Graphics

Hi,

Is it possible to have a pop up dialogue box when a scene is activated/double clicked in the Sequencer instead of taking it directly to air, and input the DataLinq that has the right information in that box? By ajusting settings, adding a script or something else?

I am working on graphics for a bicycle race and have created an individual lower third for the participants where their name, time and other information is updated via DataLinq. There should be about 100-150 cyclists in the elite categories we are covering. Thus it looks like I will have to copy the scene in the Sequencer, maually changing the DataLinq sources in all 10 information fields each and using fast recall to get the right one.

The data comes from individual web pages and I am using RSS feeds and naming them with the participant's start number. All the relevant information on all the pages are in the exact same cell for every participant.
Here is an example: http://birksim.hwiig.no/tv/person.ashx?startnr=5300
(You might need to Inspect the site to see/make sense of the information. This is a running simulation, and the information is in Norwegian.)

Is there another way to globally change the DataLinq source in a scene or take item? Another solution to this?

I hope I have explaned in a way that is understadable, ask away if I have left something out.



Thank you so much in advance!

-Oda

If you could get an RSS feed with all the people in one table you could use datalinq keys to select between them.
You might want to review this video (even though it may be slightly old): http://xpression.rossvideo.com/videos/Datalinq_Keys_XML/Datalinq_Keys_XML.html

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Thank you, that tutorial was very informative! I have asked the people providing the data to gather what we need in one feed.

-Oda
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