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Failure: Unexpected error from external database driver (1) ------Data link issue

Posted By Bryan Blank 10-11-2017 14:23
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All excel links are receiving this error message today. We use the same workflow everyday and today we re receiving the above message in a dialog box. Any insight on what is causing this?

Xpression Codec issues from AE renders

Posted By Bryan Blank 08-18-2016 20:51
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Hey everybody, I've noticed this year quite a bit of discrepancy between a quicktime or normal avi render as opposed to the Xpression Codec when rendering from AE. Previously the codec has not let me down, always looking crisp, but something is different since I updated my Xpression software and AE software. ...

RE: Data Displayed Graphically

Posted By Bryan Blank 11-15-2013 00:54
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Thanks Brian, the OnRender tip will be the most helpful. I will admit that although my math and coding talents are not where I'd like them to be, I did know how to do the calculation with numbers. The part i was unsure of was on what object would I pull in the data fields to do the calculation. Again, ...

Data Displayed Graphically

Posted By Bryan Blank 11-14-2013 23:05
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Hardworking Ross guys and gals, We are working on incorporating a live poll into our television broadcast and I'd like to script a bar graph to the results. I'm getting the data as totals: Answer A = '8'0, Answer B= '120'. I can figure out how to script a quad's height to be equal to the total, ...

RE: pulling info from online sources?

Posted By Bryan Blank 08-05-2013 21:52
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Hey All, This is really just a shameless bump to see if anybody knows how to pull in a live xml feed from an online site into datalinq/xpression. I gave it all i got but i came away with only frustration. Thanks, #XPression

RE: pulling info from online sources?

Posted By Bryan Blank 06-18-2013 15:48
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Dan, thank you for getting back to me. I'm going to give the RSS a try later this week, next week at the latest. I did obtain the user and password for you and I can send it your way if you email me your address. The last response I received from you was a noreply email address. Thanks ...

RE: pulling info from online sources?

Posted By Bryan Blank 06-13-2013 19:54
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If i could piggyback on this thread and give you an example Dan: We work with GSIS (the official NFL stat system) and during a game at the stadium i will link to their computers that push me an xml file which I them pull into Xpression via Datalink. Gravy. Now, if the game is on the road I will ...

RE: DashBoard with Xpression

Posted By Bryan Blank 06-13-2013 19:41
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Troy, this will be a huge help. Thank you for this and I'll keep an eye out for the full documentation. #DashBoard

DashBoard with Xpression

Posted By Bryan Blank 06-13-2013 16:43
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The great Les O'Reilly came down to Buffalo some time ago and introduced me to the power of using Dashboard as a GUI to trigger my Xpression animations. As i begin to develop this, is there any documentation that will help me use dashboard and Xpression to their utmost potential? Thanks all

Scene Camera Help

Posted By Bryan Blank 08-09-2012 06:03
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Hey guys, I have kind of an urgent question here. I built a graphical timeline with some 3D ribbons and video in expression. I created a perspective camera and animated it moving from one enent to another. However, when I play this out from the seqencer, it only plays from the front camera. How ...

Item Masking

Posted By Bryan Blank 08-08-2012 02:27
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I apologize if this has already been discussed and I missed it. Is there a way for a mask to only effect one object and not everything that lives behind it?

RE: Pausing Scene and Resuming after pressing a trigger

Posted By Bryan Blank 08-03-2012 03:44
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Brian thank you again. I owe you a beer. #XPression

Pausing Scene and Resuming after pressing a trigger

Posted By Bryan Blank 08-02-2012 22:14
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Gents I have a question, I'd like to build a scene of a timeline within Xpression for an upcoming broadcast. There will be 6 or 7 points along the way where i'd like the scene/animation to pause, but start again on my cue. There will not be a pre-determined time this will start back up because ...

RE: Scripting Question, Conditional states

Posted By Bryan Blank 07-27-2012 02:40
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Brilliant! Thank you sir. That opens up a new world. I just found the SDK so that will help as well. #XPression

RE: Scripting Question, Conditional states

Posted By Bryan Blank 07-27-2012 01:41
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Hey Brian, I am new the the scripting game here with Xpression and I am intrigued by this concept. I have downloaded the sample you provided above, but I cannot see where the execution for the conditional animation exists. Could you elaborate on how you did that trick? Thanks much ...