Dolet 4 for Finale History

Changes to Dolet 4 for Finale: most recent first

Changes 4.7 to 4.8 (June 9, 2009)

The plug-in is disabled from running in Finale 2010, where it would lead to incorrect results compared to Finale 2010's built-in MusicXML support. It will not appear in Finale 2010's plug-in menu.
Measure-attached items now export reliably from measures that do not use beat chart spacing.
Multiple text encoding changes in a text block no longer sometimes cause export to hang.
Import no longer fails when the open document has just one non-empty bar.
Installation on Windows Vista is improved.

Changes 4.6 to 4.7 (March 13, 2009)

Dolet 4 for Finale can now read and write files in the Open Score Format beta version 0.9.1.
MusicXML 2.0 XSD validation is now available during the 30-day free trial period.
"Above Staff or Entry" positioning for expressions is now exported more accurately.
Hidden page-attached text blocks will no longer lead to export of invalid MusicXML files.
Exporting from Finale 2003 and earlier no longer fails during articulation export. This fixes a problem introduced with version 4.6's revised articulation export.
Finale 2009a and 2009b will no longer crash while exporting a note-attached expression in a staff that does not appear in the current system.

Changes 4.5 to 4.6 (January 9, 2009)

Articulation placement and positioning are exported more accurately starting in Finale 2009a.
Expression horizontal positioning is now exported for all horizontal alignment point options.
Hidden expressions are no longer exported.
Score-only and part-only expressions are exported more accurately in Finale 2009.
The Additional Vertical Offset option in expression definitions is now exported from Finale 2009.
Empty file detection has been improved for importing MusicXML files into template files.
Page scaling is now set correctly during import when individual pages have different sizes.
Section lyric baseline adjustments are now supported for Finale 2007 and later as well as for earlier versions.
File imports no longer fail if there are more than twelve notes in a single chord.

Changes 4.4 to 4.5 (September 11, 2008)

The production release of the MusicXML 2.0 W3C XML Schema Definition (XSD) is now supported.
Chord symbols are now spelled more accurately on import. The import now tries to match existing chord symbols based on the appearance of the symbol rather than its underlying harmonic analysis.
Chord symbols imported from MusicXML files created by the Dolet 4 for Sibelius plug-in will import with more accurate positioning. In the past, these symbols would often end up too low, colliding with the staff rather than appearing above the staff.
Chord symbols are now created using the default chord suffix font, rather than the default chord symbol font that is used for the root of the chord.
The Show Fretboards document option is now turned off when importing a score without fretboards.
N.C. and alt chord symbols are exported and imported more accurately.
Chord symbols using the major triangle symbol are exported and imported more accurately.
Chord symbols with an open string and an altered first fret now import correctly. Finale files created with a mis-import of these chord symbols no longer cause MusicXML export to fail.

Changes 4.3 to 4.4 (July 18, 2008)

Finale 2009 is now supported.
MusicXML import now contains an option to validate against the beta version of the MusicXML 2.0 W3C XML Schema Definition. This is a stricter definition of the MusicXML 2.0 format and will catch more errors during validation than the MusicXML 2.0 Document Type Definition. This feature is only available to registered Dolet 4 for Finale users.
Embedded graphics are supported as of Finale 2009 when using compressed MusicXML 2.0 files (.mxl).
Swing tempo marks now import with playback set to light swing.
Long file names on Mac systems are now handled correctly as of Finale 2009.
Text is now exported more accurately in Finale 2009 for cross-platform Mac/Windows files.
Single-digit time signatures are now supported.
Measure widths are now exported for measures with repeat staff styles as of Finale 2009.
Non-printing group names are no longer erroneously exported in some files.
The number attribute for ending elements now export correctly as a comma-separated list, based on playback settings rather than ending text.
Shape articulations that are all text now export correctly.

