Thanks, Don. Alas, the client has aleady re-created the file once and the new version didn't open either.
It's a mystery... Thanks so much for weighing in! Linda On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Don Hart <donhartmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Linda - Could be a problem with the original (16th) Encore file, but > also, maybe something went awry in the the creation of that particular midi > file. Before re-entering everything I would ask the client to re-create the > file in question, just in case he inadvertently did something slightly > different. Good luck! - Don Hart > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Linda Worsley <li...@ganymuse.com> wrote: > > > Help! I have been receiving MIDI files from a client--created originally > > in Encore, and saved as a standard MIDI file. I have managed to open > > fifteen of them in Finale and create Finale scores using the MIDI > > information, comparing it to a PDF of the Encore printout for accuracy. > > > > Encore is, of course, a horror show, but most of the time I can make > these > > work. > > > > The 16th file, created in the same way, refuses to open and gives me an > > error message that says Finale cannot open this filetype. I downloaded it > > the same way I did the others. Like the others, it has .mid at the end > of > > the file name, and he PDF of that file is perfect. I've tried opening it > > by double clicking, by opening it "within the program" and every other > way > > I can think of. I even tried importing it in xml, but nothing works. It > > imported a blank score. > > > > The client "reconstituted" the MIDI file from the original Encore file, > as > > he had the others, and they were just fine, opened like a charm. This > > one... well, does anyone have any advice? (Just make a new score from > the > > pdf?.... he insists that there will be too many errors in translation. > But > > that may be my last resort. > > > > Thanks for any words of wisdom. > > > > Linda Worsley > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
