List Plug-ins

Version 01.10.00
Added 29 Aug 2005 (last updated 23 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This plug-in writes a list of plugin names and numbers, sorted by name, to the trace window. If you have a lot of plug-ins, it makes it easier to find the plugin you want to assign a shortcut to, since the list on the Menus and Shortcuts page of File > Preferences is sorted by plug-in number.

• Download ListPlugins.zip (4K, downloaded 10733 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Convert Spaces To Units

Version 01.05.00
Added 06 Nov 2009 (last updated 22 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Convert Spaces To Units will convert fixed units like inches, mm, or points to or from "spaces" based units as used internally by Sibelius. (One "space" is defined as 1/4 of the staff height).

This plugin will probably only have niche uses, but if you are using wildcards that use space units, or are writing plugins, or are just trying to figure out how many x units in the General tab of the Properties window will make an inch, it can come in very handy.

This plugin requires Sibelius 6.1

Updated 8 September 2010 to correct invalid conversion of points.

• Download ConvertSpacesToUnits.zip (5K, downloaded 2089 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Backup Plug-in for Developers

Version 01.10.02
Added 09 Jun 2010 (last updated 20 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This plug-in allows plug-in authors to create multiple backup snapshots throughout the plug-in development process. Snapshots are useful to have when recent code changes impair/break your plug-in, and you can't or don't wish to spend time fixing the newly introduced errors.

Thanks to Bob Zawalich for use of some code, concepts and variable names from his Export Each Staff as Audio plug-in.

Thanks to Roman Molino Dunn for Mac testing and suggestions on how to make the plug-in more user-friendly.

Updated 20 June 2010.

The .zip file now also includes a copy of Restore Plugin for Developers, by Bob Zawalich, which can restore plugins which have been backed up by Backup Plug-in for Developers.

A number of bugs in Backup Plug-in for Developers have been fixed:

* Fixed bug whereas Comment was not being checked for illegal characters.

* Comment allowable characters are now platform specific and less restrictive.

* Added new Options button and dialog to allow user to select preferred date format, time format and delimiter character (space or tilde).

* Made dialog box wider to allow more path text to be shown.

* Made this Plug-in compatible with the Restore Plug-In.

* Fixed bug whereas after 1st session plug in path was not properly retrieved for some users.

* Added a validation to ensure "File backup location" ends with a legal path separator. If missing, it is automatically added.

* Fixed a bug whereas the "Filename for backup field" was not initially displaying the correct information.

Updated 8 August 2011 for Sib 7 user file location compatibility

• Download BackupRestorePlugin.zip (23K, downloaded 1430 times)

Plug-in written by Ed Hirschman / Bob Zawalich.

Format ManuScript Comment For Developers

Added 03 Aug 2010 (last updated 02 Jan 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This plug-in transforms free-form text into a nicely formatted comment box that can be pasted into other plug-ins. The plug-in handles comments of any length, and can be used for initial explanations that typically appear at the top of the "Run" method or for comments in other methods. The comment box width is user selectable, as are the horizontal and vertical borders characters. There are also several "signature line" type options available.

Any text pasted into the plug-in's input text box is truncated by Sibelius at the first encountered line break. As such, ensure there are no line breaks or carriage returns in your free-form text and then select an alternative line-break character such as the tilde (~) from the drop down menu, then type the selected line break character into your text to achieve multiple paragraphs. The formatted output is provided in the Trace window and can be pasted into your plug-in.

Updated 4 August 2010 with the following changes:

• Added choice of left and right side border character
• Right and/or Left borders can now be "None"
• Right and/or Left borders can now be "//". Using // for the Left border ensures that line numbers are more accurate if syntax errors in your plug-in and that the cursor will jump to the correct error location.
• Changed default left border to "//"
• If options line is too wide, error message now suggests a minimum width
• Added 110 and 120 as width choices

• Download FormatManuscriptCommentforDevelopers.zip (10K, downloaded 2082 times)

Plug-in written by Ed Hirschman.

