File location (Choose text, Choose audio, Choose video, Choose Picture, etc)
The options on this screen are dependent on what type of control you are using. For example, the 'Enter text' option is only available with the Text label control. The possible options are:
'On a local or network drive' or 'In a file on a local or network drive'
Select this option and then you can use the Browse button to find files on your
hard disk (on the C: drive, for example) or on a network drive if available.
Note - You can change the default location of audio, video, PDF, files, etc, by going to the main Repeat Signage screen then on the menu click on File then Settings.
'In same folder as presentation'
This check box is only enabled if you have saved your presentation. Ticking this box means that when you use the browse button you will just look in the same folder as the presentation. This allows you to use relative paths (such as MyPicture.jpg) rather than absolute paths (such as c:\Pictures\MyPictures.jpg). See Using Repeat Signage with Dropbox.com for why you may want to use this option.
'Type in some text here'
When adding text, you this allows you to type in text to display.
RepeatServer.com
This shows you the files you have hosted on your free RepeatServer.com
account. With the Standalone edition, this is only enabled for RSS
feeds. To set up an account, then see the 'Repeat Server' tab on the
Repeat Signage main screen
'On a website' (Standard and above editions ONLY)
The Browse button opens up a browser window to allow you to find a file on an
Internet website (or on a local network Intranet site). The file will
automatically be downloaded and put in your system
cache so that Repeat Signage can display it. The next time you load
this presentation, then Repeat Signage will check to see if there is a newer
version of your file. If there is then it will download the newer version
to the system cache and play it.
'On an FTP site' or 'In a file on an FTP site' (Standard and above editions ONLY)
If you don't know what an FTP site is, then click here.
You will need to add a new FTP site to your presentation first. You will
need the following information:
- FTP site name (For example: ftp.repeatsoftware.com)
- FTP username
- FTP password
Select 'On an FTP site' and use the Add button to enter this information on the
FTP site record page. After you click OK, then you can use the Browse
button to visit your FTP site and select a file to display. The file will
automatically be downloaded and put in your system
cache so that Repeat Signage can display it. The next time you load
this presentation, then Repeat Signage will check to see if there is a newer
version of your file. If there is then it will download the newer version
to the system cache and play it.
RSS news feeds on the Internet
See our RSS feed list for RSS news website.
ZIP file support
When you browse for a file, then the browse windows has a drop down of 'All supported files ...'. You can change this to 'Zip files' which allows you choose a ZIP file that contains the file you wish to display. You will then see a panel which asks you for the file inside the ZIP file you wish to display, plus an optional password box. Use the 'Open ZIP file' button to browse for a file with in the ZIP file. ZIP file support has been added for when you are downloading files from the Internet.