(I think) because the file was given no extension (the ".mus" part), Windows didn't know what to do with it and just called it a generic data file (.dat). It may be possible to go to File > Open in Finale, choose "All files (*.*)" in the drop-down, and open the .dat file; but this has never worked for me when going from Mac to Windows.
Giving it a filename that means something to Windows, or encasing it in an archive where all file attributes remain intact, allows the receiving PC to utilize it more effectively. Emailing does weird things to files if they're not labeled or packaged correctly. Another thing to try (since it's an older version of Finale) is to have him save it as an Enigma Transportable File (.etf). These are less likely to lose info in transit, but are much larger. It wasn't until at least Fin2k2 that you could be reasonably sure a .mus attachment would go through email (cross-platform or not) without messing anything up. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Cooper > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 5:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Mac to PC > > > Thanks Brad, > > Hmmm.... It was a very small file, which I thought was not > zipped (short > piece). It was a ".....dat" file. Are you saying if it was > zipped, then I > should be able to open it on the PC (when unzipped)? Would > it be normal for > a Mac file to have "dat" for end of its filename? > > ================ > James M. Cooper -- [composer, songwriter, classical guitarist] > www.ModeZ.com > ================ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Beyenhof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 6:20 PM > Subject: RE: [Finale] Mac to PC > > > > On Monday, March 22, 2004 5:10 PM, James Cooper wrote: > > > > > My son sent me a file which is Finale 2000b for Mac. Is > > > there any way I can > > > open it on my PC? I have 2004b on an XP machine (& have > > > older versions). > > > > He should put ".mus" on the end of the filename, or > compress it into a > .ZIP > > archive, before he sends it to you. > > > > -- > > Brad Beyenhof > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