Changes 4.2 to 4.3 (May 29, 2008)

Two-note tremolos are now supported.
Blank pages are now imported.
Page breaks are now imported.
The Toccata font is now supported.
The swing tempo markings included in Finale's default documents are now supported.
The "Left-Align Chords" option is now supported.
Turning off the "Display rests in empty measure" staff attribute is now supported during export.
Some support has been added for the "Break barlines between staves" staff attribute during export.
Stem position is now exported for cross-staff notes.
More positioning data is exported from note-attached expressions.
Vertical positioning is now exported for crescendo and diminuendo wedges that appear in empty measures.
Pull-offs are now exported correctly.
Support for the EngraverFontSet font is now more accurate.
Mid-measure 8va/8vb lines now work correctly in multi-layer or multi-voice music.
Default page size export is improved when all pages in a score are resized the same way.
Export of measure width of empty measures has been improved.
Import of lyrics with no word extensions has been improved.
Distance between staves is exported more accurately for resized systems.
Vertical positions and wedge sizes are imported more accurately for resized staves.
Font sizes for expressions in empty measures are now exported more accurately.
Hidden staff styles are now exported when used in the first measure of a score.
The JazzText and JazzTextExtended fonts are now correctly imported as symbol fonts.
Crescendo and diminuendo wedges exported incorrectly from SmartScore X no longer cause import to fail.
Export now avoids using a known music font as the default MusicXML text font.
Export no longer fails when Japanese font names are used in page numbering text.
Export no longer fails when notes are tied between percussion and standard notation staff styles.
The Windows installer no longer fails to install due to incorrect disk calculations on some systems.

Changes 4.1 to 4.2 (March 4, 2008)

Locked systems are exported more accurately, leading to better MusicXML import into Sibelius.
Bill Duncan's ChordSuf font from the Finale Productivity Kit is now supported.
The November and NovemberExtra fonts are now supported.
Tempos created with the tempo tool are now exported. To export these tempos, playback settings need to be set up to allow tempo tool playback, including having Human Playback turned off.
Registration problems on Intel Macs running Mac OS 10.5 have been fixed.
Problems with importing and exporting files on Japanese Mac OS 10.5 systems have been fixed.
Mid-measure transitions from voice 2 to the next layer are now exported more accurately.
Non-standard key signature transpositions no longer cause MusicXML export to fail.
Bend curve smart shapes that are attached to a rest instead of a note no longer cause MusicXML export to fail.

Changes 4.0.1 to 4.1 (February 1, 2008)

Note-attached dynamics now import from MusicXML 1.0 files.
Lyric and other formatting now import correctly from MusicXML files that do not include a MusicXML 2.0 defaults element.
Dashes no longer overlap words when a custom line is created during import.
Chords with a m7(11) suffix now export correctly.
Note-attached expressions with MIDI patch changes on a muted staff no longer cause MusicXML export to fail.
MusicXML scores with non-controlling measures no longer cause MusicXML import to fail. However, the non-controlling measure feature is not supported, so the resulting import will need editing to get the music aligned correctly among parts.
The translation limits section of the readme file has been expanded to include more detailed formatting issues.

Changes 4.0 to 4.0.1 (September 6, 2007)

Arpeggio articulations are now imported once per entry rather than once per note.
Files without text repeats or endings no longer cause the staff attributes for displaying text repeats and endings to be cleared incorrectly during import.
MusicXML files where part elements are not in score order are now imported correctly.

First Dolet 4 for Finale release 4.0 (August 13, 2007)

The Dolet 4 for Finale plug-in supports the MusicXML 2.0 format. Version 2.0 provides a compressed file format for MusicXML files, which use the .mxl file extension. These compressed files are usually 20 times smaller than the corresponding MusicXML file, making them much easier to share with other musicians.

Version 2.0 of the MusicXML format makes possible many of the new features supported in the Dolet 4 for Finale software, including:

Linked page-attached graphics
Export of linked measure-attached graphics
Page-attached text after page 1
Many line width document options
MIDI pan and channel volume settings
Piano pedal playback, including half-pedaling
Text tracking
Underline and strikeout text
Tick barlines
Pluck symbols (p, i, m, a)
Export of text blocks attached to multiple pages
Improved page numbering support
Improved export of chord symbol and fretboard formatting
Improved lyric elision support

Other new features in version 4 of the Dolet for Finale plug-in are:

Finale 2008 support
Improved Java 6 support on Windows
Improved support for systems with Microsoft's recent cumulative security updates for Internet Explorer
Check for Updates menu item
Piano pedal line import
Fretboard import
Composite time signature import
Nested tuplet import
Capo chord symbol export
Better import of accidentals and ties, especially with MusicXML files created from Sibelius.
Better metronome mark import and export
Better export of page, system, and staff formatting
Less freezing of stem directions on import, leading to improved formatting
Improved export of overlapping group braces
Improved import of lyrics when lyrics are present in non-consecutive parts
Improved tie and slur export when voice 2 is used

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Last updated June 9, 2009.