@Carl: I don't understand your solution, but it sounds intriguing. Which field in the File Info do you use? Is it different per part?
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:23 PM, dershem <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/30/2012 11:06 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > > > not wanting to induce panic, but i hope this doesn't have anything to > > do with the file overwrite problem some have had. > > > > i just did a few tests (but haven't got a solution for you, sorry!) > > on a document i just set up for the tests. > > > > if the document has only one part and the part name has a slash, it > > prints correctly. probably because in this case it doesn't append > > the instrument name to the PDF as it does with multi-part documents > > (i didn't know this!)... > > > > so i have a mellophone PT with its instrument name defined in manage > > PTs as "instrument/part" and added a horn in F and generated PTs. > > when i print (select both PTs to print) i get only one PDF (although > > the print dialogue appears twice, as you have experienced) whose > > filename is "testscore.mus - Horn in F.pdf" but in fact the > > instrument name showing is "instrument/part"... very strange. > > the "/" character is used by the OS (all OS's), and so can't be used in > a file name. But you don't HAVE to. > > When I have parts that call for doubles (pit orchestra parts and big > band parts mostly), I leave the default part names intact, and then go > into "File Info" and put the detailed names with the ? and the () part > name there. They will show up on the parts but will not confuse the > computer. > > This is handy when the part name is "Woodwind 1 (Alto > Sax/Flute/Piccolo)" though commas would work as well there. > > cd > > -- > http://projectselene.com > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18500) > http://www.pctools.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
