Graphics

Hello,

I'm working with a animated XPression Carousel driven by a Dashboard interface. Everything is going well - but a request by the control room is throwing me off. I've got 10 thumbnail images (canvas files) - with file pickers to import the images. The challenge I have is that it would be great to have the option of a "hot change" with the ability to swap an image out if needed. However, updating those two different images from a single source value has me stuck.

Existing Dashboard Path (in parameter): file:/D:/TEST%20EDIT%20VISUAL%20LOGIC/Images/MET%20GALA/MET%20GALA_1.jpg

Preferred XPression Path: D:\TEST EDIT VISUAL LOGIC\Images\MET GALA\MET GALA_1.jpg

Any thoughts of a workaround or method - or am I just going down a path with a dead end? After a fair amount of research it seems I may be asking too much. Sure, I can preload the thumbnails and the Xpression carousel images....but it would be amazing to have that added functionality.

On the text object connected to the first string you could put something like this;

text = Mid(text, 7)
    
text = Replace(text, "%20", " ")

text = Replace(text, "/", "\")

Then use that string as your dynamic material path. 

Hello,

I'm working with a animated XPression Carousel driven by a Dashboard interface. Everything is going well - but a request by the control room is throwing me off. I've got 10 thumbnail images (canvas files) - with file pickers to import the images. The challenge I have is that it would be great to have the option of a "hot change" with the ability to swap an image out if needed. However, updating those two different images from a single source value has me stuck.

Existing Dashboard Path (in parameter): file:/D:/TEST%20EDIT%20VISUAL%20LOGIC/Images/MET%20GALA/MET%20GALA_1.jpg

Preferred XPression Path: D:\TEST EDIT VISUAL LOGIC\Images\MET GALA\MET GALA_1.jpg

Any thoughts of a workaround or method - or am I just going down a path with a dead end? After a fair amount of research it seems I may be asking too much. Sure, I can preload the thumbnails and the Xpression carousel images....but it would be amazing to have that added functionality.

Worked like a charm! Many thanks - I thought I'd have to do some heavy lifting on the Dashboard side but that solution was a lot easier than expected!

On the text object connected to the first string you could put something like this;

text = Mid(text, 7)
    
text = Replace(text, "%20", " ")

text = Replace(text, "/", "\")

Then use that string as your dynamic material path. 

Hello,

I'm working with a animated XPression Carousel driven by a Dashboard interface. Everything is going well - but a request by the control room is throwing me off. I've got 10 thumbnail images (canvas files) - with file pickers to import the images. The challenge I have is that it would be great to have the option of a "hot change" with the ability to swap an image out if needed. However, updating those two different images from a single source value has me stuck.

Existing Dashboard Path (in parameter): file:/D:/TEST%20EDIT%20VISUAL%20LOGIC/Images/MET%20GALA/MET%20GALA_1.jpg

Preferred XPression Path: D:\TEST EDIT VISUAL LOGIC\Images\MET GALA\MET GALA_1.jpg

Any thoughts of a workaround or method - or am I just going down a path with a dead end? After a fair amount of research it seems I may be asking too much. Sure, I can preload the thumbnails and the Xpression carousel images....but it would be amazing to have that added functionality.