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VisualShowDirector8.4Updates&Enhancements

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Contents:Rack Loadout Reports 3 ............................................................................................................

Rack Loadout: How Cues are matched up to Racks 7 ...........................................................

Updates to WAV Window 12 .....................................................................................................

Move Left and Right using SCROLL 12 ..............................................................................

Zoom Using SCROLL 12 ......................................................................................................

Copying and Moving Cues on the Wav 12 ............................................................................

Multiple Filters Selected for Effect Manager. 13 .......................................................................

Auto Filter Creation 14 ..............................................................................................................

Filter Find / Replace 15 .............................................................................................................

Setting TIME and PFT Format 17 .............................................................................................

Cross Filters 17 ..........................................................................................................................

Create PAN & TILT Fans 18 ......................................................................................................

Auto Group Positions 20 ............................................................................................................

Pyromac Script 21 ......................................................................................................................

Addressing Pyromac 21 .........................................................................................................

Macro function 23 ..................................................................................................................

DMX programming for Pyromac 24 .....................................................................................

Import Finale 2D Script 24 ........................................................................................................

Customize Effect Manager Reports 27 ......................................................................................

Merge Effects Manager 29 .........................................................................................................

Other Improvements: 30 ............................................................................................................

Download Links: 31 ...................................................................................................................

PYROMAC Layout 31 ..........................................................................................................

PYROMAC DMX Layout 31................................................................................................

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RackLoadoutReports1. InVSD,Openaproject

2. Openascript.ThisturnsontheScriptReports

3. OpentheScriptReportsandpressthe"Racks"buDon

4. ThistakesacopyoftheScriptyouhaveopenandcopiesittoanewDBwiththesamename,butwiththe".rld"extension.ThisistheRackLoadoutdatabase.ThisisnowopenedupandplacedinagridsortedbyposiNonandcaliber.Rackablewordsareappliedtoeachcuetodetermineifitisarackablecue.ThenifaRackInfodatabaseisopenitisappliedtothecues.Thematchismadeusingseveralcriterialistedin"RackLoadout:HowCuesarematcheduptoRacks".Ifamatchingrackwithemptytubesisfound,theracknameisplaceintheRackNamecolumnofthecue.Ifnomatchcanbefoundforarackablecuetheword"<<NOMATCH>>"isplacedintheRackNameanditishighlightedRed.Ifamatchisfound,butallinstancesofthatrackarefull,theracknamewillbeset,

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butnoRackInstancewillbesetanditishighlightedYellow.

5. TherackablematchwordscanbeeditedfromthemenususingEdit->EditRackMatch...

6. ThisbringsuptheRackMatchingTypesdialog

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7. Add/Edit/Deletewordsfromthesetwolists.Thetwolistsareappliedasfollows:

o WordsfromtheNon-RackableTypesarelookedforintheTYPESandEffectsDescripNoncolumnsofeachcue.IfanyofthesewordsarefoundineitherofthesecolumnsthatcueismarkedasNOTRACKABLE

o WordsfromtheRackableTypesarethenlookedforintheTYPESandEffectsDescripNoncolumnsofeachcue.IfanyofthesewordsarefoundthatcueismarkedasRACKABLE.

8. ThislistissavedintheAppDatafolderina.inilikefileandarereusedforeachproject.Thereareonlyonesetofrackabletypewords.

9. NowitisNmetoaddarackdatabasetoourproject.DothisbyusingthemenuEdit->EditRackInfoDB...

10. ThisbringsuptheEditRackInfodialog

11. AtfirstitwillbeemptyandyouwillneedtoentertheinformaNonforeachoftheracktypesyouhave.

o TheNAMEmustbeuniqueandisusedtoidenNfyeachtypeofrackyouhave.

o MFGandREFareopenfields.

o CALmustbeasinglecalibernumber,acaliberlistoracaliberrange.Ifthisrackcantakeaspecificlistofcalibers,theyarelistedseparatedbya'-'.Forexampleifitcantakespecifically10,20and30calibertubes,weput"10-20-30".Iftherackcantakeanycaliberinarange,thestartandstopcaliberareseparatedbya'*'.Soforarangebetween10and30weput"10*30".

