Closed Focus window is Minimizing Instead...

2023-06-13 21:39:24.952Z

hi genius people
i am using this command to close the Strip Silence window, but it seems to be minimizing it instead, which is causing weird problems.

// Close Strip Silence
    sf.ui.proTools.viewCloseFocusedFloatingWindow();

any idea why? is there a better way to close this window?
i could just use the close all windows command...

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Philip weinrobe @Philip_weinrobe

2023-06-13 21:43:40.262Z

i'm using this whole script.
i'd say most of the time i run it on a batch of tracks it minimizes the window before the last track is stripped, and then i can't get it to work right again.

this is a new bug.

// NOTE: Setup Strip Silence with your preferred settings before running this script
//Activate Pro Tools
sf.ui.proTools.appActivate();
sf.ui.proTools.invalidate()

function stripTheSilence(trackHeader) {


    //Select track
    trackHeader.trackSelect();

    //Scroll track into View
    trackHeader.trackScrollToView();


    // Select All Clips In Track
    sf.keyboard.press({
        keys: 'cmd+a'
    });


    // Click Strip Button
    sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Strip Silence").first.buttons.whoseTitle.is("Strip").first.mouseClickElement();

    // Create Fades On Clips

   // sf.keyboard.press({
   //     keys: 'f'
   // });


}

function main() {
    // Set Pro Tools frontmost
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

    //Get selected tracks
    const selectedTrackHeaders = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTracks.trackHeaders;

    // Declare stripSilenceWin Variable as Strip Silence Window

    var stripSilenceWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Strip Silence").first;

    if (stripSilenceWin && stripSilenceWin.exists) {
        //Strip Silence IS open, do nothing
    } else {
        //Strip Silence is NOT open
        // Open Strip Silence
        sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
            menuPath: ['Edit', 'Strip Silence']
        });
        //    stripSilenceWin.getElement("AXTitleUIElement").elementWaitFor();

    }

    selectedTrackHeaders.forEach( trackHeader => {
        stripTheSilence(trackHeader)
    });

    // Close Strip Silence
    //sf.ui.proTools.viewCloseFocusedFloatingWindow();
    sf.ui.proTools.viewCloseFloatingWindows();

    // Select original Selected tracks
    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({ names: selectedTrackHeaders.map(t => t.normalizedTrackName) });

}

main();

Kitch Membery @Kitch

SoundFlow Team

2023-06-13 22:13:08.267Z

Hi @Philip_weinrobe

Try instead using the following code to close the Strip Silence window.

sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

var stripSilenceWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Strip Silence").first;

stripSilenceWin.windowClose();

I hope that helps.

P Philip weinrobe @Philip_weinrobe

2023-06-14 18:00:01.214Z

hmmm. replacing my lines 61 to 64 with this new code didn't change the way the script is bugging out.
it still minimizes the window on the last selected track when I run it across multiple tracks.
maybe some other part of the script is causing the window to minimize?

Kitch Membery @Kitch

SoundFlow Team

2023-06-14 20:17:24.162Z

Hi @Philip_weinrobe,

I think the issue might have been that the main window of Pro Tools needed to be invalidated. Give this script a try. :-)

function stripTheSilence(trackHeader) {
    //Select track
    trackHeader.trackSelect();

    //Scroll track into View
    trackHeader.trackScrollToView();

    // Select All Clips In Track
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ["Edit", "Select All"] })

    const stripSilenceWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Strip Silence").first;
    const stripButton = stripSilenceWin.buttons.whoseTitle.is("Strip").first

    stripButton.mouseClickElement();

    // Create Fades On Clips
    //sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'f', });
}

function main() {
    //Activate Pro Tools
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();
    sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

    //Get selected tracks
    const selectedTrackHeaders = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTracks.trackHeaders;
    const originalSelectedTrackNames = selectedTrackHeaders.map(t => t.normalizedTrackName);

    // Strip Silence Window    
    const stripSilenceWin = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is("Strip Silence").first;

    if (!stripSilenceWin.exists) {
        // Open Strip Silence
        sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
            menuPath: ['Edit', 'Strip Silence']
        });

        stripSilenceWin.elementWaitFor();
    }

    selectedTrackHeaders.forEach(trackHeader => {

        stripTheSilence(trackHeader);
    });

    // Close Strip Silence
    stripSilenceWin.windowClose();

    // Select Original Selected tracks
    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        names: originalSelectedTrackNames,
    });

}

main();

I hope that helps!
Rock on.

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