Gears for Brando Release Notes

Version 2.0.x.31

Changes

2.0.x.31
- ignore any named snipe scenes with its name having a prefix of !

2.0.x.30
- support for remembering last channel worked on so it gets set on relaunch

2.0.x.29
- support for enhancement of now/next chameleon tags giving us ^now, ^next and ^next# where n >= 0. basically, ^now is an alias for ^next0 and ^next is an alias for ^next1

2.0.x.28

- support for getting db info from url
- hide db port

2.0.x.27
- wasn't handling tag ^channel correctly

2.0.x.26

- support for chameleon tags

2.0.x.25

- add tabs to separate resources from logos from named snipes
- show logos added
- buttons for choosing all or no resource shared projects
- don't show a selection in results grids

2.0.x.24

- when updating Named Snipes, set graphicsNeedUpdating for all channels

2.0.x.23

- support for named snipes

2.0.x.22
- more efficient updating of logos

2.0.x.21
- support for setting a logos path. previously it was <graphics path>\\logos
- hide set graphics available checkbox - also make this the case
- have update logos only available through the update logos button
- hide the update logos checkbox when updating resources

2.0.x.20
- have the default be to not update logos when updating resources

2.0.x.19

- change the default MySQL userid to Updater
- support for updating logos only

2.0.x.18

- make updating logos optional
- hide project server option until we have publish support for project server in the api

2.0.x.17

- previous build did not correctly fix the dynamic tags problem

2.0.x.16
- wasn't removing dynamic tags that were no longer used for existing resources

2.0.x.15
- remove support for sponsored_snipes

2.0.x.14
- flush old logs on launch

2.0.x.13
- phase out of captions support for all resources
- support for scheduled dynamic tags for all resources
- fixed a bug where currently scheduled snipes dynamic tags would be wiped out
- requires Flow 6.10.2.6 or greater

2.0.x.12
- catch more exceptions and log them

2.0.x.11
- error with dynamic logos when filenames/paths have an ' char
- ignore thumbs.db when adding dynamic logos

2.0.x.10
- stop reading captions for snipes
- backslashes for dynamic logo paths weren't escape the char when adding the path to MySQL

2.0.x.9
- store dynamic tags type as all lower case

2.0.x.8
- support for scheduled snipe dynamic tags

2.0.x.7
- phasing out of time1-4 tag - only nexttime1-4 are supported
- modifications for OEM skinning

2.0.x.6
- show rating scene in list of resources added
- modify the resources added grid to make the type column narrower
- support for dynamic logos

2.0.x.5
- L3Sponsors directory is now called Sponsors
- the list of resources now calls L3s "Snipes" and L3Sponsors "Sponsors"
- better messages when no resources found or xpf not found

2.0.x.4
- support for countdown in bugs
- Project Server support stubs until we get publish support from the API
- change default mysql password
- switcher scenes weren't showing up in the list of resources added
- replaced xceed controls with standard windows controls

2.0.x.3
- allow captions tags to not be case-sensitive
- check for next tags in each resource type (except switcher) to provide more efficient setting of tags in player and for use in flow and set in db
- brando banner

2.0.x.2
- add L3Sponsor scene if one doesn't exist in the xpf

2.0.x.1
- support "Snipe" as a prefix instead of just "L3"

2.0.x.0
- support for setting graphicsNeedUpdating flag in db when new graphics (Update Resources) are published
- changes to help menu items

1.2.x.6
- protect against having no shared projects when populating the shared project grid
- install to c:\program files\Bannister Lake\Brando\Gears

1.2.x.5
- guard against no shared projects directory or table in the database

1.2.x.4
- wait cursor when testing the db connection
- rename main form "Brando Gears"
- support for shared projects

1.2.x.3
- help menu item now is called Online Documentation...
- "Report a Bug..." menu item
- "Contact Bannister Lake..." points to bannisterlake.com
- UI changes to DB dialog on launch
- Test Connection on DB dialog

1.2.x.2
- support setting the xpf path

1.2.x.1
- display added resources in a grid

1.2.x.0
- log messages to tell us what scenes have been added
- allow opening today's log
- remove voice over and ticker support

1.1.x.3
- delete all resources and their schedules that are no longer available (not in current xpf)
- don't close the project - it causes an exception in 4.x

1.1.x.2
- support for channel.deleted=0

1.1.1750.1
- remove adding resources for all channels. need to do it individually only.

1.1.1750.0
- no changes

1.1.1731.3
- sort channels in combobox
- db connect timeout increased from 5 to 30
- support for help doc

1.1.1731.2
- next weren't being added to the channel

1.1.1731.1
- fixed updating single channels where all other channels had resources set to unavailable

1.1.1731.0
- gears can now do updates for specific channels instead of always doing all of them
- support for bumpers

1.0.0.7
- ticker scenes weren't being forced to unavailable
- moved brando.dll's code into the project
- support for build 1731 of XPression

1.0.0.6
- support switcher scenes with no captions

1.0.0.5
- minor change where we don't add resources if there's no channel record for it

1.0.0.4
- fixed a bug where reading the resources could only be run once
- disable buttons when running any button

1.0.0.2
- feedback when updating the database
- support for caption labels

1.0.0.1
- support for switcher crawls

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