o ANGLESmustbeasingleanglenumber,ananglelistorananglerange.Ifthisisafanorangledtyperackwithalistofspecificangles,theanglesmustbeseparatedbya'-'.Ifthisisarackinwhichanyanglecanbeplacedwithinarangethestartandstopvalueareseparatedbya'*'.

o PICTUREisanopenfieldandshouldbeusedtomakeasmallpictogramthatrepresentstheanglesintherack.

o TUBESisthenumberoftubesineachrowoftherack.IftheANGLESspecifiesalist,theTUBESvalueshouldmatchthatlist.Forexample"30-45-90"shouldhave3

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TUBES.IftheANGLESareasinglevalueoravaluerange,TUBEStellsushowmanyTUBESwillbeineachROW.

o ROWisthenumberofrowsoftubes.TUBESxROWS=totalnumberofproductthatcanbeputinthisrack.

o MAGAZINEisthenumberofrackofthistypeyouhaveinyourinventory.SoagivenRACKNAMEcanhaveMAGAZINEnumberofinstancestobeplaceinposiNons.

o MATERIAL,SIZEandWEIGHTareopenfieldsthatyoucanusetostorerelevantdatatothisrack.

o RESERVEcolumnspecifiesthatthetypeorrackisreservedforonlyexactnamematchingusingtheANGLEScolumn.SeeAppendixAonhowmatchingisapplied.

o AVAILABLEcolumnisaYESorNOvaluestaNngifthisracktypeisavailableforusebythisshow.TheideahereisthatyoucanexcludewholetypesofinventoryforashowwithouthavingtoedittheMAGAZINEvaluetozero.

PressingtheDONEbuDonwillsaveyourdatabase.TheOpenbuDonwillletyouopenanotherRackinventorydatabase.Inthiswayyoucanhaveseveralindependentdatabases,butyoucanonlyuseoneataNme.

12. Yourgridcanbeprintedout(sameasanyofthegridsinVSD)usingthemenuPrint->Print

RackLoadout.

13. Nowthatyouhaveallofyourcuesandrackedmatchedup,itisNmetoExportthistoaRackLoadoutReport.DothisusingthemenuFile->ExportRackLoadout(.xls).

14. Thiswillgeneratea.xlsfilethathasbeensortedbyPOS,CALandRACKNAMEandtalliesuptheQTYfromeachcueofthistype.NotethatifyouhavearackwithmulNpleinstances

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inMAGAZINE,theINSTcolumnwillhavewhichinstancethiscueisin

15. AnygivenrackinstancecanonlybeinonePOSsointhisexampleforPOS1,thisisonecueinonetubeandthatisallthatwillbeputinthisrack.BelowisafullerexampleforPOS2

16. Whitearerackablecuesthatareinarack

17. Grayarenon-rackablecues

18. Yellowarerackablecuesforwhichamatchingrackwasfound,buttherewerenoemptytubesavailable.

19. Redarerackablecuesforwhichnomatchingrackcouldbefound

20. TotalQtyis'howfullisthisrack'.WevisuallyindicatehowfullitisbycolorfromRed(0%full)toGreen(100%full).ThismakesforaquickwaytoseehowopNmallytherackshavebeenused.

RackLoadout:HowCuesarematcheduptoRacks

Aqeracuehasbeendeterminedtoberackable,aseriesofmatchingrulesareappliedtotrytoplacethiscueintoarack.AsmenNonedearlier,foracuetoberackableitmusthaveaPOSvalue,itmusthaveaCALvalueanditmusthavesomecorrectvalueineitherANGLEorTILT.TherestricNonsforthecueANGLEorTILTvaluesareasfollows:

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1. IfANGLEisnon-blank,thenitisused.OtherwisethevalueinTILTisused.

2. ThevalueofANGLEcanspecifyaracknameandthatwillbetheprioritywhenplacingthiscue.However,ifallinstancesoftherackspecifiedarefull,thenregularrulesforrackmatchingareapplied

3. ThevalueofANGLE(orTILT)canbeasingleanglesuchas"90"

4. ThevalueofANGLE(orTILT)canbehyphenseparatedsuchas"45-90-135"forafan.Forthiscuetobeplacedintoarack,thatrackmusthavearowwithatleast45-90-135anglesbasedonanexactmatchorwildcardusage.

