Dear Eric,

Thanks, but this is daunting to me.  I have not used these things before, and I 
do get the concern over the renaming issue.  I think I will call MM tomorrow 
and ask advice from their support people.

Chuck


On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:

> You'd have to have a script run from finder that gets all the file
> names you want to process, opens them, runs the data check, and then
> saves them.
> 
> The first part is pretty easy to do in AppleScript. The second
> part....:I dunno. And then how do you override a new version of finale
> bringing up the wanting to save a new file since and old file is
> opened as untitled #1?
> 
> I think if there is a way to trigger a finale script from AppleScript,
> then it should be possible. I DO see a swap font command in
> finalescript....so that part would work. I'd just be concerned how to
> override the default behavior of finale asking what file name to save
> as
> 
> Sent from my iSomething
> --
> 
> 
> On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Question for the computer literate:  Is there a way to process all the files 
>> in a folder at once - to change fonts?  I have a font conflict (or two) that 
>> has cropped up since updating my Bill Duncan articulations to Open Type 
>> fonts (they are now called FPArticulations).  The older font - simply called 
>> "Articulations" shows up incorrectly, and a data check/font utility will 
>> solve the problem on any given file, but I have hundreds of files with the 
>> problem, and I dread the thought of having to process each one in turn.  Is 
>> this the kind of thing that can be done with a Finale Script and applied to 
>> a folder's worth of files?  If so, has anyone had experience with this and 
>> can you offer some step by step instructions to someone who is a little 
>> afraid of this?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Chuck (who will miss David Fenton's presence here).
>> 
>> 
>> Chuck Israels
>> 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807
>> Portland, OR 97209-316
>> 
>> land line: (971) 255-1167
>> cell phone: (360) 201-3434
>> 
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