Thanks Mick and Joe.

   I'll have a look tonight to see if I can find something. Can't seem to find abc2xml either. I found one version for linux but I run WinXp and know absolutely nothing about linux. I started this project some 12 years ago and being cheap I went with ABC, I should have started with Finale in the first place lol.

    Without like sounding like I dont know what I'm doing, i have another question. I have FInale 2009. The drop down menu for plug-ins does show me Misc. but there is no 'Finale script' under that menu. However, I do have 'finale script' in the drop down menu under 'plug-ins' and from there i have 'finale script palette', 'options' and help. I've played around with scripts before. If you know off the top of your head where to go from there that would be great. I've been playing with it for about an hour now and havent really accomplished anything. Whenever I click the green play button to run the script it asks me to select the folder...and I do and nothing happens.

   Anyhow, I dont want you or anyone else to do my work for me but sometimes what isnt obvious to one person is common knowledge to another and takes 15 seconds to write down if you know what I mean.
Thanks for the help. I'd be so grateful if I dont have to spend 50 hours individually converting each tune.