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Pumpkin  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:02:23 PM(UTC)
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Hello,

I have some trouble with my streaming setup.
So basically I stream car racing video games. I have a few overlays that display informations about the game.
I would like to sum up all those info into an Excel file, and then use the vMix UTC to select the appropriate info.

So far, I managed to put the Excel file into vMix on the Data Sources.

On the vMix UTC, I managed to put a button to select the next row of data, it works well. But I would like to have an actual clickable list to choose from.

For example, I have a car info overlay, I want to be able to have a list in vMix UTC with all the car models, and I just click on which ever car is on the screen right now. I do realize I can create lists manually, but I would like the list to be liked to the excel file, because there is a lot of data to enter. Also, I would like the list in vMix UTC to automatically update when the info is changed in the Excel file.

Is this possible at all ?

Thank you very much !
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:32:37 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Pumpkin Go to Quoted Post
Hello,


So far, I managed to put the Excel file into vMix on the Data Sources.

But I would like to have an actual clickable list to choose from.



What is wrong with clicking on a row of the (open) datasource window ?
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#3 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 7:58:27 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Pumpkin Go to Quoted Post
Hello,


So far, I managed to put the Excel file into vMix on the Data Sources.

But I would like to have an actual clickable list to choose from.



What is wrong with clicking on a row of the (open) datasource window ?


I installed the vMix UTC on an other computer, so it would be operated by someone else (and not from the vMix computer).
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 8:07:28 PM(UTC)
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Hello,


So far, I managed to put the Excel file into vMix on the Data Sources.

But I would like to have an actual clickable list to choose from.



What is wrong with clicking on a row of the (open) datasource window ?


I installed the vMix UTC on an other computer, so it would be operated by someone else (and not from the vMix computer).


OK makes sense
We create/use small custom userfriendly apps (.net) to have a display of a selectable datasource sending the info through httprequests to the production machine
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9:25:59 PM(UTC)
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To make it work in UTC, you would have to add the Excel file as External Data in UTC itself and use it as a Data Source on a List widget.
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#6 Posted : Thursday, March 23, 2023 1:19:42 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: dmwkr Go to Quoted Post
To make it work in UTC, you would have to add the Excel file as External Data in UTC itself and use it as a Data Source on a List widget.


Thanks !
So I've done that, it works ! But, when I modify the Excel document and save it, UTC crashes and I have to re-open it. So yeah, I have to be careful of that if I need to change the information during the stream.

Also, the Excel widget in UTC doesn't seem to support different sheets on the same Excel file ? It just loads the first one. So I would have to make new Excel files with each sheet of info.
EDIT : Oh actually I saw that you can choose the sheet with the "Sheet number" thing, so it's perfect ! Thank again !
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#7 Posted : Thursday, March 23, 2023 1:21:43 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Pumpkin Go to Quoted Post
Hello,


So far, I managed to put the Excel file into vMix on the Data Sources.

But I would like to have an actual clickable list to choose from.



What is wrong with clicking on a row of the (open) datasource window ?


I installed the vMix UTC on an other computer, so it would be operated by someone else (and not from the vMix computer).


OK makes sense
We create/use small custom userfriendly apps (.net) to have a display of a selectable datasource sending the info through httprequests to the production machine



I see, do you have some examples of the apps you use ?
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#8 Posted : Thursday, March 23, 2023 8:28:23 PM(UTC)
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I see, do you have some examples of the apps you use ?


sorry not really (privacy)

But the basic is simple; creating window form (vb.net for example) that contains Datagridviews of your datasource responding to a roww selection sending that data to a vmix title

Google for vb.net and datagridview for simple examples
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#9 Posted : Friday, March 24, 2023 11:40:09 AM(UTC)
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#10 Posted : Tuesday, March 28, 2023 7:12:31 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Pumpkin Go to Quoted Post

I see, do you have some examples of the apps you use ?


sorry not really (privacy)

But the basic is simple; creating window form (vb.net for example) that contains Datagridviews of your datasource responding to a roww selection sending that data to a vmix title

Google for vb.net and datagridview for simple examples


Noted, thank you very much!
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