[Finale] Making blanks from existing files
In a message dated 01/03/2008 15:43:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: was told by tech support that my old method of clearing music out of an old file that I liked the look of to serve as a blank for a new piece was not advised, as it was sure to cause file corruption at some point. I don't know why that would cause it, as opposed to the myriad edits that one does in the course of building a new piece, Has anyone had experience of problems/file corruption caused by using this method of creating a blank? This is the way I do it and I'm now concerned that I may have piled up a stack of problems for later. (although, as Christopher says, this would seem to be merely the same as making a new edit) Thanks, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Making blanks from existing files
Dear Lawrence, I have done this a number of times and I sometimes encounter file corruption problems when converting older files into newer versions of Finale. Whether or not this is a result of the seemingly logical procedure you describe is not clear. I don't know that this helps because I don't really know the source of the corruption, but I've done what you describe often enough that the idea that it might be a cause of problems gives me pause. Chuck On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 01/03/2008 15:43:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: was told by tech support that my old method of clearing music out of an old file that I liked the look of to serve as a blank for a new piece was not advised, as it was sure to cause file corruption at some point. I don't know why that would cause it, as opposed to the myriad edits that one does in the course of building a new piece, Has anyone had experience of problems/file corruption caused by using this method of creating a blank? This is the way I do it and I'm now concerned that I may have piled up a stack of problems for later. (although, as Christopher says, this would seem to be merely the same as making a new edit) Thanks, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] Making blanks from existing files
I have done this a number of times and I sometimes encounter file corruption problems when converting older files into newer versions of Finale. Tangentially, I am finishing up a project that I approached with great anxiety: concatenating 25 Finale scores from 12 years of Finale versions (3.0 to FinWin2007!) and then standardizing everything to be uniform for publication. I ran into hundreds of headaches (mostly from early bizarre font decisions) but no major problems at all. It was actually refreshing to be reminded of how much the program has advanced. Those of us who have been at Finale for a long time should occasionally remember the nightmares with page layout, spacing, etc. that are nearly effortless now. Gratefully (for now), Richard Yates ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Making blanks from existing files
On Mar 1, 2008, at 10:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 01/03/2008 15:43:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: was told by tech support that my old method of clearing music out of an old file that I liked the look of to serve as a blank for a new piece was not advised, as it was sure to cause file corruption at some point. I don't know why that would cause it, as opposed to the myriad edits that one does in the course of building a new piece, Has anyone had experience of problems/file corruption caused by using this method of creating a blank? This is the way I do it and I'm now concerned that I may have piled up a stack of problems for later. (although, as Christopher says, this would seem to be merely the same as making a new edit) Thanks, Lawrence Well, I have, which is why I mention it. But I don't KNOW that I caused it this way. Tech support told me to cut it out, dammit. I still get evidence of oddities when I open old files in a newer version of Finale, though I don't know whether to attribute it to imprecise file translation or an appearance of file errors that I introduced from my old method of creating new files. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
