XML read error
When I try to open a file I wrote two weeks ago I get the following load error:
Cannot read file E:/musescore2/xsantalucia.mscz: bad format
XML read error at line 601 column 20:
How can I read the file to find out what's wrong?
File attached.
Peter
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| xsantalucia.mscz | 18.06 KB |
Comments
Here's the fixed Version. You fell foul of a bug in 2.0.2 reg. "&" in some texts.
An MSCZ file is just a ZIP archive containing a plain text file in XML format, ending in the extension MSCX (plus a few other things you can ignore). So you can open the MSCZ in your favorite ZIP program and extract the MSCX file from within it and take a look.
In this case, the problem is the text "&" within a volta - there is a bug in the current version of MuseScore where this causes the problem you are seeing. To fix it, just change that to "&" in the text editor you use to open the MSCX file. The bug itself is already fixed for the next versio of MuseScore - see #93911: & in Volta text corrupts score.
I'll encourage you to try this yourself, since it sounds like you're up for the task, but if I'm wrong, I or someone else would be happy to fix it for you :-) EDIT: ooops, too late :-)
Brilliant! Fixed. Thanks guys. Had to resort to my trusty XP machine to unzip the file but after that it was easy. Thanks again.