Layout with XL ver 2016.7

[dkulp]

Yeah I'm just not sure a good way to have multiple copies of the program running that are disassociated from a common registry location.

I'm not a programmer, so I'll ask this question, because I really don't have a clue.

Why are registry settings needed? Can't info about how a program is run just be stored in the program install directory?  Is there a benefit of one vs another?

On certain platforms, you cannot write to anything in the install directory unless you have administrator permissions.   It just won't work.   You have to have a per-user place to store settings.

[drlucas]

Parallels or VMware allow for this?


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[bpducman]

From a "non-programmer" we could use something like a drop box to take effects from one program to another

[Gilrock]

We have a "drop-box"...it's called the Clipboard.

[AussiePhil]

Phil;

I have 22 xmas profiles and 7 halloween profiles. I can pick any of them and then work them. We dont have a default profile, we remember the last profile you used.

So "add functionality to have different show directories.. test, pumpkin, xmas, etc." we have this now, or am I missing something?

We didnt give a way to have old version software and new version software and switch between them, but i didnt think that is what you were referring to?

What we dont have is the ability to have multiple profiles. For example some people are sequencing the same song for four houses. I imagine being able to see Whole House layout so it is divided in 4 parts and you see what the single sequence looks like on 4 different houses, 4 different background images or 6 or 8 or 9 .etc.. It would be nice, but i think it is a small group that is sequencing multiple houses to one song.


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sean

hi Sean,

I have quite a few xmas folders but not that many.
Your right I wasn't referring to switching versions per se or multiple setups for different houses.

What I was referring more to is a simple pick list/drop down allowing quick switching including saving open work between different show/music directories (ie profiles in vixen speak)

yep, you can go to setup tab, select your show and music folders and your right to go..... all a dropdown gives is presets to this information without invoking folder browse/select dialogue boxes.

One thought (as I typed this) how much stuff is actually in the registry? I've longed to have a portable windows version but registry entries prevent this.

Cheers

[bpducman]

On win 10 when I have (2)xlights running on 2 separate monitors I can't use the clip board, from one program to the other.  maybe I have it setup  wrong.

[dkulp]

What I was referring more to is a simple pick list/drop down allowing quick switching including saving open work between different show/music directories (ie profiles in vixen speak)

yep, you can go to setup tab, select your show and music folders and your right to go..... all a dropdown gives is presets to this information without invoking folder browse/select dialogue boxes.

We have this on the File menu.  The last 4 directories you used are right there.  Simple click and you're there.

[gadgetsmith]

Out of curiosity I searched the registry to see what items were stored by xLights.  (Turns out just over a dozen or so).  One item that came up during the search was the system PATH.  It turns out, that every time I installed xLights, it kept appending c:\program files\xlights to the path, even when it was already there.  While it doesn't pose any issues that I know of, just thought i'd bring it up, as it shouldn't keep adding it if it's already there.  I cleaned it up on my own by removing the unwanted ones... turns out I had nearly 20+ xlights entries in my PATH.  Here are the before and after PATH's.

[sean]

That must be coming from inno setup. Ill take a look . They have a routine that us supposed to add a path if it is not there otherwise skip. What version of windows are using?


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[AussiePhil]

What I was referring more to is a simple pick list/drop down allowing quick switching including saving open work between different show/music directories (ie profiles in vixen speak)

yep, you can go to setup tab, select your show and music folders and your right to go..... all a dropdown gives is presets to this information without invoking folder browse/select dialogue boxes.

Thanks Dan,


We have this on the File menu.  The last 4 directories you used are right there.  Simple click and you're there.