found.", "Real Name of Your Plug-in", MB_OK | MB_ICONSTOP );
  return NO;
}


The code of EnumChild():
bool __stdcall EnumChild(HWND hWnd, LPARAM lParam)
 {
  char szClassName[256];
  GetClassName(hWnd, szClassName, sizeof(szClassName));

  if(strcmp(szClassName, ((TParamEnumChild*)lParam)->lpszWndClassName)==0)
  {                                                                                     
   if(((TParamEnumChild*)lParam)->nSameClassWndCount==((TParamEnumChild*)lParam)->nSameClassWndNums)   
   {
     ((TParamEnumChild*)lParam)->hResultWnd=hWnd;
     return false;
   }
   ((TParamEnumChild*)lParam)->nSameClassWndCount;                                    
  }                                                                            
  return true;
 }

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Which window to select for drawing the cursor?

The most acceptable is the window belonging to the class "AfxFrameOrView120u" (for Finale 2014.5) because Finale displays the score in it. Here are the window class names for the various versions of Finale:

//  "AfxFrameOrView42s"       for Finale 2004-2006
//  "AfxFrameOrView70s"       for Finale 2007
//  "AfxFrameOrView80s"       for Finale 2008-2009
//  "AfxFrameOrView90s"       for Finale 2010
//  "AfxFrameOrView90"        for Finale 2011
//  "AfxFrameOrView100u"      for Finale 2012-2014d
//  "AfxFrameOrView120u"      for Finale 2014.5
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   Posted 1/9/2016 12:43 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
And the most important question: how to define the coordinates of the cursor, to draw it between the top and bottom of the appropriate staff system vertically and exactly to one pixel to the left of the desired note or notes horizontally for any score position on the screen, whether for Scroll, or Page, or Studio View of the score?

Unfortunately, the forum format does not allow to answer this question here, because all it is most of the source code. As mentioned above, the size of the PlayMusic source code is about 1.2MB. Since the accessible Finale data structures (contained in PDK) are not sufficient for these purposes, it requires using various means of Win API. In some cases it is necessary to recognize the image on the screen.
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