On Jun 21, 2004, at 4:48 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Right. Sorry to keep harping on this, but MacSupport told me that they have not received very many bug reports on this -- which is kind of mysterious to me, given how common the problem is, and given the tediousness of the workaround.
I'm not challenging your claim, just genuinely curious. How common is it, really?
I rarely if ever have two Finale files open at the same time, and Martin just wrote in another post that he doesn't either. On the other hand, you seem to do it fairly often.
How about everyone else out there? Is it common for you to have more than one file open in Finale at a time? If so, is it because you actually work on both files simultaneously, or do you just like to leave inactive files open in the background?
I have multiple files open all the time. Every time I extract parts, which occurs on 90% of the material I do (the other 5% being solo piano pieces, choral scores, lead sheets, and piano-vocal arrangements that don't need extraction) I have several parts open at once. Also, when I am working on large projects, I often have to make minor changes to a previously opened and closed file, and when I open it, I don't like to close everything else I have open. I also need multiple files open to copy from one to another when I am changing Engraver Font files to Jazz Font, or making alternate orchestrations of an existing piece, or putting together medleys.
This bug has bitten me more often than I knew. Quite often, after printing out parts, I archive the files. When I go back to reopen the parts, sometimes months later, I notice that the Alto Sax 1 file is actually a duplicate of the Alto Sax 2 part, complete with instrument name. I had previously attributed this to pilot error, but now that I have seen the bug with my own eyes (no room for pilot error!) I realise that this must have happened to me several times, and I didn't notice for weeks or months until I re-opened the old file. My archives are probably peppered with over-written parts, and I will never know until I have to re-print something.
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