Showing and Hiding Annotation Column Tick Marks

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When working with the annotation columns, it is useful to display tick marks on odd-numbered frames.

Annotation tick marks

To display the tick marks, you must run a short script.

  1. From the top menu, select Windows > Script Editor.
  1. From the Script Editor menu, select File > New Script.
  1. Type in a name for your script and click OK.
  1. In the File list, select the script you created.
  1. On the right side of the view, type the following script:

function display_tick_marks()

{

preferences.setBool("XSHEET_ANNOTATION_FRAME_MARKER", true);

MessageLog.trace( preferences.getBool("XSHEET_ANNOTATION_FRAME_MARKER", false));

}

  1. Click Verify.

The script is verified.

  1. From the Script Editor menu, select Play/Debug > Run.

A dialog box opens with your script selected in the Files column.

  1. In the Functions column, select display_tick_marks and click OK.

Tick marks appear on odd frames in the Annotation column. If you do not see tick marks, close and restart Harmony.

  1. Follow steps 1 to 5 of How to display tick marks and use the following script:

{

preferences.setBool("XSHEET_ANNOTATION_FRAME_MARKER", false);

MessageLog.trace( preferences.getBool("XSHEET_ANNOTATION_FRAME_MARKER", false));

}

  1. Follow steps 6 to 8.

All tick marks are removed from the Annotation column.