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RE: Order of Datalinq events

Posted By Simon Latus 06-11-2025 10:24
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Thanks Simon What would be good to know as well, say a scene with: A few datalinq'd text boxes One has script on the OnSetText event Does that script run once all Datalinqs have been updated, or is it an asynchronous process in that as soon as the datalinq causes the textbox contents ...

Order of Datalinq events

Posted By Simon Latus 06-08-2025 04:01
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Hi I have a script that runs off the OnSetText event of a text box. The contents of this text box are datalinqed to a database. The script looks at other text boxes also linked to the same database, but I need to make sure that those text boxes are up to date before i use their contents. I have the ...

RE: Xpression Script (Copying Text layer frome scene1 to scene2)

Posted By Simon Latus 05-30-2025 03:42
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Hi When you take a scene online, it actually makes a copy of the scene and updates all your published and datalinqed objects and puts that copy online. If you obtain the scene from the sequencer via its TakeID, whether it is online or not, then I think it might also have the datalinq data updated. ...

RE: Xpression Script (Copying Text layer frome scene1 to scene2)

Posted By Simon Latus 05-29-2025 01:25
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Hi Patrick The sequencer object doesn't have a GetSceneByID method, so your code will fail at that point. If you enable debugging in the preferences advanced section, it would help as you could put this line at various points in your code to see where it gets too. engine.debugmessage("I'm here ...

RE: Changing Text Color based on Positive or Negative

Posted By Simon Latus 04-04-2025 04:16
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Hi Darren Put this code into the OnSetText method of the text object. It assumes the text is white to start with, so just changes it to red or green using font tags Simon if val(text)=0 then exit sub text = iif(val(text)>0,"(M:Stocks Green)","(M:Stocks Red)") + text ----- ...

RE: OnSetText script triggers all the time

Posted By Simon Latus 04-01-2025 04:29
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Hi Chris Add this to the start of your code If scene.isonline = false then exit sub The code will then only execute after that line when it is online. Simon ------------------------------ Simon Latus Simon Latus Media Ltd United Kingdom ---------------------------- ...

RE: Syntax udp Command out of scene director

Posted By Simon Latus 03-18-2025 13:08
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Hi Can you post the code that you are using in XPression? Thanks Simon ------------------------------ Simon Latus Simon Latus Media Ltd United Kingdom ------------------------------

RE: Syntax udp Command out of scene director

Posted By Simon Latus 03-11-2025 04:42
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Hi Markus Try adding + chr(13) to the end of your string. So send "LED00" + chr(13) to your UDP port in XPression. I think the chr(13) bit gets added automatically in ogscript.SendUDPString Simon ------------------------------ Simon Latus Simon Latus Media Ltd United Kingdom ...

RE: Visual Logic - Scene Director.Action.Resume not working.

Posted By Simon Latus 11-29-2024 08:58
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Hi Jordan Don't use Stop, try Pause instead Simon ------------------------------ Simon Latus Simon Latus Media Ltd United Kingdom ------------------------------

RE: Volleyball Match Score Xpression/Dashboard

Posted By Simon Latus 10-29-2024 10:21
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Ah, ok. It's possible to disable a tab in Visual Logic - there is an Enabled check box at the bottom of the page under its name, could make sure that is checked. You could also check the Datalinq connections within Visual Logic. If you click on them, a properties box appears at the bottom. ...

RE: Volleyball Match Score Xpression/Dashboard

Posted By Simon Latus 10-29-2024 06:50
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Hi David Do you have Datalinq running? That is the application that sits between Dashboard and XPression and feeds data through. If you start Datalinq (probably a link on your desktop) then File->Load Configuration the file you need is most likely within the Misc folder of the project and has ...

RE: View datalinq values in Xpression Sequencer or Dashboard live

Posted By Simon Latus 10-10-2024 09:51
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Hi You could create a scene that has text boxes bound to the Datalinq values you want to display, then create a Virtual Output and put that scene to line on that output. Alternatively, have text boxes with the alpha turned off on the render tab, and you can then have that scene online all the ...

RE: Exporting video from Xpression via API

Posted By Simon Latus 08-10-2024 09:35
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Hi This code should do what you need. I ran it as code fired off a GPI (script action). Just change the list of IDs at the top to what you need, or populate in a scene from a text box. This works by firing off a new thread to deal with video exporting, and then polls when the previous ...

RE: Preview frame in Scene Director is not the frame showing in Preview

Posted By Simon Latus 05-05-2024 08:29
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Hi Avery In Sequencer, on the TakeID item, look under the Scene Control tab (next to Template Data). There is a Preview Frame setting there too, and if you have changed your Preview frame since copying the scene into Sequencer, it might not have updated, so it's not at the frame you expect. Either ...

RE: Send Rosstalk/Message Via API to Windows Forms app?

Posted By Simon Latus 12-04-2023 13:54
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Hi You don't listen for the message from XPression in the API, you need to use Winsock to create either a TCP or UDP listener. I'm assuming you are connecting to XPression via the API? Do you need too? Are you getting data into XPression via your app and the API, or Datalinq? Simon ...

RE: Send Rosstalk/Message Via API to Windows Forms app?

Posted By Simon Latus 12-04-2023 04:51
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Hi Jack I've sent message over TCP from XPression back to Dashboard, so this would work for you too. In your hardware setup, do something like the below. If you are running your app on the same machine as XPression make sure your TCP port is different to your incoming network settings port. ...

RE: Export to Image

Posted By Simon Latus 01-30-2023 00:27
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Hi Yes there is! This also works for other things in the sequencer where you want to change many items to the same setting. Select the top item in your export list, hold down shift the click the bottom item. Now hold alt and check the Still Image check box. Let go of alt and click on Still Image check ...

RE: Auto kerning for a countdown timer

Posted By Simon Latus 01-29-2023 00:35
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Hi Under font settings, on the last tab, there is a check box to monospace numbers. That’s what you need to stop what you are seeing. Simon Sent from my iPhone

RE: Datalinq Default URL Macros

Posted By Simon Latus 09-20-2022 11:06
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Hi Mike Thanks for this. Sounds like I've misunderstood the Default Macros tab completely! I can do what I need using Dynamic URL. I can't add it to the XPression project yet so as to avoid dipping in and out of Datalinq as the value I need to pass to make the URL is a long string, and I need to ...

RE: Datalinq Default URL Macros

Posted By Simon Latus 09-20-2022 07:02
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ok, thanks Simon ------------------------------ Simon Latus Simon Latus Media Ltd United Kingdom ------------------------------