Hi OH PA PYRO, please send your show (.fin) file to support@finale3d.com and I'll take a look. If the file is too large to attach to an email, save a copy of your show and remove the soundtrack to reduce the file size.

So I have not had this problem in the past when checking this option. For some reason my I can not get my single shot racks to be addressed in order. Starting with 01 in the left rear and moving down each row in order. I have tried many different order of assignments but it seems like no matter what I do the order of assignment for each single shot jumps around. I have attached a picture to show the problem since my explanation may not be the greatest. Any help will be appreciated!

Hi EhrlichFire, the 'Available' quantities will only change if you a) manually adjust them, or b) do 'Effects > Subtract used quantities from available...'

Hi EhrlichFire, when pasting from one show to another, the position coordinates and orientations don't matter. If the names of the positions match identically, the effects will go into the existing positions. If the names of the positions don't match, new positions will be added automatically.

NEVERMIND... I found my misstake.   Hello DrewFinale, I used the copy process you helped me with, but when looking at the Effects Window, the Remaining Available column does not reflect the effects that have been used in both shows. The remaining inventory starts with the same level as it did in Show 1. I understood if had 100 salutes and used 10 in Show 1, when I went to Show 2, it would list that 90 salutes are available. It still says 100 are available. Am I doing something wrong?  

Thanks Drew, The tutorial is exactly what I need. One more question. If the firing positions are the same but they are in a slightly different layout, to fit the field for Show 2 for example, that should not affect how Finale copies the script, correct?

Hi EhrlichFire, you can absolutely copy from one show to another. This forum topic may help: https://finale3d.com/groups/english/forum/topic/combining-shows/   The copy/paste functionality is designed to be very robust, here's a technical article from our documentation: https://finale3d.com/documentation/copy-paste/

Hi Dirk, I am not sure why I cannot paste from Script 1 to Script 2. When I right click on Script 2, I do not get a drop-down with any options, i.e. "Paste"   However, doing a "Save As", saving Show 1 as Show 2 and moving the positions, could be a viable solution.   Thanks Bryan "EhrlichFire"  

You should be able to copy paste from one script to an other without any problems. What is the error here ? Do you not see the copied events ? Maybe the reason for this is an active filter on the script menu.   I would uses saveas to save show 1 as show 2. then i would create the different positions and move the events to the new positions and delete the old ones.   Dirk

I have two shows on July 4th and I am building duplicate shows, but the field setup is different. These are pyro-musical shows with the same song lineup. I would like to copy the script with the firing timing of effects from Show 1 to Show 2. I know I can copy individual or a group of effects. But when I paste them into the new show, the times do not copy and the shells are not in sync with the music. I also tried to copy the rows from the Script window from Show 1 to Show 2 but I cannot paste them into the Show 2 Script window. If the Script window performs like Excel, why can I not paste from one script to another? Copying the effects and firing times from one show to another would save me so much time.   Thanks EhrlichFire Wellington, CO