Batch Export to PDF of linked parts

[paulbrainard]

Of course there are methods to do this by printing to PDF (if on Mac) or installing CutePDF or Billzip to do the same on PC. But the PC methods especially have shortcomings that create manual overhead - for instance adding an "x" to the end of the main filenames before the part name, having to confirm file name/location/whether or not to open PDF for each file, etc. I have never understood why the File/Export command couldn't also process linked parts, but it would be a much faster & more convenient way to do this. Seemed like it would be simple to do in FinaleScript but unfortunately that doesn't work in linked parts or have any looping capabilities (something like "for all linked parts do export to pdf.") Lua seems like it would be able to accomplish this seemingly simple task, but I am new to it and not sure how easily I can figure it out so maybe someone else could crank something out or give me a few pointers? Thanks!!

[jwink75]

Unfortunately as I understand it there aren’t any hooks in the PDK onto the PDF generating capabilities of Finale… I agree this would be fantastic, but it’s not currently possible!Sent from my iPhoneOn Nov 19, 2022, at 10:54 AM, paulbrainard ***@***.***> wrote: Of course there are methods to do this by printing to PDF (if on Mac) or installing CutePDF or Billzip to do the same on PC. But the PC methods especially have shortcomings that create manual overhead - for instance adding an "x" to the end of the main filenames before the part name, having to confirm file name/location/whether or not to open PDF for each file, etc. I have never understood why the File/Export command couldn't also process linked parts, but it would be a much faster & more convenient way to do this. Seemed like it would be simple to do in FinaleScript but unfortunately that doesn't work in linked parts or have any looping capabilities (something like "for all linked parts do export to pdf.") Lua seems like it would be able to accomplish this seemingly simple task, but I am new to it and not sure how easily I can figure it out so maybe someone else could crank something out or give me a few pointers? Thanks!! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[asherber]

The 'x' that appears at the end of the filename on Windows seems to be a Finale bug. It almost seems like their code starts with the current filename and strips out .mus, and when they changed the file extension to .musx they forgot to update the corresponding code. I wonder if they're aware of it.