On 17 Sep 2002 at 19:34, Thomas Schaller wrote: > first of all - about the problem of having screwed up your original lyrics: > I'm afraid that those lyrics are no good anymore - depending on how much you > changed in the copied section you might be able to re-change everything, but > it most likely is way too time-consuming and the outcome is questionable at > best - sorry.
I assume you mean only the lyrics for the staff that I'd edited. I've deleted and re-entered, and the incorrect hyphens are still there. In any event, this is unacceptable -- it means data in the database has been corrupted by a legal editing operation in a fashion that is not reversable. That means the database engine is not reliable. > second - here are some procedures that you might want to follow in the > future (these hints only affect copying within the same document): That's all well and good, for someone who has experienced the problem or knows how to avoid it. But the lyrics overall just don't work in any reliable fashion, unless you use them at a very trivial level (as I had always done in the past). [] > My advice is to only include the lyrics in a copy procedure when they won't > change. No kidding. [] > I agree that this is somewhat tedious and one really has to think hard while > working with lyrics - but the only way out of this dilemma would be that > lyrics, once placed, are no longer linked to the Edit Lyrics window, but > rather behave like an independent element, like a note that you simply copy > from another section (copy, and NOT mirror).... I don't see the issue at all. Everything that is copied should create the appropriate new records in the database, rather than creating new records for some things and links to existing records for others. For me, it still boggles the mind. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
