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EDITSCOR (ES.EXE)

EDITSCOR is a conditional editor of Score files. The program employs a script that can be created in any ASCII text editor. The script consists of any number of edits, each of which may include any number of conditions and any number of results. For example: if a note has a fermata mark (p11 = 14), then change it to a staccato mark (p11 = 7). But any number or kind of condition is possible, so that the notes in our example could be restricted between p3 = 100 and p3 = 178, and then only those notes on staff 5; the number of results is unlimited. All Boolean conditional statements are possible. Since the scripts can be of any length and can contain any number of edits (all of which can be annotated with comments by the users), reserve libraries of edits can be developed to be employed on a variety of projects. In addition to pure numeric edits, EDITSCOR can perform elaborate search-and-replace operations on text strings in which an entire string is sought or just a chunk of one. With the former method,"_00Music" could be swapped with "_04Art." Using the latter method, all of the _02 font codes could be swapped with _26, regardless of their position within a given text string, so that "_02Music, _00Art, and _02Science" would become "_26Music, _00Art, and _26Science." A Score that makes use of a Code9.dat library could have its code 9 text strings replaced with code 16 equivalents, or vice-versa. EDITSCOR is a truly versatile program that can be used for an unlimited number of tasks.

"But wait—why should I need EDITSCOR when Scor4 comes with its own conditional editor?"

Score's conditional editor has three basic limitations:

Score's conditional editor cannot edit text.
Score's conditional editor cannot cross-compare and edit different items simultaneously.
Score's conditional editor cannot read in different macros in sequence from a control file.

EDITSCOR is more sophisticated than the conditional editor of Scor4: not only can the user perform search-and-replace operations on text, but any number of different items may be compared and edited simultaneously. Therefore, truly sophisticated plug-ins can be devised that could never be created with Scor4's conditional editor. In addition to this, Editscor allows the user to link different macros using a control file, so that libraries of macros can be devised for unlimited purposes.

EDITSCOR is a 32-bit console application...

"What does that mean?"

EDITSCOR looks and feels like a DOS application, and has a text type-out interface like PAGE, JUST, and SCORLAS. In reality, however, it is a true 32-bit program. Therefore, EDITSCOR requires Win95, Win98 or higher MicroSoft OS to operate, even though it can be run in a DOS box in those operating systems.

EDITSCOR is a program no Score user should be without—order your copy today!

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