Viz Pilot User Guide

Version 7.2 | Published May 08, 2017 ©

Getting Started

Template Wizard is a stand-alone application that can be started from the program menu, a desktop shortcut or from Director if it is installed on the same machine.

This section contains the following topics:

  • To start Template Wizard

  • To specify command line parameters for Template Wizard

  • To start Template Wizard from Director

To start Template Wizard

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  1. Open the program from the Windows Start Menu (Template Wizard), or the desktop icon.

To specify command line parameters for Template Wizard

  1. Right-click the Template Wizard desktop shortcut, and select Properties

  2. In the Properties window select the Shortcut tab.

  3. To start multiple instances of Template Wizard add -duplicates to the Target path.

    • "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\vizrt\Viz Pilot x.y\VizTemplateWizard.exe" -duplicates

      Note: When starting a duplicate instance you will most probably receive a socket error. Confirm it and you will be able to run duplicate instances of Template Wizard.

  4. To specify the Media Sequencer to connect to, add -mse <host> to the Target path.

    • "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\vizrt\Viz Pilot x.y\VizTemplateWizard.exe" -mse <host>

  5. To specify the database to connect to, add -db <connect string> to the Target path.

    • "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\vizrt\Viz Pilot x.y\VizTemplateWizard.exe" -db <connect string>

  6. To specify the inifile to use, add -inifile <inifile> to the Target path.

    • "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\vizrt\Viz Pilot x.y\VizTemplateWizard.exe" -inifile <inifile>

To start Template Wizard from Director

  1. Either, select Template Wizard on the Tools menu,

  2. Or, right-click a template in the template list, and select Edit Template on the context menu.

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