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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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DownloadLinks:
PYROMACLayouthDps://www.dropbox.com/s/318qhzgp9ccrbzq/PYROMAC.scxl?dl=0
PYROMACDMXLayouthDps://www.dropbox.com/s/7l5j46m959vajzo/PYROMAC%20DMX.scxl?dl=0