Dolet 3 for Finale History

Changes to Dolet 3 for Finale: most recent first

Changes 3.6 to 3.6.1 (30 May 2007; Windows Only)

Fixes compatibility problems with Microsoft's Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 (KB931768) and Sun's Java 6 Update 1 that would keep the plug-in from initializing or running correctly.

Changes 3.5 to 3.6 (1 February 2007)

MusicXML files exported from PDFtoMusic Pro and Notation Composer are now imported more accurately.
Inverted triangle noteheads are now supported.
Some very long MusicXML files would not import completely.

Changes 3.4 to 3.5 (14 December 2006)

Java 6 is now supported on Windows.
The stroke articulations (e.g. Maestro characters 39 and 174) are now correctly supported with the MusicXML spiccato element. A parallel change in Dolet 3.3 for Sibelius allows these articulations to be translated correctly from Sibelius to Finale.
Files with a # in the file name can now be imported.
Accent tenuto and staccatissimo articulations are now imported more accurately.
Accidental marks that appear above a note without other notations like a turn or trill are now imported correctly.
Slur positioning data is now exported correctly on resized staves.
Lyric font sizes are now exported more accurately when page and system reduction are both being used.
Empty percussion noteheads now export more accurately.

Changes 3.3 to 3.4 (25 September 2006)

The File Info description field and text insert are now supported.
Finale 2007's new automatic note/stem articulation setting is now exported.
A mix of text and a coda or segno symbol in the JazzText font no longer causes export to fail.
Overlapping groups with piano braces no longer cause export to fail.
The group setting for showing brackets on a single staff is now exported correctly.
A MusicXML group-symbol of none is now imported correctly.
MusicXML chords with unknown playback no longer play back as major chords after import.

Changes 3.2 to 3.3 (1 August 2006)

Finale 2007 is now supported.
MIDI dynamics, attacks, and releases are now imported for individual notes. This allows the import of Sibelius's Live Playback data when used in combination with Dolet 3.1 for Sibelius.
Dolet now uses a French-language interface on French Finale systems
Horizontal positioning is now imported for lyrics.
Font size and font family are now exported for lyrics.
Line breaks in the middle of text elements are now imported and exported more accurately.
Unpitched notes are imported more accurately into 1-line percussion staves.
Vertical positioning of text is now more accurate for 1-line staves.
Accidentals are imported more accurately from Sibelius MusicXML files.
Accidental mark placement for ornaments is imported more accurately.
Fermata, coda, and segnos associated with barlines are now imported.
Staff sizes are imported more consistently.
Multi-measure trills are imported more accurately.
Lyric font sizes are imported more accurately.
Lyric vertical positions are imported more accurately across different staff sizes.
Center-justified credits are now imported with correct horizontal position.
Decimal numeric values are imported more accurately.
Chord symbols with a harmony kind of none and a text attribute are now imported more accurately.
Negative duration values in a MusicXML file no longer cause the import to hang.

Changes 3.1.1 to 3.2 (13 June 2006)

Importing MusicXML files now provides better support for many aspects of music formatting, including lyric positions, chord symbol positions, text font details, and relative vertical position for articulations.
Importing of text in languages written in different scripts, such as Japanese, Russian, and Polish, is now supported. Previously these would only import if the script matched your system's regional settings.
The Windows version has a new installer. It now automatically installs the Dolet 3 plug-in into multiple versions of Finale. It fixes problems installing on Windows 98 and Windows ME systems, and eliminates the need to reboot your machine after the installation is completed.
Smart word extensions now export more accurately.
Symbols in the default music font will be exported even for unknown fonts, assuming basic compatibility with Finale standard fonts.
Arabic text is now supported on Windows.
Files with partial MusicXML 1.1 system formatting (such as from SmartScore 5) now import more accurately.
Slur numbering is now exported correctly in cases when a slur starts and ends on the same note.
Music containing a single long system now imports more accurately.
Import of chords spread across multiple staves is now more accurate.
Metronome marks with decimal numeric values now export more accurately.
Parenthesized music font expressions now export more accurately.

