This article contains release notes for the Chameleon Ticker Player

Version 3.0.420

improved check for the current Flow database version
fix cloning the Automation Command items when creating a new instance

Version 3.0.402

update About box and installer graphics
Help->Check For Updates will show status in a popup dialog
Financial : support financial topic tags
Election : support for Event, Party, Office, Area, and Candidate dynamic fields

Version 3.0.392

fix issue with Flow Login and getting content groups from some logins (introduced in 3.0.382)

Version 3.0.391

fix issue with default scene director not playing when taking scenes via chameleon api that was introduced in 3.0.382

Version 3.0.390

Elections : add tags for ^choice.eligiblevotes, ^choice.eevp, ^choice.popvotesprevious, and ^choice.poptotalvotes

Version 3.0.389

Elections : support election choice dynamic tags

Version 3.0.388

Elections : fix headshot media error introduced in previous build

Version 3.0.387

Elections : fix error if Election Event Type is not set
Elections : support for using the election event generic headshot if set when a candidate headshot is not found

Version 3.0.385

Write startUtc and endUtc to sponsor asrun if the database supports them

Version 3.0.384

write endpoint, apiEnabled, and apiPort values to the player table

Version 3.0.383

fix error when enabling chameleon.api on multiple instances that was introduced in the previous build (3.0.382)

Version 3.0.382

get content group list from Flow BLADE
fix issue when switching between shows that use different projects (introduced in version 3.0.380)
Support for using %channel% macro in automation command

Version 3.0.381

Election contest dynamic tag support
Add Election ^choice.contest.type, ^choice.contest.notes tags

Version 3.0.380

fix GetRundownGroups related error introduced in 3.0.376
update some error logging

Version 3.0.378

when paging with multi style text restore the text objects default font after splitting lines to avoid issues with the text objects default font being incorrect

Version 3.0.377

Fix issue with paging text when using multi style text

Version 3.0.376

Rundown Group related fixes when a rundown group contains multiple topics

Version 3.0.373

support Election tag ^choice.contestType
fix an issue with the display count option in a rundown not working as expected

Version 3.0.372

support Election choice ignore setting

Version 3.0.370

fix issue with the traffic camera urls not working that was introduced in version 3.0.359

Version 3.0.369

fix issue with the Not pregame tag (^!score.pregame) showing when game is in pregame introduced in version 3.0.359

Version 3.0.368

fix for when topic train tags being present in the scene were causing an issue with paging

Version 3.0.366

if webserver isn't running and api is enabled don't keep checking server for api commands as it would fill the logs with errors
trim trailing slash and spaces from flow url string

Version 3.0.364

support for ^rundownGroup tag to show rundown group broadcast names when using Flow 15.12.3.4 or later

Version 3.0.363

use .net framework 4.7.2

Version 3.0.362

improve check when detecting a page break inside text string (look for <hr /> in addition to<hr>)

Version 3.0.360

supports ^sponsor.description tag when using Flow 15.11.4.2 or greater
add sponsor description and player ip address to sponsor asrun when using Flow 15.11.4.2 or greater
fix a handle leak introduced in 3.0.359

Version 3.0.359

For boolean visibility tags also set text value = "true"/"false" if it's a text object
If media file is using a network share path make sure the path uses backslashes and not forward slashes when updating the quad texture
for the chameleon api scene player make the default scene director OR the Transition Logic IN scene director dictate when the scene is finished (whichever one finishes last)

Version 3.0.358

keep show online when switching between shows that use the same project
When looking for local media files also check the Video sub folder (in addition to Resources, Images, and Videos folders)
support for weather tags: ^weather.pressuredirection, ^weather.dewpoint, ^weather.airquality, ^weather.visibility, ^weather.wind.directiondegree
make the default scene director OR the Transition Logic IN scene director dictate when the scene is finished (whichever one finishes last)

Version 3.0.357

fix missing ^alert.type tag data

Version 3.0.356

chameleon api GetOnlineStatus fixes after doing setonline or update the same scene using different asset names

Version 3.0.354

when using read \ remove metadata don't populate tag indexes greater than the read metadata value

Version 3.0.353

Scores : added support for the tag ^score.league.hometeamfirst - an object visibility tag based on the leagues home team first setting state. object is visible if TRUE

Version 3.0.352

Query : use the valueType field in the rundown_query_params table for queries with parameters when using Flow 15.7.4.6 or later

Version 3.0.351

fix GetOnlineStatus call via chameleon api on XPression when one asset bug replaces another bug on the same layer the old asset was still reporting as being online

Version 3.0.350

improve GetCountCommand for queries as it was failing when trying to get the count from some queries

Version 3.0.349

Support for playing query rundown items with parameters when using Flow 15.7.1.6 or later.

