midi input and dmx input management

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The biggest news is the midi input and dmx input management.
(sorry but no available "no beta" release, between 6.21beta and 6.22beta)

Here is the changelog (since version 6.20):
All - midi input management
All - dmx input management (when available on interface)
All - driver are Digitally Signed (no required patch under Windows 7 64bits)
All - only ControlBoard stays in root folder (avoid confusion for main application under MacOS)
All - unicode characters (Chinese) are correctly displayed into the bitmaps
All - same title bar size for child windows
All - button "Validate" in child window when possible
ControlBoard - MacOS - does not see interfaces Box and Cable (they are not ok for MacOS)
ControlBoard - MacOS - works with MacOS quit menu
ControlBoard - must confirm to quit application
Setup - MacOS - works with MacOS quit menu
Editor - Edit/Save existing groups
Editor - "set fade state" works on Pan/Tilt/uPan/uTilt together
Editor - "disable channel" & "set fade/value" works on whole group
Editor - channels horizontal scrolling works better
Editor - "edit group" option
Editor - "update fixtures in group" option
Generator - can fan groups having more than 10 fixtures (fan step is 0,1)
Generator - name of loaded project displayed in title bar
2DView - can switch straight from "odd" selection to "even" selection
2DView - odd and even not reversed
Live - "auto BPM" ajustable from 1/1 to 1/8 for each scene
Live - manual bpm tap requires 3 taps
Live - better looking and faster response
Live - auto bpm (Windows only)
Live Buttons - "cancel" action in "change color" window does keeps previous button's color
Live Buttons - pages are classified in alphabetical order (option "move page" has been removed)
Live Buttons - second "child" window for Buttons
Live Buttons - "old style V5" Macro (with key ctrl)
Live Buttons - remember number of boards and selected pages
Live Buttons - 8 boards on screen
Live Buttons - button "validate" to save changes
Live Buttons - keyboard shortcuts
-- enter -> freeze
-- space bar -> manual bpm
Live TimeLine - keyboard shortcuts
-- left/right -> move green marker
-- shift + left/right -> move red marker
-- enter -> play from red marker
-- space bar -> play/pause
-- page up/down -> move horizontal scrolling
-- home/end -> move to "time 0"/last block
-- +/- -> zoom in/out
3DView - accepts unicode fixture names (Chinese)
3DView - MacOS - key "enter" does not generate space char in edit box
3DView - MacOS - key "tab" valid edit box
In the fix files
ControlBoard - with some computers the lights were making one flicker after computer cpu is 100% busy (after minimizing/maximizing a Window for instance)
ControlBoard - the 30 last dmx values (from 482 to 512) are correct
Setup - some small crashes fixed
Live TimeLine - "play from red marker" read always correctly the next media file
Live TimeLine & ScreenControl - MacOS - calculated length of MP3 files is correct
3DView - In Fixture/Object Settings, the color faders go up to 254 instead of 255
3DView - clone fixtures of more than one channel are responding correctly
3DView - in specific cases, some levels like "closed" were affecting the next fixture

Version 6.22 beta1 is available here: http://download.thelightingcontroller.com/software/beta/
Please make a backup of your lightshows before trying this version.

Please make posts regarding 6.22 beta exclusively in this section (6.22 beta).