FinaleScript and type raw issues

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mildwilly
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Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:28 pm
Finale Version: Finale 2012c-r13
Operating System: Windows

Post by mildwilly » Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:02 pm

I am just beginning to use FinaleScript a little. There have been a lot of issues when attempting to use "type raw". It started while use the Expression Designer. Any field I attempt to "type raw" into acts the same way. 1) Lower case characters don't show up. 2) Upper case characters show up in the field, but after the script is complete, the left shift key on the keyboard is logically "stuck". I have to press and release it to get the computer back to normal. If I have a mixed case string, only the upper case show up. 3) (This was just a test) When I insert 3 characters in the Score Manager/File Info/Initials: field , the data also gets placed in the Title: field erasing what was there.

I'm curious to find out if this is unique to 2012c3 version of Finale or maybe to my computer or something I am doing wrong.
Here are some examples of my Scripts. Note that the last script needs a shortcut so the cursor can be on the music when it is executed:

//**Uncomment parts of this to run**
// Insert ZXy into the Initial field of File Info.
// "raw" causes bad things to happen
//This also results in the left shift button being "stuck"
// and it also populates the Title field of File Info.
/*
menu item "Score Manager"
type Alt+"I"
type raw "ZXy"
menu item "Score Manager"
*/
//This works.
/*
menu item "Score Manager"
type Alt+"I"
type "ZXy"
menu item "Score Manager"
*/
//Directly from book...types nothing
//Will type upper case chars only, but when it
//does, it leaves left shift key "stuck" which causes
//weird problems. Description types OK.
/*
expression tool
double click
list "miscellaneous"
button "create*"
type raw "release the penguins"
type "penguin release" near "description"
button ok
button "assign"
*/
//

BTW, there are a lot of reported "left shift key stuck" problems in Windows.


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