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Option Explicit ' AuditBeamStems.vbs Ver 1.0 - Rick G.
' NWC2 UserTool to force default stem direction of beamed notes
' &Command: WScript Scripts\AuditBeamStems.vbs

Dim e
For Each e In Split(WScript.StdIn.ReadAll, vbCrLf)
  If Instr(e, "Beam=First") Then
    If Instr(e, "Dur2:" ) = Instr(e, Chr(34)) Then
      e = Replace(e, "Stem=Up,", "")
      e = Replace(e, "Stem=Down,", "")
    End If
  End If
  WScript.StdOut.WriteLine e
Next

Unfortunately, it ignores beamed notes.

I just did a quick test and it seemed to work OK for me...  Am I missing something?

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Note|Dur:8th,Triplet=First|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th,Triplet|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:8th,Triplet=End|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

The audit worked OK for me...  Except I kinda would have expected the triplet to go stems down - that seems to me to be an anomaly

The stem direction fix I would like to see has to do with shifting barred groups of notes. When you shift unbarred notes up or down the staff, the stem changes direction appropriately as you cross over that middle line. Barred notes don't. Take a barred F#-G at the bottom of the treble staff, with the stems appropriately up - move it up an octave - and presto! the stems remain inappropriately up, while all around them turn appropriately down. Why is this? I realize that NWC must align all the stems in a barred group in the same direction, and that the "stem up" and "stem down" commands provide a ready-made way to do this. But it isn't always an appropriate way.

Both sets should go down. Surely 'Audit Note Stems' should yield the same result as 'Automatic Beam' on notes with no stem direction set.