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 >> >> <www.chuckisraels.com> >> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-316 land line: (971) 255-1167 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 <www.chuckisraels.com> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
