How to Expand Field Recorder Guide Tracks

Hi Candace.
Thank you for bringing your question to the forum :)
Can you help me understand a little more detailed what the exact steps are that you'd like your macro to do?
If you can outline for us step-by-step what the manual actions you'd take were, then it becomes easier to talk about how to automate this via a script.

Is this the menu item you want the script to click, or is it something else?

This is working for me (but only if the conform reference tracks aren't already set to 'Field Recorder Guide Track' (I don't know how to check the status of that option yet)
Let me know if it's working for you...

//alert(`\ud83d\udce2\ud83d\udc36\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6`); throw 0;


//NOTES: This script only works when the tracks do NOT already have Field Recorder Guide Track option Enabled. I'm still trying to figure out the syntax to check that.



/*
Function Declarations
*/


//This sets the required checkboxes in the Match Criteria window
function setMatchCriteria() {

    sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.titleButton.popupMenuSelect({
        isRightClick: true,
        menuPath: ['Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria...']
    });

    var win = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria').first.groups.whoseTitle.is('Match Timecode Plus');

    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('File Creation Date').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Disable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Shoot Date').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Disable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Scene').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Enable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('and Take').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Enable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Tape Name').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Enable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Sound Roll Name').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Enable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Sound Roll Name to Tape Name').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Enable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Tape Name to Sound Roll Name').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Enable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('First ').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Disable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Channel Name').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Disable",
    });
    win.first.checkBoxes.whoseTitle.is('Channel Number').first.checkboxSet({
        targetValue: "Disable",
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria').first.groups.whoseTitle.is('Name and Sort Tracks by:').first.radioButtons.whoseTitle.is('Channel Number').first.elementClick();

    sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria').first.getElement('AXCloseButton').elementClick();

}


//This gets the name of any processes running in the task manager
function checkTaskManager() {
    var taskPending = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Task Manager').first.tables.whoseTitle.is('Active Tasks.').first.children.whoseRole.is("AXColumn").whoseTitle.is('TTextGridView_Column ').first.children.whoseRole.is("AXRow").whoseValue.is('# 0 row Queued. ').first.children.whoseRole.is("AXCell").first.children.whoseRole.is("AXStaticText").first.value.value;
    return taskPending;

}

//This waits for the task manager to be finished before continuing with the script
function waitForTaskManager() {

    log('Waiting for folder Synchronization to complete');

    if (sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('Window', 'Task Manager').isMenuChecked == false) {

        sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
            menuPath: ["Window", "Task Manager"],
        });
    }

    var taskPending = checkTaskManager();

    while (true) {

        sf.wait({
            intervalMs: 200,
        });
        taskPending = checkTaskManager();
        if (taskPending == "") break;
        //alert(taskPending);

    }

    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Window", "Task Manager"],
    });
    log('Finished Indexing');
}



//this selects all tracks by performing option-click on a track
function optionClickTrackName() {
    sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.groups.allItems[6].popupButtons.first.mouseClickElement({
        isOption: true,
    });
}



//This deletes the un-needed tracks created by Ediload ('A0 tracks')
function tracksToDelete() {

    var tracksToSelect = [];
    let i = 0;
    var regEx = /Conf_A\d-A0/;
    var addToTheList = "";
    while (i < selectedTracks.length) {
        addToTheList = selectedTracks[i];
        //alert(`${addToTheList} and ${addToTheList.match(regEx)}`);
        if (addToTheList.match(regEx) !== null) {
            tracksToSelect.push(addToTheList);
        }
        if (i == selectedTracks.length) break;
        i++;
    }
    
    var track = sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({
        name: tracksToSelect[0],
    }).track;

    track.trackScrollToView();

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        deselectOthers: true,
        names: tracksToSelect
    });

    //track.trackScrollToView();
    sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.titleButton.popupMenuSelect({
        isRightClick: true,
        menuPath: ['Delete...']
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.confirmationDialog.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Delete').first.elementClick();


}


//This performs the track expansions
function expandTracks() {
    var i = 0;

    while (i < allTracks.length) {
        sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
            deselectOthers: true,
            names: [allTracks[i]]
        });

        var track = sf.ui.proTools.trackGetByName({
            name: allTracks[i],
        }).track;

        track.trackScrollToView();

        sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.titleButton.popupMenuSelect({
            isRightClick: true,
            menuPath: ['Expand Channels To New Tracks', 'By Match Criteria']
        });

        log('please wait while tracks expand');
        sf.ui.proTools.waitForNoModals();


        selectedTracks = sf.ui.proTools.invalidate().selectedTrackNames;

        tracksToDelete();

        if (i == allTracks.length) break;
        i++

    }
}



/*
MAIN CODE
*/



sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

optionClickTrackName();

var allTracks = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames;

if (allTracks.length == 0) optionClickTrackName();

allTracks = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames;

var selectedTracks = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames;



sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
    deselectOthers: false,
    names: [allTracks[0]]
});

sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.titleButton.popupMenuSelect({
    isRightClick: true,
    menuPath: ['Field Recorder Guide Track']
});

sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.titleButton.popupMenuSelect({
    isRightClick: true,
    menuPath: ['Select Areas to Search...']
});

sf.engine.runInBackground(function () {
    while (true) {
        sf.engine.checkForCancellation();
        sf.wait({ executionMode: 'Background', intervalMs: 100, onError: 'Continue' });

        if (!sf.ui.proTools.windows.invalidate().whoseTitle.is('Select Areas to Search...').exists)
            break;
    }
});



waitForTaskManager();

setMatchCriteria();

alert('Beginning Expand Tracks.\nThis will take a while and look like it is frozen.\nThis is normal.');

expandTracks();

alert('Conform Finished');


//The End.