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You have to select the "Default" color like any other. If you manually added  the color toolbar buttons, the default button is currently in a different place than the others. It is currently called (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=3007.msg17961#msg17961) "Default Item Color."

Beta 4 is now available from the top of this topic. It includes:

• ...clips starting in the middle of a bar will have all preceding elements passed to the script in the fake context objects

When I export NWC2 file (including percussion clef) to NWC 1.75, the percussion clef becomes the treble clef.
Percussion clef must be bass clef in NWC1.75.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Percussion
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Is it to be set up as a user tool?

Inserting a text expression, either by the keyboard shortcut, or by selecting from the menu, now only shows the first tab - the placement and visibility tabs are not available until some text is inserted, the dialogue box closed, and then properties are selected.

This option controls how placement and visibility properties are set for new items inserted into the staff.
When enabled: The Visibility properties for new items are automatically configured with default settings.
The Expression Placement properties are set by finding a similar item elsewhere in the staff, and then using it as a basis for positioning the new item. If a similar item is not found, the program decides on the placement properties based on reasonable defaults.
If the properties need to be changed, the new item can be selected after it is entered, and all properties can be adjusted as necessary.

When disabled: All available properties for new items must be set manually. The properties are initially set to whatever was used the last time this kind of item was added.

Hi Haymo,

If you run nwc-conv -h   it will then give you a help screen which says what it can go to and from.

Essentially, it will convert from nwc or nwctxt and will convert into nwc, nwctxt, or type 1 or 2 midi.
If addition it will provide the info that nwcinfo.exe used to provide.
 
There are a couple of examples on the help screen.

Looks like you have Tools->Options...->Editor->'Smart Properties Insert:' enabled. Try unchecking the box.
I keep this disabled. Try it both ways to see what you like better.

Perhaps some of your Editor Options got changed during the upgrade. The 'Smart Properties Insert:'  option has been part of NWC since at least April 2000 (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=1302.msg6580#msg6580)

Thanks Rich,
but I'm no closer to knowing what to do with nwc-conv.exe
Sorry, but I'm totally dense.
How do I "run nwc-conv -h "?

I've been hoping for a program which can convert to and from XML, Sibelius, Finale, etc.  Formats.

I've been hoping for a program which can convert to and from XML, Sibelius, Finale, etc.  Formats.

but not new to this beta. I have a Microsoft Natural Laser 7000 mouse, and the horizontal scroll (wheel tilt) does not work

Perhaps some of your Editor Options got changed during the upgrade.

Apparently nwc-conv didn't get registered on my system - I had to navigate to the NoteWorthy folder (using the command prompt) and run it from there.

Beta 6 is now available from the top of this topic. It includes:

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[li]Improved notehead alignment for split stem chords
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|Chord|Dur:4th,Accent|Pos:2o|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2o,-1o|Color:0|Visibility:Default

needs a tweak.

However, the positioning of some articulations may need to be looked at.

• For clip text, the note color is now included in the Pos: option for single |Note notes using the !# form, even though the color assignment is also shown using the Color: option...during input into NWC 2.1, the Color: option is ignored when importing a line of |Note clip text that contains a !# color in the Pos: text (The !# overrides the Color: option)
  
• Improved positioning for articulations on split stem chords
  

Beta 9 is now available from the top of this topic.

• A new File, Open Backups command allows you to quickly open an old version of a file that is preserved as a *.nwc.bak file.

I'll look into that and the ACCESS_VIOLTION.

if the user decided to keep the old backup system it would be nice if File->Open Backups... worked like  File->Open, but defaulted to *.bak

So the latest is always - say - Filename.rec.bak  (rec for recent) and then the older versions 1 through what ever number defined.
So as soon as a file gets saved, rec.bak goes to last numberused+1 and this then would keep the numbers in order until an overwrite is needed. The latest copy is always plain to see and understand and the numerics wouldn't be confused in time.