Version 3.0.348

check the XPression object metadata for an optional tag attribute that defines the Chameleon tag to map to instead of only relying on the object name

Version 3.0.347

fix cpu spike after processing a chameleon.api message
use mysql.data 8.0.33

Version 3.0.346

protect against multiple instances trying to load the same project at the exact same time

Version 3.0.345

fix ^score.start tag data not being set (introduced in 3.0.342)

Version 3.0.344

use .net framework 4.8
fix error when bad database name is assigned
fix GetMediaFile error message shown in log when image tag data is empty

Version 3.0.342

fix error with online resume playback

Version 3.0.341

Use XPression SetVolatileTexture API when updating quad images instead of updating the materials

Version 3.0.340

make a show change immediate when changing shows when the old show and new show both use the same project
update commands received via chameleon.api will Not put the scene online if it wasn't already online
update some error logging

Version 3.0.338

use Chameleon.Api 1.0.12
support version of Chameleon.Api GetThumbnail that takes width, height, and letterbox parameters
Increase MaxBufferSize and MaxReceivedMessageSize for the Chameleon.API Service

Version 3.0.337

add additional error logging and debug messages
support for recurring events
update Telerik controls to 2022.3.1109.45

Version 3.0.336

handle a media item url value being a file path instead of a url

Version 3.0.335

support for color dynamic tag type

Version 3.0.334

support for dynamic score playlists

Version 3.0.329

fix issue related to topic train (introduced in 326) when using query items

Version 3.0.327

fix ^score.pregame groups not hiding when no longer in pregame (introduced in 326)

Version 3.0.326

fix topic look ahead "train" to only return topics that have content e.g.: ( ^topic[1], ^topic[2], ^topic[3], etc. )

Version 3.0.325

support ^topic.media for topics that support media (e.g.: leagues)

Version 3.0.324

if score start time after today apply default format to show the day, and date when greater than a week, in addition to the time
for score.start and score.status tag when showing game start time, using a format will allow for multiple custom formats to be specified to use for games that are today and future games using a semicolon as a separator. See Sports Tags documentation for more details.
event playlists use calendar broadcast name for the ^event.calendar tag

Version 3.0.322

fix changing the ticker players current show via Flow remote control
using mysql.data.dll 8.0.29

Version 3.0.321

fix using shuffle with sponsor spots
when writing sponsor to asrun include the sponsor name as houseId\name in the asrun table

Version 3.0.320

If data is a color value (e.g.: ^choice.party.color) and tag is quad then apply the color to quad

Version 3.0.316

fix issue with crawl ^firstitem, ^lastitem scenes being inserted with every item instead of just with the first \ last items in the topic (was introduced in 3.0.275)
fix chameleon.api offline call not animating

Version 3.0.315

resume will now continue on with the next item in the current topic instead of moving to the next topic.
chameleon.api support for Ticker Player

Version 3.0.311

scheduler related fixes

Version 3.0.309

Add support for closing group (topic) dynamic tags (requires Flow 14.1.4.4 or greater)

Version 3.0.308

Add support for sponsor dynamic tag type (requires Flow 13.12.2.3 or greater for Sponsor dynamic tag type support)

Version 3.0.306

fix a possible issue when running multiple query zones at the same time
don't set number type dynamic tags that are blank\empty in Flow to 0's, leave them empty instead
add an additional parameters field to the Flow database settings

Version 3.0.305

scores : order score items to match flow order
scores : add ^score.league.sport tag (contains same data as the current ^score.league.type tag)
add settings 'Use Database Time for Item On-Air', 'Use Database Time for Item Expiry' to control if the player should use it's local time or the database time when checking for item On-Air and Item Expiry times. Useful if the player system clock is using a different time zone from the database server

Version 3.0.304

fix error when checking for font style tags or applying font style tags if the tag data value was null

Version 3.0.303

fix GetRundown query error introduced in ver 301
add support for a maxlinecount metadata attribute for more control over textbox paging control
fix when using flow text styles on text that contains commas or apostrophes

