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Required Flow Version

Flow-for-Chameleon v16.10.3.6 or later is required for BLADE only Player versions as of v7.0.0.22 

Flow-for-Chameleon v16.7.5.4 or later is required as of Player v7.0.0.19 (both regular and BLADE only versions).

Flow-for-Chameleon v16.5.4.1 or later is recommended as of Player v7.0.0.18 (both regular and BLADE only versions).

Flow-for-Chameleon v16.3.3.6 or later is required as of Player v7.0.0.16 (both regular and BLADE only versions).

Flow-for-Chameleon v15.8.5.5 or later is required as of Player v7.0.0.12 (both regular and BLADE only versions).

Flow-for-Chameleon v15.5.1.2 is required as of Player v7.0.0.7. Earlier Player versions require Flow v13.5.2.1 or later.

Flow-for-Chameleon v15.6.1.2 or later is required for BLADE Only versions of the Player (available as of Player v7.0.0.11).

If using XPression scene formats for output: Gears for XPression v1.0.0.29 is required as of Player v7.0.0.7. Earlier Player versions require v1.0.0.27 or later.

Version 7.0.0.24

  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Fixes a bug with Update Rundowns that doesn't update the Playlist drop-downs if done to soon after the last update.

Version 7.0.0.23

  • BLADE Only version is also available.
  • Fixed a bug with updating Rundowns that can cause incorrect playlists to be used in the Playlist drop-down.
  • Removing of Rundown items due to Rundown updates will take the item off air if it is on air, or de-cue the item if it is cueing or cued.
  • Changed updating of playlist items to be more efficient and only when there is a change in content.
  • Fixed a bug with the LED on the Rundown Tabs that would sometimes go off when their content is being played on a timer.
  • Changed initial start up of app after an install to use the old preferences if the prior install that was single instance only and if the preferences are missing.

Version 7.0.0.22

  • BLADE Only version: 
    • Added support for choice dynamic field tags
    • Requires Flow-for-Chameleon v16.10.3.6 or later.
    • Fixed a bug with acquiring information for Offices resulting with no office data.
  • Code refactor for getting Choices from the database using Choice IDs using more efficient code.

Version 7.0.0.21

  • BLADE Only version is also available - this version does not support choice dynamic field tags.
  • Added support for choice dynamic field tags.
  • Fixed a bug in Choice scenes caused by using candidate ids instead of choice ids to update their data.
  • Uses separate News Sources settings based on chosen scene format.
  • Will prompt for app restart if the Flow URL is changed (non-BLADE version only).
  • Fixed a bug caused by changing Events/Dates selection with the Events information not being updated in the selected Rundown items.

Version 7.0.0.20

  • BLADE Only version is also available.
  • Launch of app prompts for target render engine type (scene format).
  • Uses separate settings based on chosen scene format.
  • Allows launching of a max of 2 app instances - one for 'Web' and one for 'XPression'.
  • Added support for changing UI themes: Default (Blue), Black, Silver, Fluent & Desert themes.

Version 7.0.0.19

  • Requires Flow-for-Chameleon v16.7.5.4 or later.
  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Added missing support for contest.notes field.

  • Added support contest dynamic tags.

Version 7.0.0.18

  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Added support for contest.typeName field. Will detect to see if DB supports it or not.

  • Nuget: updated BLSoft.dll v1.7.63, Chameleon.API v1.0.14, ReaderUtils.dll v1.0.62, MySqlData.dll v8.0.33

Version 7.0.0.17

  • BLADE Only version is also available.
  • Added a check in the Preferences dialog if the 'Enable Live Thumbnails' option is checked to see if a Chameleon Ticker instance is assigned as the 'Live Thumbnail Renderer' or not.

Version 7.0.0.16

  • Requires Flow-for-Chameleon v16.3.3.6 or later.
  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Added support for ignore flag for candidates (choices) in Contest scenes. Choice/Candidate scenes will still allow choices that have ignore flags set.

