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by JohnDefoe
Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:34 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Sibelius 2019 crashing Windows 10
Replies: 2
Views: 2611

Re: Sibelius 2019 crashing Windows 10

Thanks Andy. I've taken your advice & posted on the official chat page. I will post any reply on here as well.
by JohnDefoe
Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:54 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Sibelius 2019 crashing Windows 10
Replies: 2
Views: 2611

Sibelius 2019 crashing Windows 10

Has anyone else had this? I have some scores where I've used 'Hide empty staves' and a couple of times when I've tried to Ctrl/y to roll back Sib2019 has crashed and has crashed Windows 10. Today I was working on a perfectly ordinary score and when I tried to close Sibelius a strange form of the Qui...
by JohnDefoe
Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:18 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Problem with importing XML
Replies: 2
Views: 2559

Re: Problem with importing XML

OOOps - I've just seen that there were two windows open, and when I clicked 'Full Score' all was there. How I opened the window to show one part only I don't know!
by JohnDefoe
Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Problem with importing XML
Replies: 2
Views: 2559

Problem with importing XML

As I frequently need to convert my old Personal Composer files to Sibelius, I export them to NIFF, import to Lime, export to XML & then run some code I've written to tidy up the Lime XML. So far so good. I have been successfully importing to Sibelius for some time like this, but today, all XML when ...
by JohnDefoe
Fri Jun 22, 2018 5:24 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Arpeggiated or broken chords
Replies: 3
Views: 5422

Re: Arpeggiated or broken chords

Thanks, Bob
It was tab 4 in 2018.4 but yes, great.

Cheers

John
by JohnDefoe
Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:36 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Arpeggiated or broken chords
Replies: 3
Views: 5422

Arpeggiated or broken chords

Sibelius 2018.4

I have had to use a glissando symbol for broken or arpeggiated chords but it's not satisfactory. Is there a genuine arpeggiated chord symbol in Sibelius 2018.4?

Many thanks

John Defoe
(Sibelius 2018.4, Windows 10)
by JohnDefoe
Fri May 18, 2018 8:33 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?
Replies: 12
Views: 8761

Re: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?

Thanks, Mike. Yes, you're right of course. Being a newbie to Sibelius I was unaware of the options that are presented when you right click in an empty space between systems. And yes, it works in 2018.4. Also, I've now found that if I a) Select the barline, then choose forward repeat from the ribbon ...
by JohnDefoe
Mon May 14, 2018 10:35 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?
Replies: 12
Views: 8761

Re: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?

OK - so Sibelius isn't entirely intuitive. I now know how to create a both ends and starts repeat in 2018.4. The trick is to start with a single barline selected, choose backwards repeat from the dropdown list and *then* forwards repeat from the list. It does *not* work if you do the forwards repeat...
by JohnDefoe
Mon May 14, 2018 7:32 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?
Replies: 12
Views: 8761

Re: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?

Hi Bob As I suspected, the XML that Lime outputs is in fact invalid. However, thanks very much for the MuseScore suggestion. MuseScore reported the same error as Sibelius, but was more forgiving. I now know how to get a both ways repeat into Sibelius 2018.4 by the back door using XML. It's entirely ...
by JohnDefoe
Tue May 08, 2018 8:20 am
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?
Replies: 12
Views: 8761

Re: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?

Yes, Mike, that's right (see my post of Sun May 06, 2018 12:47 pm). What I'm wondering is whether Avvid is beginning to lock down Sibelius to pure MXML Version 3 starting with what was the entry level version, now the intermediate level. This is why I'm interested in the precise syntax of the XML th...
by JohnDefoe
Mon May 07, 2018 4:19 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?
Replies: 12
Views: 8761

Re: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?

Thanks, Bob, but it doesn't work. What's more, I don't think it ever will work. From another program (Lime) I exported XML which contained a barline with both repeats. It came out as ff: <barline location="right"> <bar-style>light-light</bar-style> <repeat direction="forward"/> <repeat direction="ba...
by JohnDefoe
Sun May 06, 2018 12:47 pm
Forum: General Sibelius Help
Topic: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?
Replies: 12
Views: 8761

Re: barline that both ends repeat and starts repeat?

Is this a Sibelius (what used to be called 'First') deficiency? If I try this it simply puts an end repeat at the end of the bar instead of making it a 'both repeats'. On the dropdown list of barline types there is no 'both repeats'. And if I try the previous barline it simply puts the end repeat th...
by JohnDefoe
Sat Mar 31, 2018 7:24 am
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Sibelius First 2018.1 can crash Windows 10
Replies: 2
Views: 10969

Re: Sibelius First 2018.1 can crash Windows 10

Hi Bob What I was after and have now succeeded in doing was to get my .pc files of Christian songs including lyrics into Sib First. The XML that Lime exports is 1.0 (Sib exports 3.0) so editing it programmatically isn't too bad.The fact that Lime outputs all lyrics as line 1 regardless was one small...
by JohnDefoe
Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:57 am
Forum: Wishlist
Topic: Sibelius First 2018.1 can crash Windows 10
Replies: 2
Views: 10969

Sibelius First 2018.1 can crash Windows 10

If you attempt to import ill-formed XML and ignore the warning, not only does it crash Sibelius First, but it also crashes Windows 10. I found this when converting a Personal Composer file to .sib by exporting the .pc file to .nif, importing to Lime , exporting to XML, then editing the XML programma...
by JohnDefoe
Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:00 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Create multiple endings in Sibelius First
Replies: 2
Views: 2719

Re: Create multiple endings in Sibelius First

Thanks, Mike. As I suspected. My workround, bearing in mind I'm more concerned about 'music engraving' than playback, is to use the unattributed endings, and add the 1,3,5 etc to them as text.
Best
John