Version 3.0.301

add support for tags ^displayindex, ^displayindextotal that will return the current display index value and the display index total when using the Display setting in a rundown.
support for show based tags: ^show.name, ^show.rundown.name
add setting 'Use Branding Channel Time Adjust' (default to false). Will control if the time adjust should be applied to start times if using a channel that is also linked to a branding player that has a time adjust assigned.
traffic playlists : don't include items that are not enabled to air

Version 3.0.300

fix for dynamic tag strings like "(11)" displaying incorrectly

Version 3.0.297

fix for rundown limit sometimes not working initially after creating a new player instance

Version 3.0.293

fix race condition which could occasionally update the outgoing scene with the next scenes data
fix for text box property not updating when focus is lost by clicking on another instance tab

Version 3.0.292

add additional error logging around some XPression api calls
fix polls query

Version 3.0.290

add ability to resume rundown on next topic when going back online
use image buttons for online restart, online resume, offline, clear buttons
use unique material names for each instance to avoid issues when playing shows on multiple instances that use the same scene
order channel and show drop down items by content group then by name
add support for the Polls data type

Version 3.0.288

Web Player

fix issues related to first/last item and first/last page, especially for animation conditions
with designer 2.1.4 or later projects, load local fonts from project folder
show the content group in the channel and show name dropdowns (e.g.: Global:BLTV)
don't list or play a show if it is marked as disabled in Flow

Version 3.0.285

fix sponsor to only write asrun record if sponsor is assigned to a campaign
when writing asrun check if start and end times passed in are utc and convert to local time if needed

Version 3.0.282

disable the installer launch condition for "run only if active internet condition found"

Version 3.0.281

adds some additional debug level log messages

Version 3.0.278

add setting 'Restore Playback On Framebuffer Clear' to restore playback if the XPression framebuffer is cleared outside of Ticker Player when Ticker Player was online

Version 3.0.276

add ^score.gamestate tag to return the pure game state (e.g.: Pregame, In-Progress, Final, Delayed, Postponed, etc.)
fix ^score.status not returning anything outside of pregame

Version 3.0.274

fix error launching when using older versions of the database (before Flow 11.11.3.1) that don't yet have the revision column in project table
add missing weather tag: ^weather.text for current or ^weather.<detailTypeCode>.text e.g.: ^weather.day1.text, ^weather.part1.text
add version to title bar

Version 3.0.271

format improvements for numbers as string

Version 3.0.270

select None as the current show when scheduler is enabled and no show is currently scheduled
show icon in scheduler tab when scheduler is enabled

Version 3.0.269

show the project path name in brackets beside the published project name
fix error when creating a new instance that could cause the channel and show drop downs to be unpopulated.
support for channel dynamic tags e.g.: ^channel.tagname

Version 3.0.266

Elections: fix for no results if there were no offices used for the contest
Elections: when zero votes also order choices by the incumbent

Version 3.0.265

Elections : use party order in the ordering of choices to specify correct order when there are 0 results
Elections : fix for no results if the election type wasn't set for the event

Version 3.0.263

fix league topic dynamic tag error (introduced in 3.0.261)

Version 3.0.262

don't reset the selected channel or show if db connection goes down
show error icon in tab when the server isn't running
clone settings from the last instance when adding new instance
create a unique endpoint name when adding new instance
use a RadWindow.Alert control instead of standard message box to show any Flow Url connection errors encountered after pressing Apply in the Flow Tab
after pressing Apply in Flow Tab revert back to previous Flow Url on error, if there was one set
fix sponsor spot as run logging
log message cleanup

Version 3.0.261

support for topic dynamic tags for topics that have dynamic tag support (alert, story, custom) ( e.g.: ^topic.dynamictagname )

Version 3.0.260

add a timecode clock control to the ui that will show the current clock time for the instance
use the players assigned channels' time adjust value, if one has been set for a channel, and apply it to the instance timecode clock display, scheduler, sponsor spot schedules, and score, event, story, alert start times
use RadWindow.Confirm dialog instead of a MessageBox when confirming a shutdown or delete instance operation
stop the instances' data server when removing an instance

Version 3.0.259

Read\Remove related fix for removing too many items when total number of records is less than the Remove metadata value
pressing the Online button immediately after pressing 'Change Show' could show the previous show briefly

Version 3.0.258

fix media dynamic tags handling of a null value column data

Version 3.0.257

fix for sometimes reverting back to previous show soon after a show change

Version 3.0.256

fix paging when using array tags

Version 3.0.253

support for sponsors spots (requires Flow 12.4.4.4 or later)

