Installing Lua

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ewindels
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Post by ewindels » Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:38 pm

Windows 10 Finale 27

I've followed the instructions on the site, I think, but my Finale is now hiding all plug-ins.
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What have I done wrong?
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motet
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Post by motet » Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:58 pm

Look in Preferences/Folders and see if the plug-in folder corresponds to where you've put them.

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Post by ewindels » Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:09 pm

That's probably where I went astray: C:\Program Files\MakeMusic\Finale\27\Plug-ins\Lua. So I've deleted that, and they're all back. But I still can't figure out where individual lua scripts would go in my files. Why do the instructions tell you to manually create a LUA folder in Plug-Ins, but then an RGP Lua folder gets automatically created? Which is what?
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Post by motet » Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:06 pm

The Lua scripts are not plug-ins. Lua has a menu tab where you set up and point to the plug-ins, which can be anywhere you want. When you've done this, they show up in the plug-ins menu in Finale. I don't remember the details, but there's a JW Lua website and a Facebook group where you could ask. As I recall, it's well-documented.

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Post by cv186 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:20 pm

macOS 13.2.1 | Finale 27.3 | MOTU AudioExpress

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