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New Features
Version 10
Version 10.2
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The searchfunction of the Programmer is now identical with the searchfunction of the ContentExplorer. Results will be displayed in the datar bar.
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Ad cuts of planned events can now be edited externaly within the WebSuite module "Assets".
| Ad Cut |
The copying of market shares to other slots can now be blocked by activating the Write protection function.
| 1.3.3 Right Mouse Editing Options |
The dialog edit ad break model now has the ability to add default ad editing types to a selected ad break scheme
| 3.5 Dialog Edit Ad Break Model |
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If you lock a plan yourself, for example with an interrupted session, you can unlock the plan without an administrator.
When trying to unlock the plan and the plan is locked yourself, you will be asked if you want to close the other session. Notice: Please note that if you close a session, all unchanged changes are lost! | 1.3 General Functions |
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You can now edit sequences in the data sources bar, when you right-click a sequence and select Edit content.
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Schedule sections are now sorted by the new field Order position in the dialog Edit schedule sections.
| 1.3.1 Edit Schedule Sections |
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If you remove a tab from the data sources and place it freely on your screen, the position of the tab is now saved. After a restart of the application, the tab jumps back to the data sources (so a tab can never be lost, even after a change from two monitors to one monitor), but with a double-click on the tab, it jumps to the saved position.
| 3 Data Sources |
Version 10.0
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| When the option Immediately report license errors, parental rating errors, overlaps and the deletion of connectors in the tab Planning in the options dialog is activated, the message, that the plan has overlappings is no longer shown when you open the program plan. | 4.2.2 Tab Planning |
You can now copy the market share of a slot (tab Coverage) to other slots in the same time range. You can add a variance to the time range. In order to do this, right-click a slot and select Copy market shares.
| 3.3.4 Tab Coverage, 1.3.3 Right Mouse Editing Options |
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You can now delete sequel and repeat connectors of a slot. If you want to delete more connectors, please select several slots.
| Connector |
| You can now save the settings of the tab View in the header. This will save the current settings until the next time you start the Programmer. To activate this option, activate the flag under Admin > Options > View > Persist settings of view ribbon tab. | 4.2.1 Tab View |
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In the header, there is now a new tab Connect. In this tab, all licensed imports and exports are shown. If you have no licensed interface yet, this header will be empty.
| 1.13.7 Tab Connect |
| If an event starts before the license end, but ends after the license end, this is usually classified as a license error. This can now be changed with a system parameter. | 1.5.1 System Parameters |
| There is a new macro @WSA, which can show the ad cut type of an event. | Macros: Event |
| There is a new macro @NLN, which can show the length of the segments of a program, including the ad breaks within the segments. | Macros: Event |
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| In the tab Search the column Last broadcast was added. This date shows, when the last scheduling of the search item is. This can be in the future. | 3.1 Tab Search |
| When releasing program schedules, length issues can now be ignored. This can be changed costumer specifically by CreateCtrl. | |
| A makro was added, which enables you to show the genre of an event. It can be used with @GEN. | 4.2.5 Tab Captions |
There is a new function in the Programmer, which allows you to return the ad breaks to the slots, after they have been moved from the slots to the events.
| 2.3 Tab Program Schedule |
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You can now make the text of selected events bold instead of bright.
| 4.2.5 Tab Captions |
| You now have the possibility, to make all note tabs public, so you can share your notes with coworkers. In order to do this, please contact CreateCtrl. | |
Ad break models and ad breaks can now be planned per drag-and-drop.
| 3.5 Dialog Edit Ad Break Model |
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It is now possible, to collapse the header to save space. This can be done with the button | |
All Edit functions of the header tab Start can now also be found in the tab Planning.
| 2.2 Tab Planning |
The graphics of event flags have been enhanced. For example, you can now define colors for the event flags in the parameters of the ContentExplorer.
| Value attributes |
You can now use the function Settings load/save from the ContentExplorer in the Programmer as well.
| 2.8 Tab Admin |
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The scheduling assistant was improved. Ad breaks can now be planned in slots and do not need events like before. Additionally, you can add a Title prefix, so that these ad breaks are only scheduled after programs with a certain title prefix. Example: You have a daily quiz show, with a specific ad break, but you also got other quiz shows, which are supposed to have different ad breaks. With this new feature, you can type in the title of the daily quiz show and prevent, that the other quiz show will automatically get the same ad breaks because of the same genre. In addition, there is now a notice if you schedule an ad break, but there already exists an element with the same ad break type.
| 5.4 Scheduling Assistant |
The dialog Edit events (double-click a scheduled event) can now have value attributes. Value attributes can be created and maintained in Admin > Edit parameter > Value attribute. If an attribute is supposed to be at an event, you have to select Event in the column Content.
| 4.1.1 Tab General |
Version 7
Version 7.5
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The version replacement wizard has been extended, so that you can replace versions with titles from a folder now. This enables you to store titles which can always be scheduled in a public folder and quickly reschedule your programs.
| 5.1 Replace Program Version |