Web Player

cleanup chameleon.api thumbnail image code - avoid file write \ read and fix leaked Image
remove an unnecessary frequent info log message that was added in version 3.0.252

Ticker Player

fix using rundown Display count when Display count > the rundown item total records

Version 3.0.251

fix online triggers sometimes taking an unusually long time for a show to go online
fix weather playlist rundown shuffle
Update GPI controls in Automation tab to use dropdowns for GPI Board and GPI showing 1 based index values (backwards compatible with previous configurations)

Version 3.0.250

Add ability to trigger a command on the High or Low state of a GPI
protect against unauthorized access errors if encountered when enumerating folders inside the project folder

Version 3.0.248

fix paging not working in zones that had backgrounds
only allow the automation tcp or serial port settings to be changed when Enabled is unchecked

Version 3.0.246

fix for dashes in dynamic tag names not working
fix traffic query error
fix child scene not being added to crawl if its name didn't start with a ^ (introduced in version 3.0.242)

Version 3.0.244

move the 'Use System Tray' setting to the File menu
fix weather media dynamic tag not working (was introduced in version 3.0.239)

Version 3.0.242

only apply content to child scene if the scene supports the content

Version 3.0.241

improved GetCountCommand for query handler to work better for all queries

Version 3.0.239

fix a blocking issue checking the schedule status when scheduler is enabled that can cause interference with graphic rendering

Version 3.0.238

fix weather playlist ordering when 'custom order' is unchecked

Version 3.0.237

rundown limit support for elections
stop using SQL commands SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS and SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as they are deprecated as of MySQL 8.0
only try to start the remotecontrol service if the Remote Control setting is enabled

Version 3.0.236

Fix score playlist error caused by the case sensitivity of SQL column aliases when using a database on an AWS RDS server
Fix an unhandled exception if multiple automation commands have the same command text assigned

Version 3.0.235

Add support for the Media data type
When changing scenes in a zone, if the next scene uses the same layer as previous scene let transition logic handle taking the previous scene offline

Version 3.0.234

fix for getting team image from flow if it wasn't found in the project \images\leagues\ folder
fix getting content groups from global users

Version 3.0.233

fix for starting in system tray on launch when 'Use System Tray' is unchecked
fix ^sponsor.name tag not being set
stop automation on shutdown of player
fix crash if automation tcp server fails to start

Version 3.0.232

add 'Use System Tray' setting to control if the player should hide in the system tray or not when closed
remove the taskbar notification messages when starting app and moving to system tray
ability for the player to recover if Flow or the MySQL db isn't available when player starts up.

Version 3.0.230

Fix a bug with database credentials in the Flow Settings dialog getting reset

Version 3.0.229

fix automation socket error when running in server mode
fix error loading rundown if using a Flow server older than 11.9.5.1 (introduced in version 3.0.227)

Version 3.0.227

add Database User and Password fields to the Flow tab

Version 3.0.222

fix a long term memory leak
add XPression>Show Gui menu option for the ability to show the XPression UI when the player is launched before XPression Studio

Version 3.0.219

add File>Shutdown menu item that will shutdown the player
add ^score.status tag (same as ^score.state) to match the field name in the Flow user interface

Version 3.0.218

don't make unnecessary calls into the Flow url to get database connection settings (now only if apply is pressed in the Flow tab or on launch)
add File>Close menu item that will close the application window to taskbar

Version 3.0.217

fix closings ^topic tag returning the institution type instead of the closing group broadcast name or playlist name

Version 3.0.216

fix possible race condition if content list is updated at the same time the content is being applied

Version 3.0.215

Read\Remove Data Fixes
Add setting in Log tab to remove logs older than X days
fix for off air events in still being displayed when in event playlists

Version 3.0.212

Allow DateTime format strings to be applied to weather sunset and sunrise tags

Version 3.0.210

fix a crawl related error if 'Enable Looping' was checked on the Scene Group. Will force Looping = false on the screen group since we are doing the update manually.