Changes 3.1 to 3.1.1 (16 February 2006)

Staves with chromatic transposition are now exported correctly.
Tie ends following a pickup bar are now exported correctly.
Unrecognized chords exported as text are now center justified.
Invisible grace notes no longer keep the exporter from working.
More chord definitions are now supported.

Changes 3.0.2 to 3.1 (19 December 2005)

Imported page sizes are corrected for roundoff errors to avoid the use of custom page sizes.
Title, composer, and copyright information is no longer truncated on import into more recent versions of Finale.
Multiple trills in succession now import from Sibelius MusicXML files.
Grace notes imported from Sibelius MusicXML files now are upstems by default.
Importing an alternate notehead now selects the correct filled or unfilled version of the notehead.
Problems with slur and tie direction export have been fixed.
The broken beam tool is now supported during export.
Tie ends are no longer dropped on export at the start of endings and codas.
Repeats that replace # with a measure number now export correctly.
The document option for secondary beams over rests is now supported during export.
Articulation placement is now exported correctly in rhythmic notation and for rests shorter than a quarter note.
The vertical length of manually-adjusted endings is now exported correctly.
The vertical position for rests is now exported in more multi-layer music situations.
The horizontal position for double segnos and double codas is now exported more accurately.

Changes 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 (11 November 2005)

Chord symbols in MusicXML documents are now always imported, creating chord suffix and playback definitions as needed.
Unrecognized chord symbols are now exported as text.
Multiple chord symbols on a single note are now supported.
More chord symbols are recognized during export.
The Kousaku and Chaconne fonts are now supported, along with simple rehearsal marks using the Rentaro font. These fonts are used in the Japanese version of Finale.
Japanese translations have been added for menu items, dialog boxes, and error messages.
Files with tablature staves are now imported with better staff positioning.
Horizontal positioning is now imported for chord symbols.
Different local settings for number formatting will no longer cause music formatting data to be exported incorrectly.
File info and default fonts now export better for files encoded in a different character set (e.g. Japanese files opened on an English system).
Hebrew text now exports correctly on Windows as well as Macintosh OS X.
Manually adjusted ending front hooks now have their length exported correctly.
Text repeat locations and vertical positions are now exported correctly from empty measures.
Fixed size fonts now export the correct size when staff reduction is used.
Font attributes are now exported for single-font metronome marks.
The encoding date is now correct when an unsaved file is exported.
Patch change expressions on percussion staves no longer export invalid MusicXML data.

Changes 3.0 to 3.0.1 (7 October 2005)

Repeats and endings defined using features added in Finale 2005 are now exported correctly.
Coda and segno repeat playback is exported correctly when defined in terms of measure numbers.
Finale pickup measures that are empty now export correctly.
Specific chord spellings such as variations of major and minor are now exported more accurately.
Chord export is more robust and accurate, especially for suspended chords, major-minor chords, and chords with degree alterations.
Chords defined using JazzCord characters are now better supported.
Extraneous system breaks are no longer exported from frozen systems.
Incorrect tie orientations are no longer exported from notes with frozen stems in multiple layers.
Export of right-justified rehearsal marks no longer creates invalid MusicXML data.
Setting the split stem bit on rests no longer stops the exporter.
Trying to export a certain type of empty Finale shape no longer crashes Finale.
Incomplete German translations of plug-in dialogs and messages have been fixed.

First Dolet 3 for Finale release 3.0 (11 August 2005)

Dolet 3 for Finale runs on both Windows and Macintosh OS X. The major new features are:

Reading and writing MusicXML 1.1 files
Batch import of a folder of MusicXML files
Batch export of a folder of Finale files

Batch facilities and advanced formatting features require Finale 2004 or later. Batch translation is not included in the 30-day free trial.

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Last updated January 5, 2009.