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Fix GH#23898: Make MS recognize the .mscz~ filetype #31687

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17 changes: 1 addition & 16 deletions buildscripts/packaging/Linux+BSD/musescore.xml.in
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<mime-type type="application/x-musescore">
<comment>MuseScore compressed backup score</comment>
<glob pattern="*.mscz,"/>
<glob pattern="*.mscz~"/>
<sub-class-of type="application/zip"/>
<icon name="application-x-musescore@MUSE_APP_INSTALL_SUFFIX@"/>
</mime-type>

<mime-type type="application/x-musescore+xml">
<comment>MuseScore uncompressed backup score</comment>
<glob pattern="*.mscx,"/>
<sub-class-of type="application/xml"/>
<root-XML namespaceURI="" localName="museScore"/>
<icon name="application-x-musescore@MUSE_APP_INSTALL_SUFFIX@+xml"/>
<magic>
<match type="string" value="&lt;?xml" offset="0">
<match type="string" value="&lt;museScore" offset="0:128">
<match type="string" value="&lt;Score" offset="0:512"/>
</match>
</match>
</magic>
</mime-type>

<!-- MuseScore URL Protocol -->

<mime-type type="x-scheme-handler/musescore">
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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions buildscripts/packaging/Windows/Installer/WIX.template.in
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<RegistryValue Name=".mscz" Value="MuseScore.mscz.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mscx" Value="MuseScore.mscx.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mscs" Value="MuseScore.mscs.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mscz~" Value="MuseScore.mscz.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)" Type="string" />
<!-- TODO: Add other file types here too? -->
</RegistryKey>

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<RegistryValue Name=".mscz" Value="" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mscx" Value="" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mscs" Value="" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mscz~" Value="" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".xml" Value="" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".musicxml" Value="" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Name=".mxl" Value="" Type="string" />
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<RegistryValue Name="Content Type" Value="application/x-musescore+xml" Type="string" />
</RegistryKey>

<!-- MSCZ~ -->
<RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryRoot)" Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\MuseScore.mscz~.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)">
<RegistryValue Value="MuseScore Backup File" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Key="DefaultIcon" Value="[INSTALL_ROOT]bin\$(var.ExeName),1" Type="string" />
<RegistryValue Key="shell\open\command" Value="&quot;[INSTALL_ROOT]bin\$(var.ExeName)&quot; &quot;%1&quot;" Type="string" />
</RegistryKey>
<?ifndef MUSE_APP_IS_PRERELEASE?>
<RegistryValue Root="$(var.RegistryRoot)" Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\MuseScore.mscz~\CurVer" Value="MuseScore.mscz~.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)" Type="string" />
<?endif?>

<RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryRoot)" Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\.mscz~">
<?ifndef MUSE_APP_IS_PRERELEASE?>
<RegistryValue Value="MuseScore.mscz~.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)" Type="string" />
<?endif?>
<RegistryValue Name="Content Type" Value="application/x-musescore+xml" Type="string" />
</RegistryKey>

<!-- musescore URL scheme -->
<RegistryKey Root="$(var.RegistryRoot)" Key="SOFTWARE\Classes\MuseScore.Url.musescore.$(var.ProgIdSuffix)">
<RegistryValue Value="MuseScore URL" Type="string" />
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26 changes: 1 addition & 25 deletions buildscripts/packaging/macOS/Info.plist.in
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<dict>
<key>public.filename-extension</key>
<array>
<string>mscz,</string>
<string>mscz~</string>
</array>
<key>public.mime-type</key>
<array>
<string>application/x-musescore</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>UTTypeIdentifier</key>
<string>org.musescore.mscx,</string>
<key>UTTypeDescription</key>
<string>MuseScore Uncompressed Backup File</string>
<key>UTTypeIconFile</key>
<string>MscxIcon.icns</string>
<key>UTTypeConformsTo</key>
<array>
<string>public.data</string>
<string>public.content</string>
</array>
<key>UTTypeTagSpecification</key>
<dict>
<key>public.filename-extension</key>
<array>
<string>mscx,</string>
</array>
<key>public.mime-type</key>
<array>
<string>application/x-musescore+xml</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions src/engraving/infrastructure/mscio.h
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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ namespace mu::engraving {
//! NOTE The main format is MuseScore, is a zip archive with a specific structure
static const std::string MSCZ = "mscz";

//! NOTE This is the automatically generated backup file.
static const std::string MSCZ_BACKUP = "mscz~";

//! NOTE Before MuseScore 4, MuseScore could save data in one xml file (excluding binary) with `.mscx` extension.
//! Starting from MuseScore 4, only the score domain model store to the `.mscx` file,
//! and other data, such as styles, chordlist, synthesizer settings, etc. are stored in separate files.
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inline bool isMuseScoreFile(const std::string& suffix)
{
return suffix == MSCZ || suffix == MSCX || suffix == MSCS;
return suffix == MSCZ || suffix == MSCX || suffix == MSCS || suffix == MSCZ_BACKUP;
}

enum class MscIoMode : unsigned char {
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inline MscIoMode mscIoModeBySuffix(const std::string& suffix)
{
if (suffix == MSCZ) {
if (suffix == MSCZ || suffix == MSCZ_BACKUP) {
return MscIoMode::Zip;
} else if (suffix == MSCX) {
return MscIoMode::Dir;
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/project/internal/notationproject.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Ret NotationProject::load(const muse::io::path_t& path, const OpenParams& openPa
return ret;
}

bool treatAsImported = m_masterNotation->mscVersion() < 400 && !isCloudProject();
bool treatAsImported = (m_masterNotation->mscVersion() < 400 && !isCloudProject()) || format == MSCZ_BACKUP;

listenIfNeedSaveChanges();
setNeedSave(treatAsImported);
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