[Reinhold H.]

David,

Thanks. Should both files show your observation after opening them?

I tried both files and both files look good to me. The format change of the .not file was in a totally different area, and if the format change may create an issue, the files cannot be opened at all. The handling of the brackets is untouched in this version.
The only bracket stuff is related to MusicXML export and import due to the MusicXML protocol needs. But this area is just using existing calls where there has been no change underneath. So, I have no idea what might have caused this strange behviour. Has there been a certain handling before?
Any more ideas would be helpful. I do some more playing with these files tomorrow.

Reinhold