The other thoughts regarding the naming convention and folder creation will be given additional consideration.

if the user decided to keep the old backup system it would be nice if File->Open Backups... worked like  File->Open, but defaulted to *.bak

Each backup file in the circular queue will be named Filename.q#.nwc.bak, where # represents an available slot in the queue for this filename

The filename.q0 convention I suggested in my last post would fix that.

I want the entire note (head, stem, beam, and any associated ties, slurs, and attributes) to be colored. So the best functionality, for me, is to have the color palette choose the color of the following entire notes, not just their heads.

Notehead colour

I think the only thing I would comment on (but at this point, I'm not sure if I have a problem with it or not) is:

Note head colour x
Stem colour y
attribute colour = stem
Tie colour = head
Slur colour  = neither
dotted colour = note
accidental colour = note
triplet = neither

I have a feeling that all these things should standardise on the colour of the notehead (or the starting notehead in the case of triplet,slur and tie.

Any other thoughts ?

Any other thoughts ?

If I play the highlighted notes(only notehead), the "Play Highlight" doesn't appear.

And in beams(included triplet), if I change "Item Color" in Notation Properties, only the stem changes.

The notehead has its own color spec, in the Notes tab.

The best way to do highlight coloring for notes is to place the note, then select it and choose a color for it, either via the backslash key, or by using Edit->Properties (this classic approach supported in earlier releases is unchanged).

I was about to compliment you an how notehead color was added without complicating the property page ... until Beta 13.

I see your point, Rick, but I think the notehead color belongs where Eric put it, on the notes tab of the properties page.

It is, in fact, a property of the note.

I do, however, want to change the color attribute of the entire note, not just the notehead. I am now back to having to do that by layers.

You'll find, I think, that every single-staff method of approaching it either colors just the upper noteheads (I want the stems colored as well) or colors all stems (I only want the top stem of each dyad colored).

What do others use colored noteheads for, by the way? Why, other than granting the ability to identify separate voices, are they something to get excited about? Just curious....

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Chord|Dur:8th,Slur|Pos:0!1,1!6,3!2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:0!1,1!6,3!2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:8th,Dotted,Slur|Pos:0!1,1!6,3!2|Opts:Stem=Down,Slur=Downward,Beam=First
|Chord|Dur:8th,Dotted|Pos:0!1,1!6,3!2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

The correction to notehead alignments seems to have put the slur placement awry.
and those paired dots in the same staff space are just not right.

Neither represent a change from NWC 2.0

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:1,2
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:0,1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

....and while you're adding things to the status bar: how about putting the the current insertion point location (measure number) down there on the right, along with the active staff name? That's been on the wish list for a long time.....

Why these are treated differently is beyond me

This clip is from Beta 14.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0,1,1|Opts:Stem=Up
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

How about this?

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0,1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0,1,1|Opts:Stem=Up
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0,1,1,2
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Beta 15 is now available from the start of this topic. It includes the following fixes and enhancements:

One question: you mention that a registry hack will shift between the XP and 95-98-Me line drawing algorithms. Which is the default? I presume it would be the XP version, but that isn't clear from your description.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th,Staccato|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:2
|Chord|Dur:4th,Staccato|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Two dots never share the same space.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:0,1
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:0,1,2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Text|Text:"     ."|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:4|Placement:BestFitForward|Color:1
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:-1,0,1
|Text|Text:"     ."|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:-2|Placement:BestFitForward|Color:1
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:-1,0,1,2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Text|Text:"     ."|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:-4|Placement:BestFitForward|Color:1
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:-3,-2,0,1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Beta 16 is now available from the start of this topic. It includes the following fixes and enhancements:

• Fix chord member add where new note conflicts with existing note

Interestingly a split-stem two-note cluster is treated correctly all the time so at present NWC is inconsistent!

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:-1
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:-1,0
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:0
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:0,1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Beta 16 is now available from the start of this topic.