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SCS11 and device maps

Post by newlifedrama » Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:51 am

Where is the device map info stored in SCS11?
I can't find it in the cue files, nor the normal device maps directory.
It has to be somewhere.
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Re: SCS11 and device maps

Post by jmgordon » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:23 am

Indeed it does. According to the SCS11 Help file, the folder SCS DevMaps is located in "Documents" or "My Documents", which is indeed where I have found mine.

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Re: SCS11 and device maps

Post by Mike Daniell » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:29 am

Device maps in SCS 11 are stored in an SCS folder under your application-specific data folder (referred to as CSIDL_APPDATA). On my Windows 7 development machine the device maps folder is "C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Roaming\ShowCueSystem\DevMaps\".
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Re: SCS11 and device maps

Post by Mike Daniell » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:33 am

jmgordon wrote:Indeed it does. According to the SCS11 Help file, the folder SCS DevMaps is located in "Documents" or "My Documents", which is indeed where I have found mine.
Hmm. Help file info must be out-of-date. Are those device map files current, Malcolm, or were they from an older, beta, version of SCS 11?
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Re: SCS11 and device maps

Post by newlifedrama » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:31 am

Thanks Mike, I vaguely remember reading that somewhere. You might want to add that to the Help file in the device maps section.
I had some trouble loading an old SCS10 file that I converted during the SCS11 beta, it was crashing during the devmap load, and I
wanted to delete the file or reset it to just the demo file which loaded ok. I ended up creating a new production with new devmaps
and things worked fine then. I just was wondering where the devmap files were.

I also am not clear when the devmap file is written, as there are multiple SAVE buttons.
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Re: SCS11 and device maps

Post by jmgordon » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:37 am

Mike Daniell wrote: Hmm. Help file info must be out-of-date. Are those device map files current, Malcolm, or were they from an older, beta, version of SCS 11?
The one dev map in that folder dates from January 2012. I have looked in the App Data on my XP system
"C:\Documents and Settings\J Malcolm Gordon\Application Data\ShowCueSystem\DevMaps\" and found the later shows that I have test run this summer.

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Re: SCS11 and device maps

Post by Mike Daniell » Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:53 am

Help file now corrected for the next release.

The device map file is saved whenever the associated cue file is saved. An initial device map file is also created when a cue file is opened, if no device map file currently exists for that cue file.
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