5. Inallcases,theQTYcolumnmustaccuratelyreflecthowmuchproduct(andthereforehowmanytubes)arerequired.Forexampleintheabovefan,thenQTYwouldbe3.

Whenrackmatchingstarts,wesortthescriptbyPOSvalue.ThisgroupsthecuesbythePOStheyareat.WethentakeeachcueatthatposiNonandtrytofindamatchingrack.IfamatchisfoundandthatrackisemptyitisassignedtothatPOS.ArackcanonlybeinonePOS,soifadifferentPOSalsoneedsthistypeofrack,itwillrequireanewinstanceofthisrack.TheRackInfoDBMAGAZINEvaluetellsushowmanyinstancesofthisrackwehavetospreadaroundthedifferentposiNons.ThevaluesofthecueCALandANGLE(orTILT)arelookedatduringthismatchingprocess.WetryseveralNmestofindthebestmatchbetweenthecueandtheracks.Foreachofthe'bestmatch'comparisonswelookateveryrackinourinventory.Racksareignoredforseveralreasonslikeithasbeenmadeunavailable,itisRESERVE,itisalreadyinaPOSthatisnotoursortheyarealreadyfull.WestartwiththemoststrictmatchingcriteriaandkeeplooseningthecriteriaunNlwehaveamatchorcan'tfindanyrackininventorythatwilldo.Ifwefindatleastonerackininventorythatwouldhaveworked,butwasnotavailabletous,wemarkthatcuewiththatracknamebutleavetheInstanceblank.ThiswayyouknowwhatwefeltwasthebestmatchsoyoumayaddtotheRackInfoDBMAGAZINEvalue.IfwewereunabletofindanyracksthatmatchourcueCALandANGLEwemarkthatcuewith<<NOMATCH>>rackname.Theorderofthematchcriteriais:

1. Thecue'sANGLEcolumnhasaRackNameinit.Ifwehavearackwho'snameexactlymatchesthenameintheANGLEcolumnwejustuseitifitisavailableandnotfull.Ifwecan'tfindthenameorallinstancesofthatrackareunavailableweconNnue.TheRackInfoDBhasacolumncalledRESERVEthatifsettoYES,reservesthisracktypeforonlyexactnamematches.IftheRESERVEissettoNO,thenitwillalsobeusedbyCAL/ANGLEmatching.

2. WelookforanexactmatchoftheCALandANGLEvaluestotherackCALandANGLESvalues.SoforexampleofCALwas"30"andANGLEwas"90"wemustfindarackthathasCALandANGLESof"30"and"90"respecNvely.IftheCALis"20"andtheANGLEis"15-30-45"wemusthavearackwiththeCALof"30"andtheexactANGLESof"15-30-45".IfnoexactmatchisfoundweconNnue.

3. WelookforawildcardmatchofCALandanexactmatchofANGLE.Thiswouldbearackwho'sCALvalueisalist(like"20-40-60")orarange(like"20*60").IfourCALmatchesone

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ofthevaluesinthelistorfallswithinthespecifiedrangewecheckANGLEforanexactmatch.IfnomatchisfoundweconNnue.

4. WelookforanexactmatchofCALandawildcardmatchofANGLE.Thiswouldbearackwho'sCALvalueisexactlyamatch,buttheANGLEvaluefindsawildcardmatch.SoforexampleifthewithacueCALof"20"andanANGLEof"45"ifwefindarackwithCALof"20"andANGLESof"30-45-90"itwouldmatchasthereisa"45"spotintherowofangles.WewouldalsomatchonarackwithaCALof"20"andANGLESof"10*80"as45fallswithintherangeof10to80degrees.IfnomatchisfoundweconNnue.

5. FinallywelookforawildcardmatchofCALandawildcardmatchofANGLES.Thisisaswideopenofamatchaswecanmakelookingforanypossibleracktoputthiscueinto.

Onceamatchingrackisfound,wechecktoseeifthereareenoughtubesavailableinthisrackbasedonthecuesQTYvalue.Ifthereare,weusethisrack.Ifnot,weconNnueeitherfindinganotherinstanceofthisrackorlookingforanotherracktypethatmatches.Let'stakealookataverysimpleScriptandalimitedRackInfoDBandseehowmatchingwouldwork.OurRackInfoDB:

OurScriptintheRackLoadoutform:

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1. ThiscueisnotRACKABLE(basedonourRackMatchwordlists)sonorackwasassigned.

