Problem With Loading Template in Wizard
The first attachment (Jazz Lead Sheet) is the score I use for my template and my style. The second attachment (Bags' Groove) is the score created from my "Start With" score. If I use this template in the Wizard, I end up with the third attachment (Bags' Groove2). New issue for me.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Jazz Lead Sheet.mscz | 5.92 KB |
| Bags' Groove.mscz | 6.98 KB |
| Bags' Groove2.mscz | 5.8 KB |
Comments
I'm not quite following what you mean here. I have those three scores downloaded. What specific series of steps do I need to follow to see a problem?
In reply to I'm not quite following what by Marc Sabatella
If you look at the third attachment the frame around the title is much larger and there is no space between that frame and the first staff. This is not the format of the Style.
In reply to If you look at the third by rwmol
I can see that, but I was not sure what specific steps you followed to create that score or why you expected a different size. In particular, I didn't (and still don't) understand what you mean about your "Start With" score.
But ignoring for now the question about what "Start With" means, I might guess the series of steps I am supposed to follow is this:
1) save Jazz Lead Sheet.mscz into Templates folder
2) File / New
3) enter a title
3) select the newly saved template
4) complete wizard
and the result is, the title frame is the default size rather than the size set in the template. Is this correct?
The template mechanism was changed a couple of weeks ago to use only the instrument and style info from the template rather than actually using the content of the score. Perhaps a special case could be made for the title frame, so it is the same size as in the template.
In reply to I can see that, but I was not by Marc Sabatella
OK. Two Things. Then, why is the first measure so close to the title frame? And, why can't I load a saved style to make it look like the saved score? By what you're saying, the Wizard is no use to me.
In reply to OK. Two Things. Then, why is by rwmol
@rwmol
I saved your score;
I opened preferences and select it into "Start with score:"
I attach the image for a comparison (Vista/2.0)
In reply to OK. Two Things. Then, why is by rwmol
The reason the first system is so close to your title frame is that for some reaosn, you have decreased the "Vertical frame top margin" from the default of 7.0sp to only 1.0sp in your template. I guess you did that because for some reason, you also increased the bottom gap of your title frame to 6.60sp, but I don;'t understand why did any of that. Had you left these at the defaults, you'd have almost the exact same spacing. But as it is, the new score wizard honors "Vertical frame top margin" because that is a *style* setting, but not the specific bottom gap of any particular frames in your score, because it current does not use any of those frames - it creates a new one.
That's also why loading a style doesn't change this - loading the style will load "Vertical frame top margin" because that is indeed a *style* setting, but it won't changfe the bottom gap you have specifically set for any particular frame. That setting is meant only as an override for a particualr frame, and there should have been no reasn to use it here.
Anyhow, I also don't understand what you mean when you say the wizard is of no use. Is there another way to create a brand new score? I don't think so. Well, I suppose you could always just load an existing score and save it on a new name, but you'd lose the ability to choose instruments, set the new key signature, time signature, pickup, number of measures, etc.
As it is, if you create your template appropriately - keeping the "Vertical frame top margin" at a reasonable value, then the *only* thing that you will need to adjust after creating a score is the *size* of the title frame. And as I said, perhaps we can add a special case for that in the code so you don't have to do that. But even if you need to adjust the size of the title frame, that is still less work than trying to load a score, save a copy, and makle all the required changes to title, key signature etc.
In reply to The reason the first system by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc for all that help. I got it all straightened out. I mentioned in a post awhile back that it would be helpful if you had a "Reset to Defaults" in the Style>General>Page. Once it's screwed up, difficult to straighten out.
Randy
I have created an issue for the fact that the attributes of the title frame are not preserved:
#50711: Title frame attributres (height, gap, etc) not preserved when creating score from template