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Viz Pilot User Guide

Version 8.8 | Published September 25, 2023 ©

Viz Control Components

This section covers the following topics:

Drag Edit Component

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The TDragEdit component is used to set numeric values, either by entering the values using a numeric pad or using the cursor by clicking the text box and dragging in a horizontal direction to adjust the value.

Notable Properties

  • Enabled: Enables the control.

  • ReadOnly: Enables the value to be read only.

  • Text: Sets the text string associated with the control.

Value Control Component

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The TWValueControl component is a generic component used for scripting to control values outside the scope of Template Wizard’s default components. It is therefore a good tool to use in situations where Template Wizard does not offer a default component for certain exposed Control plugins and properties.

Value Control can only be used with scripting, and is therefore not visible as a component to the operator. However, you can expose it by using other components that can be used to assign values to the Value Control’s ControlValue property.

Notable Properties

  • ControlObjectName: Sets the exposed Control plugin property that Value Control is to control (for example 01.kerning).

  • ControlValue: Sets the value that Control Object in Viz is to receive in order to control the exposed Control plugin property.

Script Example

Sub TWUniButton1Click(Sender)
TWValueControl1.ControlValue = TWUniEdit1.Text
End sub

Audio Control Component

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The VizAudioCtrl component is used to select audio clips from a defined directory (for example share). Supported file formats for this control are mp3 and wav.

Notable Properties

  • _InitialDir: Sets the default directory/share from where the audio clips are to be located.

  • ChannelID: Sets the Channel ID used by the scene in Viz for playing out audio.

  • Director: Sets the name of the director in the scene that controls the audio animation.

  • Filename: Sets the audio filename.

  • Keyframe: Specifies the Viz keyframe to control.

    Note: The _UnixShare property is deprecated.

Targa Control Component

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The VizTargaCtrl component is used to selected video clips from a defined directory (for example share). Supported file formats for this control are dif, avi and dv.

Notable Properties

  • _InitialDir: Sets the default directory/share from where the video clips are to be located.

  • ChannelID: Sets the Channel ID used by the scene in Viz for playing out video.

  • Director: Sets the name of the director in the scene that controls the video animation.

  • Filename: Sets the video filename.

  • Keyframe: Specifies the Viz keyframe to control.

    Note: The _UnixShare property is deprecated.

Triplet Editor Component

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The TripletEditor component is used to set control values exposed from Viz such as position and scaling that require control of three values (for example X, Y and Z).

Notable Properties

  • Max, Min: Sets the maximum and minimum values.

  • XValue, YValue, ZValue: Sets the parameters X, Y and Z.