Copy Plugin

Version 01.22.00
Added 02 Jan 2012 (last updated 22 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Make a clone copy of an existing plugin, with a new file name and a new menu name, in the same folder as the original plugin. This can be useful when making a variant plugin, or for creating multiple plugins that save data associated with the menu name.

It will remember the name of the last plugin you copied across Sibelius sessions, so you can set up your favorite template to reuse.

Updated 3 January 2011 to correct typos.

Updated 24 January 2012 to add default plugin names for easier cloning.

Updated 31 January 2012 to fix crashes on OSX in version 7.1.

• Download CopyPlugin.zip (12K, downloaded 1116 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Minimum Plugin

Version 01.06.00
Added 02 Jan 2012 (last updated 23 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

A public-domain plugin that provides a basic framework for a plugin that processes objects in a score.

This plugin may be used as a template, and may be adapted, modified and distributed without attribution (and you use it at your own risk!)

Updated 3 January 2011 to correct typos.

Updated 11 February 2012 to update comments - no code changes.

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Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Restore Edited Shipping Plugins

Version 01.06.00
Added 05 Jan 2012 (last updated 24 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Lists user copies of shipping plugins and offers to delete them or move them to a folder outside of the Plugins subfolder.

This can be useful if you edit shipping plugins to see how they work, especially after a Sibelius update, when you cannot remember which ones you have edited, and want to enable the most recent versions.

• Download RestoreEditedShippingPlugins.zip (10K, downloaded 1142 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Pitch Values

Version 01.03.00
Added 12 Apr 2012 (last updated 23 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This plugin displays the all possible MIDI values for note names, or all possible names for MIDI pitches, including double accidentals or quartertones. This can be helpful when writing plugins. It is pretty geeky.

• Download PitchValues.zip (5K, downloaded 1023 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Are Your Plugins Up-To-Date?

Version 01.09.00
Added 26 Jun 2012 (last updated 27 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This plugin compares the version numbers in downloaded plugins installed on your machine with version numbers of a snapshot of the plugins on the Plugin Download Page.

It creates a list in the Plugin Trace Window showing whether the version numbers are OUTDATED, CURRENT, NEWER, or NOT IN LIST. If a plugin is OUTDATED, you should probably install the current version of the plugin.

The plugin will also tell you if you have duplicate copies of the same plugin in different folders. This can cause problems, especially with plugins that run other plugins, and you are advised to eliminate any duplicates.

The ''snapshot'' of the Download Page Plugins is tedious to create, so it will not be updated often. If your plugins are OUTDATED, you should update, but CURRENT and NEWER are valid only at the time of the snapshot, and are less trustworthy. The original snapshot was made on May 23, 2012.

The current version of most plugins can be found in the listing on the Plugins Download Page. For many plugins, the version number is displayed in the lower left corner of the plugin's main dialog box.

Updated 26 June 2012 to fix Add Pitch Class list entry.

• Download AreYourPluginsUpToDate.zip (8K, downloaded 1225 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Offtonic Note Info

Version 0.1
Added 26 Jul 2012 (last updated )

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Note Info simply displays basic information about a specific note in a computer-readable format. I wrote it as a tool to help me understand how Sibelius internally represents notes, but I can imagine others wanting the same thing. Note that Sibelius's representation of a Note object is as an object inside a NoteRest object, so Note Info does not display duration or velocity, for example.

• Download NoteInfo0.1.0.zip (2K, downloaded 769 times)

Plug-in written by Mauro Braunstein.

Edit Text File

Version 01.75.00
Added 28 Sep 2012 (last updated )

For use with Sibelius 7

For Sibelius 7.1.3 and later only.

Launches an application that will edit a text file. You specify both the application and the text file, and these files will be remembered over Sibelius sessions.

This could be be useful for plugins that create log files and text files, or even html files, and would like to display them from within Sibelius.

For plugin developers, please note that the mechanism to launching apps is rather different in Windows and OSX.

This plugin is dedicated to Mary Elizabeth, for her invaluable testing assistance.

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Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.