[MusicXML import] Musescore cannot open MusicXML file it created if filename contains an ampersand

• May 19, 2021 - 15:12
Reported version
3.6
Type
Functional
Frequency
Few
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore

1) Create a musescore file
2) Export it as a compressed xml file
3) Try to open the compressed xml file

Musescore XML Error.jpg

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• May 19, 2021 - 16:04
Title Musescore connot open music xml file it created ⇒ Musescore cannot open music xml file it created
Status active ⇒ needs info

Score (.mscz) and/or XML (.mxl) needed, but at least the latter

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• May 19, 2021 - 16:38
Title Musescore connot open music xml file it created ⇒ Musescore cannot open music xml file it created if title contains an ampersand
Workaround No ⇒ Yes

Interesting, it stumbles accross the & in the title and only in the meta data, containers.xml, not the actual musicXML file (attached)
Workaround: Export as uncompress MusicXML, .musicxml or .xml instead (or unzip the .mxl file)

Attachment Size
Minuet & Trio.xml 168.03 KB

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• May 27, 2021 - 16:21

The (broken) container.xmp for the -mxl file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<container>
  <rootfiles>
    <rootfile full-path="Minuet & Trio.xml">
      </rootfile>
    </rootfiles>
  </container>

wheras the (working) container.xml for the .mscz file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<container>
  <rootfiles>
    <rootfile full-path="Minuet &amp; Trio.xml">
      </rootfile>
    </rootfiles>
  </container>

Here the ampersand is properly 'escaped'.

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Fix version
4.0.0