Version 3.0.209

fix automation command parsing error causing some automation commands to fire unexpectedly
no longer need to restart the Player after editing the automation command text for the new command to take effect

Version 3.0.208

add a delay when launched on system startup to give time for the XPression Blue Box service to start
show warning in status bar if the XPression version doesn't match what we expect
fix weather playlist error when using the same city multiple times in the same playlist
organize the Server Port and Endpoint settings under the Server group instead of the Advanced group
improve db status messages in Flow Tab
fix remote control settings not saving in Player table when changed
fix remote control response error when no Channel is assigned
allow None to be selected for no Show

Version 3.0.207

add support for Flow remote control

Version 3.0.206

log any errors that may occur when connecting to the Flow Url

Version 3.0.205

fix text paging when using multi style text

Version 3.0.204

add main menu bar
remove triangle image on Instance tabs
remove -+ buttons and replace with File->Add Instance\Delete Instance menu options
add check for updates support
remove the Social Media Expiry setting from player preferences

Version 3.0.203

support Flow story text style formatting in Ticker Player

Version 3.0.200

add support for ^query[x].index tag that will return the row index of the query record

Version 3.0.199

don't show deleted channels in the player channel list

Version 3.0.197

Fix the resetting of the selected Show and Channel if the player fails to connect to the flow URL and the connection is later restored

Version 3.0.195

add tags ^twitter.hasmedia, ^twitter.account.hasmedia

Version 3.0.194

Fix issue updating array style tags when the index is greater than 9. (e.g.: ^custom[12].post )

Version 3.0.193

Fix twitter topic error introduced in build 3.0.188

Version 3.0.191

use the league code as the topic name

Version 3.0.190

fix traffic camera urls

Version 3.0.189

add support for election events in a rundown
add support for ^choice[x].acclaimed tag for elections

Version 3.0.188

add support for ^Topic[x] tags to allow for train of upcoming topics to be shown

Version 3.0.186

add support for ^weather.day.date \ ^weather.dayX.date tags which will return the days date

Version 3.0.184

add support for event media

Version 3.0.183

Fix election playlists
Fix election contest failing if a candidate has no party

Version 3.0.182

Fix election playlists
Support for ^story.summary and ^story.story tags

Version 3.0.181

Fix sponsor dynamic tags

Version 3.0.180

Fix media error with story media introduced in previous build
Use the Calendar BroadcastName for the Event Topic

Version 3.0.179

add support for the Sponsor data type

Version 3.0.177

add support for changing shows via automation with the addition of a <show:#> automation command (e.g.: <show:morning>).
fix weather media dynamic field error for day and night conditions
check if project directory exists before attempting to enumerate files to prevent an exception

Version 3.0.176

fix for some url images not playing (encode the url parameter when building the internal urlmedia endpoint url)

Version 3.0.175

fix for rundown Display Count not playing where it left off when the rundown starts over again
fix applying of log level settings on startup

Version 3.0.173

Requires Flow version Version 10.7.2.1 or greater

support for weather media dynamic tags
support for logo paths in custom data type tags (e.g.: leagues/nhl/tor.png)

Version 3.0.172

fix for alerts not playing

Version 3.0.171

fix for dynamic tag names that contain spaces

Version 3.0.170

Fix Election schema error
Rename Election ^choice.contest.xxxx tag names to ^choice.event.xxxx

Version 3.0.169

Support for using text style tags when paging text (requires XPression 7.0 3836)

Version 3.0.167

Fixed issues where player was temperamental when the database was not available.

Version 3.0.166

Fixed error saving settings xml file if settings directory doesn't exist

Version 3.0.145

Fixed inability to toggle off various log level messages in the Log tab

Version 3.0.143

Fixed issue where Channels and Shows would not refresh on changing the flow settings
Updated Newtonsoft.Json version to 10.0.3

Version 3.0.142

Updated icons for Web Player and NDI
Changed Database Config Page to Flow Config Page and updated icon
Only show channels and shows in the player to flow users who have permission to access them
Added ability to support the Custom data type (when it is added to the rundown)

Version 3.0.137

re-brand the Chameleon Pro and Tick-It players as a single player named Ticker Player
fix Display Count when set in rundown
fix manual show change not always working
if sports logos aren't found on disk use the logo in the flow database if available

Version 3.0.136

enable the scheduler tab in Tick-it

Version 3.0.132

fix for not showing all data for some Topics when scenes used in the same zone have different metadata settings for read\remove

Version 3.0.131

Fixed bug where limit behaviour was being injected into limits of sub-queries when it shouldn't be. custom limit behaviour should only be injected into top-level queries

Version 3.0.129

Added ^topic tag support for Query

Version 3.0.128

Fixed issue where zones would get stuck on Query topics and not move to the next one
Added max items support with Queries

Version 3.0.127

Fixed images as byte arrays for Query

Version 3.0.126

Added support for displaying media from a Query object (URL, byte array, or local path)
Fixed background display when changing to a new show that uses the same project as previous show but has a different set of backgrounds

Version 3.0.125

Added query support

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