ActiveX scripting "Record" command not working properly in WaveLab Pro 11.1.20

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1

I recently moved from WaveLab Pro 9 to 11 and I can no longer get the “Record” command to work
properly using ActiveX scripting. I used this for a few years in WaveLab Pro 9 without any problem.
My script to open the Record window is called from VBA code in Microsoft Access as follows:

Set oWavApp = CreateObject("WaveLab9_1.Application")
While oWavApp.IsReady() = False
    DoEvents
Wend
Set oRecordWindow = CreateObject("WaveLab9_1.Recorder")
oRecordWindow.Open "Wave - 44.1 - 16-bit (Record)"  ' WAV Preset
oRecordWindow.Record "W:\temp\Test1.wav"

WaveLab 9 Recording normally using ActiveX Scripting
WaveLab 9 Recording normally using ActiveX Scripting687×762 206 KB

WaveLab 9 will then open and start Recording to the Test1.wav file.

Running the same code for WaveLab 11 (replacing “WaveLab9_1.Recorder” with “WaveLabPro11.Recorder”)
will open the Record window but does not start Recording the Test1.wav file.
If I then manually press the Record button it pops a message saying the file is already
Opened so it can’t Record to it.

WaveLab 11 can't Record using ActiveX Scripting
WaveLab 11 can't Record using ActiveX Scripting692×1462 260 KB

It seems like it is opening the file somehow in the background first
before the Record window opens because if I add these 3 additional lines after the last
oRecordWindow.Record statement then it works.

oRecordWindow.Discard
Sleep 1000
oRecordWindow.Record "W:\temp\Test1.wav"

So this is a workaround for me at the moment but is not ideal since I have to call
oRecordWindow.Record twice and also hope that the Sleep time is enough to allow
the “open” file to be Discarded before the 2nd .Record command.

In addition, I also notice that if I try to Record to a FLAC file instead of WAV,
the .Discard and .Stop commands do not work at all and just leaves the FLAC file Open.
I have to Exit Wavelab before I can access the FLAC file.

2

I will investigate this, but this will take a few days to answer.

3

Ok, thanks!

4

I have checked it with WaveLab 11, but the problem you describe about “the file already exists” , eg. “W:\temp\Test1.wav”, only happens if this file does exist.
If I run your script, providing a file path that does not exist, the recording happens without a problem.

5

So I guess this is just a problem with WaveLab 11? I was testing in an empty folder when recording to the Test1.wav filename, along with Test2, Test3… so I know they didn’t already exist before running the script. Is WaveLab 12 coming out soon? I guess I can just go back to using WaveLab 9 for now when using this script, although I haven’t had WaveLab 11 that long and was hoping to use it for all of my tasks.

6

There was a typo in my previous message: I meant: “I have checked it with WaveLab 11.2”.
IOW, I can’t detect your issue with the version you are using.