Finale’s latest update (25.4) has incorporated Music XML 3.1, which uses the .musicxml extension. Is this likely to cause difficulties importing into Dorico, and (if so) is there a work-around?
EDIT: Okay. I tested and found that:
- Dorico cannot see files with the .musicxml extension.
- Finale 25.4 can export with either a .musicxml or an .xml extension, but the .xml extension (whether you get there directly from within Finale or whether you change the .musicxml extension to .xml on the desktop) threw a validation exception [“ERROR - Element ‘glyph’: This element is not expected. Expected is one of ( distance, other-appearance ).”] on the two orch files I tried. A simple Hannon piano excerpt did okay.