To Register the ActiveX Component

1. Run Command

2. Change directory to Viz Multichannel’s AX folder (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\vizrt\Viz Multichannel\AX)

3. Enter regsvr32 VCPAxFiller.ocx and press Enter

• This will register the ActiveX component.

To Register ActiveX Component Settings

1. Open the AX folder in the Viz Multichannel installation directory.

   • If Viz Engine and Media Sequencer are not running on your local host you must edit the registry file and set the correct host names.

2. Double-click the AX-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.reg file.

   • This will set PreviewPort to 50008, PreviewHost to localhost, and MseHost to localhost, and in registry.

To open the ActiveX component

1. Open the AX folder in the Viz Multichannel installation directory.

2. Open the VizrtActiveXTestPage.html file in Internet Explorer.

   

3. If Internet Explorer 10 is used, press F12 and set browser mode to Internet Explorer 9.

4. Allow Internet Explorer to run blocked content (i.e. ActiveX).

To Set the Product

• Click the Get Product button.

• This will display the configured product in the Result area (at the bottom of the page).

• If trio is shown, enter multichannel in the Product Name field and click the Set Product button.

To Set a Channel

1. Click the Get Folder button, and the Result area will show the channel name currently in use.

2. If nothing is shown in the Result area then press the List Folders button, and the Result area will show a list of channel names stored on the Media Sequencer.

3. Enter the channel name in the Folder Name field and click the Set Folder button.

   Note: Channel name is case sensitive.

4. Click the Get Folder button again.

To List Templates and Template Fields

1. Click the List Templates button, and the Result area will show templates currently available.

   <result>

   <item>0400</item>

   <item>0030</item>

   <item>0200</item>

   ...

   </result>

2. Enter the item value (e.g. 0400) in the Template ID field and click the List Template Fields button, and the Result area will show the templates’ exposed fields.

   <result>

   <item name="001" description="text" type="richtext">Arial-Regular</item>

   </result>

To List Available Pages and Page Fields

1. Click the List Pages button, and the Result area will show pages currently available.

   <result>

   <item>0011</item>

   <item>0012</item>

   ...

   </result>

2. Enter the item value (e.g. 0011) in the Page ID field and click the List Page Fields button, and the Result area will show the pages’ filled content.

   <result>

   <item name="001" description="text" type="richtext">Mr. Black</item>

   </result>

To Create a Page

1. Enter a new item *(e.g. 0010) in the *Page Id field (see how To List Available Pages and Page Fields).

   Note: Alternatively, enter a new Page Id when saving the new page.

2. Enter an existing item value in the Template Id field (see how To List Templates and Template Fields).

   Note: Alternatively, select the Template Id from the Page Editor’s template list.

3. Click the Create Page button.

4. Edit the page and click the embedded page editor’s Save button (see Page Editor).
   Similar to creating a page you may also edit or delete a page by providing an existing Page Id, and then click the corresponding Open Page or Delete Page button.

   

If you do not enter a new Page Id before creating a new page you may enter it before you save the page.

If you do not enter a Template Id before creating a new page the Page Editor will list all available templates. This also requires that no Page Id has been set before clicking the Create Page button.

To Edit a Single Page Field Without a Page Editor

1. Enter an existing item *(e.g. 0010) in the *Page Id field (see how To list available pages and page fields).

2. Click the List Page Fields button, and the Result area will show the pages’ existing content.

3. Enter the item name in the Field Name field.

4. Enter the new* item value* in the Field Value field.

5. Click the Set Page Field button.

6. Click the List Page Fields button, and the Result area will show the pages’ new content.

To Edit Multiple Page Fields Without a Page Editor

1. Enter XML to the Fields area in the following format:

   <fields>

   <item name="[field name]">[new value]</item>

   <item name="[field name]">[new value]</item>

   <item name="[field name]">[new value]</item>

   ...

   </fields>

2. Click the Set Page Fields button.