Sonny

That script is pretty much what I had in mind. The way I'd set it up is:

1) Split the abc file to files A0001.abc, A0002.abc ....

2) Use a batch file to convert these to A0001.xml...

3) Generate the script you need with the names A0001.abc and A0001.xml
for in the script.

4) Run the script

I can split the abc files for you if you like; it's straightforward - the only thing to be careful about is if there is a file header (ie headers before the first tune); these have to be copied to the start of each extracted file.

I can also generate the script for you if you like. When I tried it with the demo 2010 version there was no way to paste the generated script into the script editor and I had to get round it by making a dummy script and then changing the contents of the saved file for the dummy script in the Finale directory. If you can't get the generated script into Finale, let me know and I'll PM you the workaround.



Geoff - when I said to watch out for the early versions of abc2xml I meant that they actually failed on encountering the w: lines (w: wasn't in the earliest abc versions). I don't think any of the versions I've got actually process the w: lines. I'll check some more on this though.

Mick