2. HeretheCALis"20"andtheANGLEis"90"andthatisanexactmatchoftheracknamed"rack3"

3. HerewehaveCALofboth"50"and"20"withamixofANGLESof"90"and"60-90-120"(fromTILT).Thefirstcueofthissetwentto"rack6"becauseofthewildcardforCAL.Thenthenextcuegoesto"rack6"ratherthantheexactmatchin"rack3"becausewehavechangedPOSandweonlyhadone"rack3"(nowinPOS1).Thenextbestmatchthathasaninstanceavailableis"rack6".WealsomatchedaCALof"20"andANGLEof60-90-120tothewildcardinbothCALandANGLESthat"rack6"has.

4. WhenwechangePOS,wehavetoleavebehindanyracksassignedthere,eveniftherewereavailablespots.

5. Therackname"rack4"wasgivingforthiscueandthatistherackgiven(see#7)

6. Thesecuesarerackable,butduetothe"45"anglewecan'tputthemintoanyrack.NoNcethatourRackInfoDBdoesn'tincludeanyrackswithanANGLESof45oralistorrangeincluding45.

7. Herewehavetriedtoassignthiscueto"rack4",butwedon'thaveanyavailableinstanceof"rack4"toputintothisPOS.

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SolookingatourRackInfoDBandtheRackLoadoutscriptwecanseehowtherulesformatchinggetapplied.

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UpdatestoWAVWindowMoveLeqandRightusingSCROLLWiththeWAVwindowselected,scrolltheMouseWheeltoscrollthewavedisplayleqorright.

ZoomUsingSCROLLWiththeWAVwindowselected,Shiq+MouseWheeltozoominoroutfromtheselectedmark.

CopyingandMovingCuesontheWavThisnewtoolallowsyoutomoveandcopyCuesintheaudiolineinaveryfastway.

1) Selectthecuesyouwanttomoveorcopy.YoucanselectmulNplecuesbyclickingthefirstandlastcuewiththeSHIFTkey.

2) CTRL+ClickontheaudiolinewhereyouwanttomoveorcopytheCues3) SelectwhetheryouwanttomoveorcopytheCues

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MulNpleFiltersSelectedforEffectManager.ThistoolallowsyoutoselectmulNpleEFFECTFILTERMANAGERfiltersandapplythemtoourEFFECTMANAGER.

1) Selectthefiltersyouwanttoapply,youcanaddmulNplefiltersin2ways.

a. ConNnuousselecNon:ClickontherowofthefirstfilteraqerpressingSHIFTclickthelastrowofthefilterapplied.

b. Non-conNnuousselecNon:SelectthefiltersyouwanttoapplybyholdingdowntheCTRLkey

2) ApplyfiltersbyrightclickingontheEFFECTFILTERMANAGER

Example:

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AutoFilterCreaNonAqerperformingafilterwithmulNpleselecNons(SeeMul$pleSelec$onFiltersinEffectManager),wecancreateanewfilterthatcontainsallselectedfilters.

1) WeperformthefilterwithmulNpleselecNons(SeeMul$pleSelec$onFiltersFilterEffectManager)

2) WedoubleclickonthelastrowoftheEFFECTFILTERMANAGER

3) Amessagewillappearifwewanttocreateanewfilterbasedonthepreviouslyselected,weclickonYes

4) ThefilteriscreatedwiththenameQuickfilter

5) Renamethefilter.

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FilterFind/ReplaceThisfuncNonallowsyoutofiltertheresultsofsearchesofthe"Find/Replace"tool

1) Clickwhereyouwanttosearchandfilter

2) ClickontheiconFind/ReplacetoolorpressingSHIFT+F3

3) themainwindowappears

4) Enterwhatyouwanttosearch

5) ClickonFind

6) ClickFiltertofilterbythecellourfound

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SeungTIMEandPFTFormatYoucanselecttheformatoftheTIMEandPFTcolumns.NOTE:typicallytheTIMEcolumnisHiddenandyoumayneedtounHideittoseethechange.

1) ClickonthescriptandpressF11

2) SelectTimeformats

CrossFiltersThisopNoncansetfiltersintheScriptManagerbytheEffectManagerorintheEffectManagerfromtheScriptManager.

