XML export from 1.3 with "&" in text causes MSCZ corruption

• Apr 4, 2014 - 20:23
Type
Functional
Severity
S2 - Critical
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore

1. Create a score in 1.3 with an "&" in the title, or add some text with it. The supplied XML file is good. The title should be "1111 & 2222"
2. Export as XML
3. Load into 2.0
4. The text or title containing the & will be truncated right before the "&" character
5. Save as MSCZ
6. MS 2.0 will now claim the score is corrupt.

I don't know what other special characters might cause this corruption.

Attachment Size
1111.xml 18.6 KB

Comments

• Apr 5, 2014 - 09:21

The 1.3 generated MusicXML file is encoded correctly (the ampersand is escaped), but the MSCZ file produced by the current trunk contains a literal (incorrect, unescaped) ampersand in the title text.

Note that the title gets lost when exporting to MusicXML, something is definitely wrong here ...

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• Apr 7, 2014 - 01:34
Status (old) fixed ⇒ active

The issue with "&" in title text is fixed, but not with staff text. This also could affect System text, Tempo text, Copyright, any area where text can be entered.

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• Apr 7, 2014 - 03:52

System text, Staff text & Tempo text confirmed with this bug, Copyright text is OK, along with the title frame (title, subtitle, composer, lyricist).

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