You know, I am glad to see the password option, but what I did from day one, after creating layouts, I always save them in a different folder and keep them backed up on either a thumb drive, or another drive on my PC, just in case someone should tamper with them...in such a case, I would just open, and search for my backups, and load from there then save again to default folder, (usually.. c:documents), with the same name, and when asked if I want to overwrite, I click on yes, and my original is back....had a few PC crashes before that caused me to lose presets from other programs, so this is a normal thing for me to do ....so also do a backup of your templates.....PCs just do not tell you when they will crash....I also have a folder with my icons, that are in the same folder with PB, so as not to have to search for them every time either, so, if I should give someone a layout, they also get a copy of all my icons.....plus a template or so....

Sistem androi pleas..

@Ronald555

I can't seem to duplicate your issue. Icons all appear as expected. Can you email me at info@studio793.ca . Include your .csv file. We'll get to the bottom of this :)

regards,
Richard

I don't seem to get your issue....I create my own icons, and they work great...all you need to do is use Photoshop, open a new project with transparent background, and save the icon you create as a PNG file, then import it into PB...just do not make the images too big a file.....

about 500kbs is good...a bit larger works well.....

Update: Version 4.0.6

https://cli.re/vMix-Panel-Builder-4.0.6

- fixed issue where icons were not always loading when PB set to ‘Open last template on startup’
- clicking on connect icon will now re-connect to vMix if connection is lost
- added PTZ “arrows" to MediaIcon group

- added a “common name” feature that can be used in a Button as an “onAir” indicator for inputs containing a common name. If you create a button and choose command “ActiveInput” then add an “asterisk" to the beginning of the “Common name” that you enter in the Input field, it will look for that name within all the inputs, and tally if any of those inputs are onAir (Program / Output). This feature was mostly added for users using PTZ controls. By adding this button as a background to the PTZ buttons, the user can see if that camera is onAir before moving the PTZ.

example:
If Input named Cam1 PTZ1 or Cam1 PTZ2 is onAir then this button will tally if the name entered in Input field is *Cam1 (because Cam1 is common to both inputs)

Some of you might find other uses..

regards,
Richard

One more request...

In an enterprise environment like ours, the Documents folder may be redirected and have security restrictions as to where folders may be created. For example, our studios are set up so that the documents folder is redirected to a network share with subfolders for individuals and other specific purposes. Users are only allowed to create/delete within a subfolder. As you know, Panel Builder tries to create and use it's own folder in Documents root, which in our case is not allowed.

On the windows version, could you move the preferences and support files to a path under systemdrive/ProgramData as is more standard? The actual CSV files location should obviously be left to the user, but should not cause Panel Builder to have issues if the root of Documents won't allow writing.

I won't be able to deploy Panel Builder into our studios as it is because it insists on initializing it's folder in the root of Documents.

Thanks again for all of your hard work!

You are so right...I wish I could decide my default folder to any location, rather than Documents.....on the system drive..but, I copy that folder to another drive, so as to have a backup in case I have to reformat the C: drive...

UPDATE: Version 4.0.7

https://cli.re/vMix-Panel-Builder-4.0.7

- Panel Builder can now be installed in other folders such as c:/ProgramData on Windows. As there is not installer, make sure you copy the complete contents of the VMPB 4.0.7 Win folder to the folder you have selected. Once panel builder is launched, supporting files (Prefs and UserIcons folder) will automatically be created in the folder containing the application. Users can now store their templates wherever they have permissions. A 'Default User' field has been added to the preferences. This is used as the default path for opening and saving files. It is also used for iPad syncing.

- Fixed an issue where the group field was not restoring when loading a file.

cheers,
Richard

I was trying how to get my Icon buttons to have a light colour, and tally into the same colour in full...and I found it....It is very simple too....what I did, was to create the image I want on the icon, add a very soft background colour in photoshop using the layer adjustment to lighten the colour, in my case, Red,...and save as PNG....then I turn off that filter, and save again with 'A' as my strong coloured icon ....I did that for every button, then import them into PB as user set, and edited in this way...I select the icon button, and add the light image first...then, I highlighted the 'Tally" button, and add the strong coloured image, so now, when I select a button, the colour is strong, and when not selected, it is lightplus I have the glow image I created behind the button to tally as well....it looks nice.

Latest version seems to have broken icon buttons for me completely. All old icon buttons are now missing their icons; adding an image file as a new user icon causes a brief finder hang, and no icon is added.

Reverting to 4.0.6 resolved this issue.

Using MacOS 10.14.