--- dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr > The fact that the plug-ins are grayed out in parts > mode was discussed on > this list this past week. Nobody on the list knows > whether it's a bug > or a feature, but we're hoping that Finale will fix > things in the > interim release they always bring out (some years > sooner than others).
It was definitely intentional, and the reasoning was because the ability for plug-ins to add staves to linked parts could cause data corruption. If you add a staff to a linked part, you'll see that the staff doesn't exist in the score. It doesn't even show up in all of the same places as normal staves in the Manage Parts dialog. Originally they intended to disable only the plug-ins that could add staves, but it turned out to not be technically possible for them to do this. I'll be surprised if we don't see more work done in this area in a 2007 update. While obviously not ideal from a user's perspective, blocking plug-ins from being run while in a linked part is a fairly effective means of protecting the majority of users. None of the included Finale plug-ins that would have been likely to catch unsuspecting users are modal. FinaleScript is the only included plug-in that can do this, and I'm guessing the number of users that are using FinaleScript to run an Add Staff command can probably be counted on one hand. And even if a few people figure out that they can sneak a staff in by starting in score view, starting FinaleScript, switching to a part and using an Add Staff script, as far as I can tell it's not going to be a definite disaster for their file (I had experimented with using added staves to create some interesting workarounds). -Tyler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