1) IneithertheScriptManagerortheEffectManager,clickonacellinacolumncommontoboth.

2) Pressthe'CrossFilter'buDon

3) Intheexamplebelow,theREFvalueintheEffectManagerisusedtocreateafilterintheScriptManager

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CreatePAN&TILTFansThistoolletsyoucreateautofansinPanandTilt.

1) Selectthecuesyouwanttoaddfan

2) ClickonthemenuCues

3) SelecttheFanTool

4) SetsthevaluesofStartandEnd

5) ClickCreateFan

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AutoGroupPosiNonsScriptedPOSITIONScanbeaddedtoacommonGROUP.ThismakesfilteringorsorNngeasieronceyouhavemanyposiNonsinyourshow.

1) Withyourshowloaded,bringuptheCues>GroupPosiNonsdialog

2) CreateanewGroupNameorenteranexisNngGroupNametoaddaddiNonalposiNons

3) MulN-selectfromthelistofPosiNonsthosePOSITIONSyouwouldlikeaddedtotheGroup

4) PressApplyandallcueswiththeselectedPosiNonwillhavetheGROUPcolumnupdatedtothenewGroupName.YoucandeletethenamesfromtheGROUPcolumnatanyNmeandrerunthistoreassignnames.

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PyromacScriptAddressingPyromacPyromacsystemwasaddedtoexporttobothAutomaNcandMacromodeincludingDMXcommands.

1) Downloadthethe"PYROMACLayout"a. Clickonthescriptandpress

F11

b. SelectScriptopNonintheGridssecNon

c. ClickLoad

d. SelecttheLayout"PYROMAC"

e. ClickDone

2) Addresstheshow

a. PressF4toaddress

b. SettheparametersforMODandPINasshown

c. ClickonRenumber

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3) PressF8toupdatethescriptbeforeexporNng

4) ExportsshowforPyromacshooNngsystem

a. ClickonthemenuFile>ScriptFile>Export...

b. Assignanametoyourscript

c. SelectedType:PyromacScriptFile(*.txt)

d. ClickSave

e. Youwillbepromptedonwhichtypeofshowyouhave:PyromusicalorMacros.

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MacrofuncNon

TheMACROfuncNonisusefulforschedulingdifferentsemi-automaNcsequenceswherethefirst

shotismanualandconNnuoussequenceofshots.

Toaddmacros

1) LayoutforPyromacloaded(seeAddressingPyromac-Step1)

2) Macrocolumngroupsthesequenceswiththesamenumber

3) Exportshowtothefiringsystem(seeAddressingPyromac-Step4)

4) RemembertoclickNotoexportasManualMacros

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DMXprogrammingforPyromacProgramanyDMXdeviceandexporttoyourPyromacfiringsystem

1) LoadLayout"PYROMACDMX"(Seestep1AddressingPyromac)

2) WewillusecolumnsCUSTOM1toCUSTOM8.Inthemyoucanaddthechannelvalues,lookatthefollowingexamples:

ToprogramaDMXdevicerequiresthefollowingcolumns:

EventDescrip:on:Devicename

DUR:DuraNonoftheeffect.

MODULE:ChannelDMXDevicemustbeginwiththenumber900.

PINorCUSTOMcolumns

DMXcuesusethePINcolumnORtheCUSTOMcolumns.Usageisdeterminedby:

• OnlyCUSTOMcolumnsthatareVisibleareused.Hiddencolumnsareignoredsoyoudon'tgeneratedatayoucan'tsee

• IfthereareanyCUSTOMcolumnswithnumericaldata(non-alpha)thanonlytheCUSTOMcolumnsareused.PINisignored

• IftherearenoCUSTOMcolumnsvisibleorwithnumericaldata,thePINcolumnisused

• IfCUSTOMcolumnsareused,TheCUSTOMcolumnindexisaddedtotheMODULEvalue.SoifCUSTOM1isused,thedataisplacedonthechannelinMODULE.IfCUSTOM2isused,thechannelisMODULE+1.IfCUSTOM3isused,thechannelisMODULE+2,etc.Therecanbeupto8channelswriDenperscriptcueifalleightCUSTOMcolumnscontainvaliddata.

