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AP Election API in DataLinq

Posted By Rob Chronister 09-09-2022 00:35
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[EDITED -- found the answer in page 18 or so of my search results; since I can't seem to delete this post, I'll just put the answer below for anyone who ever searches this] This is the first race result for Tueday's RI primary. I have the following test data from AP's API (this is a partial XML ...

Datalinq & MOS Plugin

Posted By Rob Chronister 07-26-2022 02:38
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Posted about this some time ago, but I've done more troubleshooting since then. Still stuck. I have an XPression scene that uses DataLinq to make a dropbox of Talent Names from an Excel file. Then it uses Columns to assign matching contact info. On the Studio machine, dropping the scene into Sequencer, ...

RE: Newsmaker + Tricaster + XPression

Posted By Rob Chronister 07-25-2022 13:04
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Terrific. Thanks so much, Chris. That's a good starting point for me to investigate. ------------------------------ Rob Chronister ------------------------------

Newsmaker + Tricaster + XPression

Posted By Rob Chronister 07-25-2022 11:51
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Let me first absolve myself and say I had nothing to do with this plan. I'm walking into the situation. LOL. I'll try to keep this simple and conceptual since I'm fairly new to XPression; I mostly want to figure out if anyone is doing this/if it's doable, then I'll know it's worth exploring the how. ...

RE: Datalinq & MOS Plugin

Posted By Rob Chronister 06-03-2022 15:24
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Looks like Looks like 10.5 build 5510 Thanks! ------------------------------ Rob Chronister ------------------------------

RE: Flare Animation on Lower Thirds

Posted By Rob Chronister 05-31-2022 08:17
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You can also do it using Continuous Animation on the individual flare GFX, depending on how you're using it. That's my preference for things like news graphics where everything except the flare would become static after the transition in Scene Director. ------------------------------ Rob Chronister ...

Datalinq & MOS Plugin

Posted By Rob Chronister 05-27-2022 17:44
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I am using an Excel spreadsheet with a list of talent names to drive Lower Third (L3) builds for producers in a news environment. Two lines of text, one possible logo. Line 1, choose the talent from the List Box or Combobox (tried it both ways). That choice uses Assign Columns to put the contant info ...

RE: Excel Data Formatting in Datalinq

Posted By Rob Chronister 05-03-2022 17:36
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Thanks... I'm digging into VB now trying to sort it out. I felt pretty sure that was what I needed to do, I just haven't done it in XPression yet (though I've programmed it before). Multiplying it in that way is a trick I've done on other projects/places, I'd forgetten it. Thanks! The comma question... ...

Excel Data Formatting in Datalinq

Posted By Rob Chronister 05-03-2022 13:54
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Xpression 10.5 build 5520... Using Datalinq to pull election data from Excel spreadsheet. Everything is working just fine. After digging through posts, I'm still trying to resolve two items in terms of displaying data: 1. Getting the comma into position for total votes. I've tried VB but my ...

Formatting Excel Data for Election

Posted By Rob Chronister 05-03-2022 11:40
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Xpression 10.5 build 5520... Using Datalinq to pull election data from Excel spreadsheet. Everything is working just fine. After digging through posts, I'm still trying to resolve two items in terms of displaying data: 1. Getting the comma into position for total votes. I've tried VB but my ...

RE: Xpression Datalinq Server Add New Source Failing

Posted By Rob Chronister 04-21-2022 15:12
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All good! Thanks very much. ------------------------------ Rob Chronister ------------------------------

Xpression Datalinq Server Add New Source Failing

Posted By Rob Chronister 04-21-2022 13:35
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New to Xpression, having an issue making an xlsx file a source in Datalinq v10.5 build 5520 Add New... Select Datalinq Source 1 - ADODB Datalinq Source. Select Excel (XLSX) from Template List Select Excel File, pointed to xlsx with table When I hit Test Connection, I get the message "Failure: ...