Incomplete measure
I'm working on parts for an orchestral score I completed. I had no problem writing and saving the score itself over the past month. But today while I work on the parts, I keep getting a message saying that the file is corrupted and that saving it could irreparably damage it. When I get more info, it says this:
Incomplete measure: Full score, measure 89, staff 1. Found: 0/1. Expected: 4/4.
Incomplete measure: Full score, measure 124, staff 1. Found: 0/1. Expected: 6/8.
I have no idea what that means. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with those measures. And until I began working on the parts, everything was fine.
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I should add that when I work on parts, I duplicate the "conductor's score" under a different name and work on the parts using the copied score.
In reply to I should add that when I… by Jay-Ducharme
I'm guessing that there is, somehow, an empty, zero-width measure at each of those points. Attach your score (the .MSCZ file) so that we can take a look.
In reply to I'm guessing that there is,… by TheHutch
Okay. Here it is.
In reply to Okay. Here it is. by Jay-Ducharme
The random changes I made were successfully saved. What should I do to receive the corruption message?
In reply to I'm guessing that there is,… by TheHutch
I seem to have fixed the problem by deleting the parts score, making a new copy of the score and restarting the process. I'm not having any problem with saving now. I suspect there was a glitch in the original file.
In reply to I seem to have fixed the… by Jay-Ducharme
Next time you should be able to find the measure that it mentions, select over it, and press “delete”. It helps to reset parts as well.
I have faced this problem too quite a few times, especially when copy and pasting big selections. What it means is that one/more of your bars have more/less beats in than expected. For example, a 4/4 bar has three beats in. (This is caused by a glitch). How to fix it is to try and find that odd bar, select it, right click it, click bar properties, and a pop up will appear as shown in the screenshot below. Then change the "actual" value (circled in red) to be the same as the "nominal" value. Then click OK
In reply to I have faced this problem… by John.A.Kahn
Thank you! I'll give that a try.