Sibelius “Save as PDF” crash

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1. Bill Fulton says:

   July 16, 2010 at 12:43 pm

   Another work around I’ve found to this problem is to NOT us the Sibelius Sounds. Use Kontakt Sounds or anything else. I was also have a problem doing any kind of “Save As.” Disabling the sounds that come with Sibelius seems to have solve the problem.

   A little more info here: http://www.sibelius.com/cgi-bin/helpcenter/chat/chat.pl?com=thread&start=486942&groupid=3&&guest=1
2. admin says:

   January 13, 2010 at 2:56 am

   Daniel,

   Thanks for the workaround… I will try that. Actually the problem doesn’t seem to happen at all with files created with the latest versions of Sib (6 and up) – just with very “old” (2006) files. So if the problem persists with old files, I’ll try your workaround.

   Regards,
   Bill
3. Daniel Spreadbury says:

   January 13, 2010 at 2:00 am

   You can try this workaround, which has worked for one person:

   Please install the latest version of Scorch:

   http://www.sibelius.com/download/software/mac/SibeliusScorch610.dmg

   Once it’s installed, go to /Library/Internet Plug-ins, right-click on Scorch.plugin and choose Show Package Contents. Go into Contents/Resources and find PlogueEngine.bundle. Hold Opt (Alt) and click and drag this to the desktop, making a copy of it in the process.

   Now go to /Applications, right-click on Sibelius 6.app, and choose Show Package Contents. Go into Contents/Resources and find PlogueEngine.bundle. Make a new folder on your desktop called e.g. ‘Original’ and drag the PlogueEngine.bundle from Sibelius’s Resources folder into the new Original folder. Now drag Scorch’s PlogueEngine.bundle file from your desktop into Sibelius’s Resources folder.

   Scorch’s PlogueEngine.bundle file doesn’t even include the Sibelius Player code, so this may help completely eliminate it from suspicion. You can still use other VST/AU devices for playback, just not the Sibelius Player.

   Let me know if this seems to make any difference.
4. admin says:

   January 11, 2010 at 10:19 pm

   Peter,

   Thanks for that but I’m on a Mac. And actually the “Save as PDF” shows up in my “Print” window probably not unlike PDFCreator. This is something I’ve never experienced with Sibelius. For the time being, I have to print out and then scan the hard copies if I want a PDF. Actually this problem seems to have just come out of nowhere. Everything has been fine…. then this started a couple days ago. Really weird. If you hear of another solution, please let me know.

   Thanks,
   Bill
5. Peter Fernandes says:

   January 11, 2010 at 7:16 pm

   Bill, check this out:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
   The software is called PDFCreator, and it creates a virtual printer in Windows that outputs a PDF. It’s what I use, and it works very well for me with no problems.