Library import/ export misses user-defined categories
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:18 am
I use a group of expressions to represent classical guitar fingerings. I call that set "New fingerings". But when I export a library which should include those fingerings, and then import it into a new work I find none of those items are carried over.
In my export I include just 'expressions'. Is there any way I can fix library so that it works?
The only work round I've found is to paste a very large section of fingered music into a new work and then delete it again. That carries most common fingering expressions over into the new work (but not those which are not used so its incomplete). But surely this is what library import and export is supposed to do?
Even better I would like it to transfer the source doc meta key assignments E.g. pressing "1" assigns the fingering "1". Is that possible?
[Currently the only way I can get this to work perfectly is to copy an entire existing piece, then delete all the notes in that piece and start over. But official Finale technical support tell me this is why I sometimes see corrupted files, ... my 'brand new work' is inheriting all the complex history of the previous works].
In my export I include just 'expressions'. Is there any way I can fix library so that it works?
The only work round I've found is to paste a very large section of fingered music into a new work and then delete it again. That carries most common fingering expressions over into the new work (but not those which are not used so its incomplete). But surely this is what library import and export is supposed to do?
Even better I would like it to transfer the source doc meta key assignments E.g. pressing "1" assigns the fingering "1". Is that possible?
[Currently the only way I can get this to work perfectly is to copy an entire existing piece, then delete all the notes in that piece and start over. But official Finale technical support tell me this is why I sometimes see corrupted files, ... my 'brand new work' is inheriting all the complex history of the previous works].