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Wondering if anyone has experienced this problem?
I can load an .xml file into BIAB and it displays and plays correctly. I can make edits, change styles, add bars, etc. But BIAB will not respond to the "Save" or "Save As" command. Even when I try to exit BIAB and it asks if I want to save the file, it won't save it.
Other files save normally.
I'm using BIAB 2018 (520).
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Hi Gary, I don't use XML all that often and this is not a problem that I've experienced on those occasions that I have used this format. What you are describing, though, sounds like it could be due to a dialogue box which is open behind BIAB's main window. I've sometimes had this happen with Stylepicker and it stops access to a number of functions. To check this... 1. close all programs except BIAB 2. open BIAB 3. load the XML file 4. try to 'Save As' SGU/MGU file 5. if that doesn't work, press ALT+TAB and have a look at what windows are open 6. if there is a unusual window open, click your mouse on it to either open it, or to close it Regards, Noel
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Did you pick a style and generate the song before trying to save it?
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Noel, I have followed your directions and made sure there are no open windows behind BIAB...still no joy.
Bob, yes, I have picked a style and generated the song. Still no luck in saving it.
I'll also say that this behavior doesn't happen on ALL xml files. Most save normally, so I'm guessing there's something in this particular file (which was exported from EasyABC) that's causing the problem. I usually have better luck importing xml files into BIAB than I do importing abc files.
As I have continued to experiment with this file, I imported the abc file into BIAB and WAS able to save that, so I have a work around...just puzzled as to why the xml file will import perfectly but won't save.
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Hi Gary, I'm not quite following you as to what the problem is. When I read the above, it sounds like you export EasyABC files as XML and then import those XML files into BIAB, and this is what causes the problem. Is this correct? I don't know much about EasyABC but I had the impression that it didn't export XML (hence my confusion). Regards, Noel
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Gary, I wonder if you could share the problematic file so that others could trial it and evaluate different ideas?
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Gary, I wonder if there is something corrupt in that one file. I would have suggested you email the song to Support, but as you cannot save it, this won't work.
Just to be sure I understand, when you try to Save or Save As and it doesn't work, you are trying to save the song as a BIAB file, correct? [If you wanted to save it as Music XML, you would use the Save Special menu.]
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Matt,
You are correct...trying to save it as a BIAB file.
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Tired to attach the file here, but I guess only images can be attached to posts. Here's a link to the file in my Dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/s/v1wh0skgqyzw974/Do%20Lord.xml?dl=0It's a very simple version of "Do Lord".
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Noel, Yes, EasyABC exports the file as a .musicxml file. After exporting, I simply change the extension to .xml and it will work with BIAB (except for THIS file  Just for fun, I imported the problematic xml file into Musescore (worked fine) then exported it again as xml. Same problem when trying to save it in BIAB.
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Noel, Yes, EasyABC exports the file as a .musicxml file. After exporting, I simply change the extension to .xml and it will work with BIAB (except for THIS file Just for fun, I imported the problematic xml file into Musescore (worked fine) then exported it again as xml. Same problem when trying to save it in BIAB. Have you tried to import it to Musescore then have Musescore save it as a mid file? Maybe that will work for you.
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Thank you Mario, Yes, I've tried that and it works, but I only get the melody in BIAB, not the chords. As I mentioned earlier, I was able to successfully import and save it directly from the abc file, which is the shortest work-around, but I like to have a standardized work-flow (I'm a fiddler and import a lot of tunes from EasyABC via xml) and I like to know why things don't work right when they should
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Thank you Mario, Yes, I've tried that and it works, but I only get the melody in BIAB, not the chords. As I mentioned earlier, I was able to successfully import and save it directly from the abc file, which is the shortest work-around, but I like to have a standardized work-flow (I'm a fiddler and import a lot of tunes from EasyABC via xml) and I like to know why things don't work right when they should I hear ya! Sometimes I will spend days trying to figure out why something that is suppose to work doesn't. Crazy isn't it?
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