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Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #200 –
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The ampersand character (&) and the left angle bracket (<) MUST NOT appear in their literal form, except when used as markup delimiters, or within a comment, a processing instruction, or a CDATA section. If they are needed elsewhere, they MUST be escaped using either numeric character references or the strings "&amp;" and "&lt;" respectively.
The right angle bracket (>) may be represented using the string "&gt;", and MUST, for compatibility, be escaped using either "&gt;" or a character reference when it appears in the string "]]>" in content, when that string is not marking the end of a CDATA section.

Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #201 –
More generally, the following chars must be "escaped" in xml:
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"   &quot;
'   &apos;
<   &lt;
>   &gt;
&   &amp;

Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #202 –
pencil-button.png is missing in the .zip.
There's no way to include it permanently in the .exe?

Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #203 –
Hi Gust,
confirmed.  Perhaps, given this is a problem that will certainly occur in the future, you could specifically check for these problems during conversion and either delete or replace them with a flag - maybe "BLANK"?

Also, and I don't know if it's a problem specific to my installation or Win11, NWCCONVERTOR can't seem to remember how to open the MusicXML file with Musescore.  The correct path is in the options screen, but if you press OK, the config file is updated without the entry, UNLESS your browse to it beforehand.  Then if you press OK the config file is saved with the correct path and it all works until next time you run NWCCONVERTOR, where, even though the correct path is in the config file, NWCCONVERTOR ignores it and you have to browse to it again...
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Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #204 –
Quote from: Lawrie Pardy –
you could specifically check for these problems during conversion and either delete or replace them with a flag - maybe "BLANK"?
In the xml he following chars are reserved and must be "escaped", that is:
"  replaced with  &quot;
'   replaced with  &apos;
<  replaced with  &lt;
>  replaced with &gt;
& replaced with  &amp;
(whatever similitude to html is...  ;) )
This is NOT my idea. This is the standard!
https://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#NT-Char
- 2.4 Character Data and Markup

Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #205 –
I replaced the zip file, pencil icon s now included.

I've noted for following release:
- replace special characters with escape values
- solve problem opening with Musescore.
Always look on the bright side of life!

Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #206 –
Crash! (see attachment)
 

Re: NWCCONVERTOR

Reply #207 –
Greetings -

Haven't posted in quite a while, but folks may remember me (very long time NWC user).  I was looking for a way to convert my NWC files to Music XML and came across this thread (hello, Lawrie, nice to see you posting here).  I went to OpaGust's site to see about obtaining the converter, but needed to register; however, tt tells me no more registrations are being accepted.

Is there a way to obtain this utility (or be registered at the site to obtain it) in order to see about converting some of my NWC files to other platforms that support MusicXML (specifically, looking to use either Dorico, since Finale is now deprecated, or Fender (previously Presonus) Notion)?

Thanks!
John