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Finale Script (Solved)

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 1:10 pm
by NickG
When I first start Finale and run a script, the palette appears, dimmed. I close it and thereafter it no longer appears (which is correct) when running scripts. Is this a bug or is there a way of preventing the dimmed palette from appearing?

Re: Finale Script

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:00 pm
by miker
It sometimes appears for me in 2014.5. Since I just started using FS, I figured it was just one of those things.

Re: Finale Script

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:40 pm
by Charles Lawrence
There is a Finalescript option to turn on/off whether the palette opens when running a script from the FS menu.

Don't know if this related or not.

Re: Finale Script

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:03 pm
by HaraldS
NickG wrote:When I first start Finale and run a script, the palette appears, dimmed. I close it and thereafter it no longer appears (which is correct) when running scripts. Is this a bug or is there a way of preventing the dimmed palette from appearing?
The "dimmed" state is a transparency effect which got popular in Windows 7. You can turn that off in the options, then the palette would appear as a usual opaque window. The transparency is of some use when developing scripts, as you can still see your document through the developing window and how it changes when running a script.

You can assign hotkeys to a script. Then if you call your scripts only via these hotkeys, the palette doesn't open. That's - in my opinion - the best way to apply FinaleScripts. Although I have to admit, I seldom use them at all.

Harald

Re: Finale Script

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:20 pm
by NickG
Charles Lawrence wrote:There is a Finalescript option to turn on/off whether the palette opens when running a script from the FS menu.

Don't know if this related or not.
Thanks, that worked just fine.