[can't reporduce now] new MuseScore process upons when open new file from desktop (on Windows store app 2.2)
The old behavior I remember is that when double click a file outside of musescore, that musescore would open the file in the currently existing musescore process. But what I'm noticing now is that a new MuseScore process is started. So now I have multiple MuseScore 2.2 windows open.
Not necessarily a bad thing. Just I expect the same behavior.
[Edit: I can't reproduce now...will investigate later]
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Downside of having a new process is that it takes a few seconds to startup and now preferences might not be synced between the processes...which might cause strange behavior. Also there are a lot of windows to manage.
Somehow maxes out at 3 windows.
I can't seem to replicate this behavior right now.
In reply to I can't seem to replicate… by ericfontainejazz
I've never ever seen this before, the only way to get multiple MuseScore sessions is via the portable apps
I should also note that if I start without any musescore window open and select multiple musescore files in file manager and right click and press open, only one file opens.
However if I already have musescore window open, then I am able to simultaneously open multiple musescore files.
Not a biggie...but would be nice if could start musescore by opening multiple files.
Still trying to reproduce my original bug.
In reply to I should also note that if I… by ericfontainejazz
I guess this is due to how MuseScore got added to the registry:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MuseScore 2\bin\MuseScore.exe" "%1"Maybe turning that into the following helps:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MuseScore 2\bin\MuseScore.exe" "%*"I just tried, and it does not work :-(, so I think musescore doesn't expext more that one (score) filename in the command line, so simply ignores all but the first.
Need to investigate, and if that is the case we'd probably need to a) fix musescore and be the way it gets enterd into the registry
In reply to I guess this is due to how… by Jojo-Schmitz
I guess I should separate the two issues:
MuseScore shouldn't open new processes, which happens sporadically and can't be easily reproduced
MuseScore should be able to open multiple files from command line, and then change the registry entry to use "%*".
In reply to I guess I should separate… by ericfontainejazz
As far as I decipher the code logic, MuseScore should handle multiple files on the command line (it is doing a
app->sendMessage(fi.absoluteFilename());for every remaining argument on the command line, after the options, i.e. not starting with-). And that%*doesn't seem to work at all, or not the way I though it would.In reply to As far as I decipher the… by Jojo-Schmitz
MuseScore 2.2 on Arch Linux w/ Mate can open multiple selected .mscz files from file manager by right clicking one and pressing open.
So this problem is windows-specific.
In reply to I should also note that if I… by ericfontainejazz
Using 2.1, I have seen this happen and I consider it a bug. I don't know why it happens and have no idea how to reproduce it. The problem is that the second window is opened with the exact same score as are already open and the extra score is also open. I'm afraid to make any modifications to the scores when both windows are open out of fear that they will be saved as nothing but zeros and I will lose them.
In reply to Using 2.1, I have seen this… by mike320
Ok, so the fact that it happened in 2.1 means that this bug is not something introduced with 2.2 code, atleast!
Could be you actually have one "2.2" process that is actually your own development build, another that is the installed version that is the one actually set up in your file associations? Certainly it is that way for me. If I have real 2.2 running, then opening a file from Explorer opens in the running 2.2. But if I have a development build running, opening a file from Explorer naturally doesn't use that, but starts a new "real" 2.2 process.
In reply to Could be you actually have… by Marc Sabatella
In my case I have 2.1 and a 2.2 development build open at the same time. The 2.1 is the one I remember seeing with 2 windows open with a separate window open for the 2.2.
In reply to Could be you actually have… by Marc Sabatella
Ok, there might be something going on...I think I might have a 3.0 nighly open. But still I did have two 2.2 windows open in addition to the 3.0... maybe the presence of the 3.0 created the confusion.