The Lighting Controller

Hey All....

I'm preparing to create our next series of help videos for the Chauvet Showxpress Facebook Group. While working on V7 I've noticed a HUGE potential problem. In V6 we've become so used to opening different windows and closing them, now in V7 everything is essentially all in the same window, One wrong click and your entire light show is going to close. Myself and others who've i spoke to agree, there absolutely needs to be a popup prompt or a are you sure you want to close button before the entire program just closes.

please and thank you for your hard work.

YES, I also noticed that, but I think, when you edit anything (eg create Timeline, fixtures...) the software asks "Do you want to save Timeline Project/etc?".
But a little popup would be nice anyway.

Yes, for each change in Editor Fixture/Steps/Generator - Pixels - Live Buttons/TimeLine - StandAlone, the software is supposed to ask "Do you want to save ...".

A prompt upon exit is really needed. Please.

There is a "Do you want to save ..." window, for each tab change.
When an interface is plugged, there is a "Do you want to quit" window.

Can you please explain why you need one more "exit" window ?

For me it´s absolutely ok as it is now.

And this:

When an interface is plugged, there is a "Do you want to quit" window.

is the important point - for a quick look into the program a pop up window would be just annoying.

So the previous versions of showxpress....

Lets pretend I'm in a live setting.... I click on a scene in LIVE and the mover focus on an object. one of those movers are off a bit, so id goto the control window, open up editor, open up the scene (assuming i didn't right click on the scene and choose edit in editor) After opening the scene i make the adjustments for the fixtures, hit save and then CLOSE the editor window and go back to live.

NOW in the current V7, if i jump out of live to got into anything to check a DMX channel, edit a scene, whatever i click the tabs to goto those sections. By force of habit if i goto close out editor or whatever and i have stuff going on in the LIVE section the whole entire program closes.

I understand some people don't want another pop up. then what about it only popping up if they're selected scene in the LIVE tab, that way it can help prevent accidental closings. There was a discussion on this topic in the Chauvet Showxpress and Lighting Facebook group. I'm not the only one who felt this way.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/215343038575012/

I support a feature that should not allow the program to close that has any Live scene (Button or Timeline) running.
This would be a norm for most software.
John

@John Imagine there's a play in a theater, 5 minutes before it begins. You and the software are ready and of course no scene or timeline is activated.
Now you close the window accidentally - NO popup! And 5 minutes are gone very fast until the software has been restarted...


Another solution: There is a popup window if any "DMX-OUTPUT" is turned on (green).

@Lighter007
Great idea for dmx_output.
Most of my shows load the Live page automatically, and dmx is switched on.
John