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Posted By : Jon Burr - 10/2/2012 11:45 AM

I'm trying to script the changing of noteheads.

In Utilities/Change/Change Noteheads, a dialog comes up, and entering the keystrokes "œ" (option-Q) and "˙" (option-h) get the desired results for quarter- and half- noteheads, respectively.

The script below looks like it's working, but then doesn't do anything.

menu item "utilities/change/noteheads"
check "Selected Notehead"
tab
type "œ"
tab
press "OK"

Neither does this:

menu item "utilities/change/noteheads"
find "All Noteheads"
change "Selected Notehead"
tab
type "œ"
tab
press "OK"

I'm missing something in the syntax. How does Finale script address multiple radio buttons and a text entry field? What is the syntax?

Posted By : gogreen - 10/2/2012 8:57 PM

I'm not at my computer with Finale, but are you using the exact names of the menu items in your script?

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Posted By : Jon Burr - 10/3/2012 11:32 AM

Yes - the issue is not the menu item names, but how to address the options in the dialog

Posted By : Kelby - 10/25/2012 1:09 PM

this is my script. Should work on win or mac

menu item "utilities/change/noteheads"
radio "Selected Notehead"
type "œ" near "Selected Notehead:"
press "OK"

Kelby

"Talent Borrows, Genius Steals" Igor Stravinsky

Mac and PC Finale user since version 3.5+

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