  • BLADE Only Player:

    • Fixed issues with getting candidate info for playlist item choices.

    • Fixed bugs with sort orders of 'ALPHA' not working (eg, list of contests/districts when choosing candidates for a Full Screen Choice/Candidate scene).

Version 7.0.0.15

  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Fixed a bug with Update Rundowns that caused the grid to show the first item in the list instead of at where it was last left at.

Version 7.0.0.14

  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Added support for ^choice.eevp tag.

Version 7.0.0.13

  • BLADE Only version is also available.

  • Fixed a bug with not loading projects for any other Outputs if Output1 is not connected.

Version 7.0.0.12

  • BLADE Only version is also available.
  • This version uses the Generic Headshots Media assigned to each Election Event in Flow instead of specifying an image that is required in both the Election Player and Chameleon Ticker Player systems.
  • Requires Flow version v15.8.5.5 or higher.

Version 7.0.0.11

  • BLADE Only version is also available.
  • Allows using of the 'Refresh' buttons for the Ticker News & Breaking News even if they are not showing so that the news contents can be restarted at any time.
  • Fixed the news fetching algorithm to be more responsive to news feed changes.

Version 7.0.0.10

  • Added support to use alternate specification for the MySQL Server location instead of using the one obtained from Flow.

  • Changed requested execution level from ‘requireAdministrator' to 'asInvoker'. For existing installs, the 'C:\ProgramData\Bannister Lake\Elections Player for Chameleon’ folder must be first deleted (or renamed to something else) prior to running the installer otherwise you will experience an uncaught exception when the player tries to update the settings.

Version 7.0.0.9

  • Fixed bug with setting the generic headshot for a headshot tag that does not have a candidate instead of making it blank.

Version 7.0.0.8

  • Added Headshots Source selections to Preferences dialog in the Headshots tab.

Version 7.0.0.7

  • Added modifications and fixes to make the player behave like the Elections Player for XPression when the scene format selected is "XPression".

  • Added ^header tag to Ticker scenes.

  • Changed all references of Chameleon Web Server & Chameleon Player to Chameleon Ticker.

  • Requires Gears for XPression v1.0.0.29 or higher when using XPression scene format output.

  • Requires Flow version v15.51.2 or higher.

Version 7.0.0.6

  • Added implementation for ^choice.party.colour tags.

  • Shows current logs using the default editor.

Version 7.0.0.5

  • Fixed bugs related to having Rundown Party Scene items that do not have assigned playlist of contests nor an event.

Version 7.0.0.4

  • Requires Ticker Player v3.0.338.

  • Uses Chameleon API v1.0.12 with new GetThumbnail call specifying the width and height of the thumbnail for rendering live thumbnails.

  • Changed 'Chameleon Web Server' labelling to 'Chameleon Ticker' in both the Preferences dialog and main UI.

  • Updated ReaderUtils to v1.0.49 and BLSoft to v1.7.61.

Version 7.0.0.3

  • Added text box control for specifying Flow API Key in the Preferences dialog.

  • Added support for using API Key when using BLADE API calls to Flow.

  • Added a '<None>' Playlist Bin entry for the Bins drop-down lists in the Rundowns tabs.

  • Added combo box control for specifying the delay (in seconds) after setting a scene online prior to getting the thumbnail from the server.

Version 7.0.0.2

  • Fixed a bug with Live Thumbnails that caused the wrong thumbnails to be used for Rundown items when there are 2 or more Rundowns that use the same scene.

  • Lengthened the wait time between the request for Chameleon Server SetOnline() and GetThumbnail() commands to allow scenes to be fully showing before rendering the thumbnail.

  • Render call uses Chameleon Server SetOnline() or Update() depending on whether the previous thumbnail render used the same scene or not.

Version 7.0.0.1

  • Uses .NET Framework 4.8.
  • Uses correct URL to access Online Help.

Version 7.0.0.0

  • Unified version - both Web & XPression scene formats can use the same player.
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