My apologies to the list for the very strange posts the last two days. I seem to be having a problem accessing my normal e-mail server from my school (work) network. The security settings must have changed. Darned techno-Nazis :-) This is a re-post of yesterday's lost one.
Scorch functions normally for me. AFAIK I have the most recent version installed. There is a current problem with being able to save (provided the one who posted the file enabled the save option) but Sibelius is aware of it and a correction is expected soon. I have it installed in both IE and Firefox. The Firefox installation requires a little bit of effort (gotta find the correct folder) but the IE one is automatic from the download on. FWIW, I have several Scorch files on my website (http://www.rgsmithmusic.com <http://www.rgsmithmusic.com/> ). Some are set to allow saving and printing as well as transposition. Those are mostly on the free page and there is no charge for them. http://www.rgsmithmusic.com/Free_music.htm <http://www.rgsmithmusic.com/Free_music.htm> Others are on pages where music is offered for sale and they are merely for viewing. No saving or printing is permitted. For security reasons, I am moving toward not using Scorch for music for sale. I will simply post a .PDF and an MP3. It's not as elegant a solution but more secure. I would like to see a music XML solution. What a great idea! For student exercises and assignments, Scorch is really useful. I have also used it extensively on the theory pages of my horn studio website (http://horn.rgsmithmusic.com/ <http://horn.rgsmithmusic.com/> ) and to publish the fingering chart. It's too bad MM is no longer makeing a similar function available to the average Finale user. Richard Smith dhbailey wrote: "1) it doesn't work in FireFox, it only works in Internet Explorer. I installed the viewer after exiting FireFox, started FireFox again and still get the error message "Click Here To Install PlugIn" where the music should appear. And no message whatsoever on the web-site stating that Internet Explorer is necessary for proper viewing of the site. There is no option at all in the installation process for FinaleViewer to use any browser at all, it seems only to look for and install for IE." >>FWIW, I got exactly the same problem as you described above when trying to install Scorch in the latest version of Firefox. And when installing it on IE6, the installer when completely nuts and started endless instances of itself. IMO, neither a Finale nor Sibelius viewer is a good alternative for the end user. A MusicXML viewer (with font inclusion) is one thing that would make sense, another would be a SVG solution with playback. The Sibelius music I looked at yesterday looked so bad that virtually nothing would be lost in a conversion to a generic format. Best regards, Jari Williamsson _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
