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Broadcast Pix
V5
5.9.7
To Add a Data File:
1.
Click on the
Data Sources Menu
and a drop down
menu will appear.
2.
Select the
Data Watch files…
option, as shown on
the right.
3.
Select the
Add..
button to select a file on the local
computer or a networked computer or
URL…
to
select a web-based XML link on the bottom of the
data panel, as shown on the right.
4.
A Windows Explore window will appear.
Select
the
desired file and click on the
Open
button. The files
may reside locally or on a remote system. Or a URL
loader window will appear to search and navigate to
a web-based XML link. Even though you may
navigate to and website to preview the link, on only
XML files may be accepted.
The database is read-only, no changes may be
made to the file from Rapid CG, only from the
external source.
5.
The database file will appear in the Data Panel in a
list with other files, as shown on the right. Click on
the desired file, it will highlight blue, then select the
Go
button.
6.
To remove a data file from the list of available
databases, click on the
Data Sources Menu,
then
select the
Data Watch Files…
option and select the
the desired data file and select the
Remove
button
at the bottom of the Data Panel. To remove all the
listed files, select the
Clear All
button.
Custom data sources may also be used to link data from external databases. This is ideal
for sports productions to update statistics and scoring information during a game. Rapid
CG supports well-formed .XML files, cloud-based XML files, Excel files, CSV files, as well as
.MDB files from Microsoft Access. The database file can reside on the local sever or any
where on the local area network. If the database file, such as Excel, will be opened by
multiple users at the same time, it is required to have the proper network sharing preferences
enabled in addition to sharing the workgroup from within Excel. The database can recall text
or image files, to have images change from a database, the complete path name must be
included in the data field. When the database files updates Rapid CG will recognize the
changes and automatically update the linked templates.