• DatainthePINandCUSTOMcolumnsarerangecappedto0-255.Valuesbelow0are0,valuesover255are255

NOTE:Ifyouaregeung"Outofrange"errors,gototheCue>RenumberAddressdialogandchangetheminandmaxModuleandPintoreflecttherangeofvaluesthatyoumaybeusing.JustsettheMinandMaxvaluesandthenpress'Done',youdon'tneedtorenumbertheaddresses.Thiswilladjusttherangecheckingandstopout-of-rangerejecNons.

ImportFinale2DScriptThisopNonallowsyoutoimportscriptsandmodifyFinale2DinVSD

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1) InFinale2DclickontheFilemenu

2) ClickonExportCSVshowasGenericFile

3) ClickonASCIIencoding

4) ClickonExport

5) ClickonSkipMusic

6) Assignanameandsaveit.

AqerexporNngtheFinale2DScript,weconNnuetoimportintoVisualShowManager.

1) ClickontheFilemenu

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2) ClickScriptFile

3) ClickonImport...

4) SelectFinale2DScriptFileasthetypeofscriptyouwanttoimport.

5) SelectthefileyouexportedfromFinale2DandpressOpen

6) CreateanewnamefortheimporttobesavedtoandpressOpen

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CustomizeEffectManagerReportsUserscancustomizereportsfortheEffectsManager.

1) ClickonthemenuReports

2) ClickontheEffects...

EffectReportsappearswithavarietyofpresetreportsandasecNonwherewecancreatecustomizedreports.

Customreportsarecreatedbycustomizingthecolumns,filters,andsortsintheEffectManagerandthenkeepingthemtogether.ThesereportswillbeavailableinallprojectstoanyScript.

CustomizingtheinterfaceisasfollowsReports

a) DefaultisalistboxwhereyoucaneditexisNngreportsshoworenterthenameofonetoAdd.Thefirstreportcalled'Default'istheorderofthecolumnsinyourscriptwhenloaded.Becarefulnottooverwriteaqerloading,printedorsavedacustomreport,use'Default'toreturnthescriptbacktoitsiniNalstate.Dodeleteacustomreport,selectitinthelistandpresstheDELETEkey.

b) Load:takethereportandappliestheselectedcolumnhide/show,filterandsortthecurrentscriptdependingonhowthereportwascustomized.

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c) Print:displaysthePrintPreview.ThisbuDonisdimmedifyoursystemhasnoconfiguredprinter.

d) Add:addthereporttoyoursetofcustomreports.Ifthenamealreadyexists,itoverwritesthissetwiththenewdata.

e) Save:savestheselectedreportinanExcelspreadsheet.

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MergeEffectsManagerThiswillcombineafilewiththecurrentEffectManagerthatisloaded.Itwelladdreferencesnotfoundinthecurrentmanager.

MatchingreferenceswillbeoverwriDen,however,youmaychoosenottooverwritesomecolumns.

OnlythecolumnsthatareselectedwillbeoverwriDen.

ThereisalsoaMergeopNonthatwillfindeffectinyourcurrentEffectManagerthatarenotinthemergingEffectManagerandremovethem.ThisfeatureissothatyoucanmergeintoyourcurrentmanageronlythosecolumnsyouhaveselectedandsNllremovenon-overlappingeffects.

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OtherImprovements:1. ChangeserialnumberstoonlybeVSDOnline.Everyproductwillusethesameserial

number.

2. Whenyouclickonthewav,youalwaysdonotscrolldowninthescripttodisplaythecueHighlighted(Done)

3. FixedissuewithOpenNewScriptFilterfile

4. FixedissuepuungsinglequoteinREFfieldcausingcrash

5. Fixedissuewithauto-completeofnumbersadding"000000000"toeachnumber

6. FixedissuewithCueInsertaddPOSofjustincremenNngADDSnumbers"0000000000"toeachnumber

7. FixedissuewithCueInsertaddPOSofalphaposiNonsincremenNng/decremenNngdoesnotwork

8. MadetheMAGAZINEcolumnsortnumerically

9. AddedsavesafeforFXGen"SaveEffectsLibrary"todealwithrandomcrashingwipingouttheeffectslibraryyouhaveopen.

10. FXGenandVSDCreatorlogfilesmovedtoDebugLogslogfilesfolderinAppData

11. FixedissuewithanewlycreatedScriptFilterhasCUE2as'10'

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