Unable To Read Fountain Files

What method are you using to open the file in DubScript? Is the fountain file named with the extension .fountain or .txt? Is it being loaded from an email, from gDrive, dropbox, or directly from the device storage?

Once upon a time, I was able to import an fdx file if the file was created in Final Draft 8 or older. I have Final Draft 9, and Dubscript doesn't even recognize the fdx files. If I am doing something wrong, please explain to me how to open the file in dubscript.

Victoriah-- I'm not aware of any changes to the fdx format in final draft 9-- is this a regular screenplay you are saving? When you say the fdx file is not "recognized", do you mean you are unable to initiate DubScript loading it (such as it does not appear on the file list) or do you mean that once you DO select it, it give some kind of error or odd result? (If that's the case, what's the result?) If there was a change that affects some FD9 fdx scripts, I'll have to find a FD9 FDX file and see what the differences are... As a follow up-- is the script you save in FD9 able to be opened in FD8, for example? (and if you resave it in FD8, are you then able to load it in DubScript?) Maybe there's a subtle difference in the formats, for example..

Darragh-- I'm trying to think of something that might explain the issue-- are you able to open and view the file from another Android-based text editor? I'd like to make 100% sure that the file is (A) a text file, and (B) on the device's external storage. If you are loading it from Drive or somewhere else, perhaps it is not being identified as a text file for some reason?

As an experiment, can you try copying/pasting the file from Slugline into TextEdit (or another text editor) and load that to your phone? Another experiment-- can you take the text from slugline, paste it into an email, then copy/paste that into a new DubScript file? The reason I ask is that I'm curious if the issue stems from:

1. Some kind of weird formatting that may have been added by Slugline to the text file (maybe some unusual linefeeds or something, though that should be handled properly)

2. Maybe the MIME type was misidentified somewhere along the line, and so it wasn't saved as text for that reason?

3. if you can open it from another text editor, that would help confirm that what you think is on the file is actually there... copy/pasting it also would kind of help narrow down what the issue is.

Since we're dealing with plain text here, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out where the issue may be-- but any insight you can give me by trying different ways to get the text into the app-- what works and what doesn't-- will be very helpful.

Thanks guys!

I tried what you suggested about opening file from Google drive, and even when I sent it to myself in an email, it wouldn't allow me access to Dubscript. I kept getting the error message that I don't have an application that can access that file. (Go figure).

Just for clarity's sake, I have checked all the documents to ensure that they all are text files. I have no problem opening any of them in Dubscript from Dropbox. It is indeed a fact that they all are text files and all can be opened in Dubscript, just not from Onedrive or Google drive.

I can't say that the issue could be with my Samsung Note 4 by restricting access, because even on my Asus transformer, it does the same thing. I can't access any file from oneDrive or from Google drive. (Sorry, I had to test that theory out). So, I'm drawing the conclusion that perhaps both oneDrive and Googledrive restrict access, although I don't know why Google would given that the only place to get Dubscript is on Google Play. Anyway, I think I need to do some research on why we can't open files from One drive or Google drive. Whatever I find out, I will definitely post it. Thanks a bunch.

Victoriah

Alright. I figured out how to open my .fdx files from onedrive and from Googledrive.

First, make sure the Dubscript app is not running. It must be closed before you access the file you want to open in the app.
Select the file from the drive (Onedrive or GoogleDrive) you want to open.
A pop up will appear with available apps that will open the file extension (in this case, .fdx) and choose Dubscript.
Set Dubscript as the default application by simply choosing "always" at the bottom of the screen.
Whenever you access an .fdx file from either of these drives, your document will download into Dubscript.
Note: As long as you are not attempting to access the file you want to open in Dubscript from the Dubscript app, you will be able to open it from anywhere (given any other drive other than Dropbox). Only dropbox files are accessible from the app. You can even open multiple files in Dubscript from the other drives as well, after the drive itself opens the app.

Problem: If the application is open, none of the above will take place.
If you try to open a .fdx file from the app, it will not allow you to unless you are selecting a file stored in Dropbox.
I have tried to access files in OneDrive, Google Drive, Cloud On, and iCloud Drive, and was not able to from the application.
I closed the app, opened the drive, accessed the file from these drives and believe it or not, they opened in Dubscript.

Resolution: Fix the app. There is truly a bug there. You can even start with the file icon at the top of the menu.

I have that issue while typing. One moment i can see what i type. The next i can not. Why is that? Using android app.

Hello,

I'm attempting to use dubscript on a google pixel C.

When I tap the Open icon, it goes great to Google Drive, which is great.

However, it will only allow me to select files with the .FDX extension.

Files named something.txt or something.fountain are greyed out

How do i open them?

Hmm. It's possible that the files are being misidentified by the MIME type, which may have happened depending on how you uploaded the file to Drive or if you are using a special editor to edit them.

Try this: Go to drive.google.com and highlight the file. If you click on the "i" information box, under "Type" you should see it identified as "text", not "binary file" or some other format.

Whenever I save my script in pdf format, each page has "dubscript for android www.dubscript.com" at the top of each page. Is there any way to get rid of that? I'm not going to be able to submit to anyone if that's there. Thanks for your help in advance.