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Subject: Re: [LCtalk] Library editor
From: Fokko van Duin
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:48:05 +0100

At 10:10 +0000 15-11-2003, John Conry wrote:
Whatever I do I cannot get the library editor to see the two versions of the fixtures simultaneously. They either don't appear at all, or a message appears saying that the loaded fixture has been replaced. I've tried putting the files in the same directory as the original fixtures and a separate directory within the library. Nothing I have done so far works. If I use a separate directory and remove the Martin and Vari-Lite directories from the library, then everything is fine. As soon as I put the two directories back, the problem returns.

There must be some additional 'intelligence' in the library editor that I don't understand.

I know there -was- poor documentation, but the new tutorial has a separate chapter about the fixture library and I found in the note:

"Each fixture definition file has an unique ID and fixture name inside the file, so the filename can be anything. Note: New and duplicate fixture definition files can -only- be made by the library editor, as it generates a new unique ID. Never change the name or duplicate the files directly, as the inside ID will not be correctly anymore, and can lead to loss of fixture definitions."

Does this explains it?


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