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Forums => Tips & Tricks => Topic started by: Rick G. on 2013-01-17 07:26 am

Title: Using color and visibility with Spacer and Boundary objects
Post by: Rick G. on 2013-01-17 07:26 am
The Spacer Command (http://ntworthy.com/nwc2/help/MNU_ADDSPACER.htm) and Boundary Change Command (http://ntworthy.com/nwc2/help/MNU_ADDSIZER.htm) introduced in NWC 2.5 (http://ntworthy.com/composer/history.htm) have these properties:

This allows for some interesting uses for these properties.
Various colors can be set to clarify the purpose of the object. I use Color:1 (red) for spacers with a zero width. This distinguishes them from the other small spacers. I use Color:3 (blue) for spacers that only matter in the editor.
If I am using the same width spacer to generally "spread out" a song, I assign it a color. This makes it easy to find with the Filtered Properties Command (http://ntworthy.com/nwc2/help/MNU_NTNFILTEREDPROP.htm) should I wish to change the overall spacing.

Boundary objects are often used to collapse staves when they contribute nothing to a score (French scoring) and to adjust the spacing between staves. When printing an individual part, they usually need to be disabled. By assigning a color to those Boundary objects, I can selectively disable them with the 'Global Modification (adp)', User Tool Command (http://ntworthy.com/nwc2/help/MNU_USERTOOLS.htm)

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Boundary|Style:NewSize|Upper:8|Lower:8|Color:1
|Boundary|Style:Gap|Width:200
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

To disable the effect of red Boundary objects, run: Global Modification (adp)
Quote from: contents of prompt
Boundary,Color==1 Visibility=Never

To reset them to default visibility, run: Global Modification (adp)
Quote from: contents of prompt
Boundary,Color==1 Visibility=
Title: Re: Using color and visibility with Spacer and Boundary objects
Post by: William Ashworth on 2013-01-17 06:47 pm
Very interesting, Rick. I'm likely to find a use for this.