Usage

Main Window

Main Window

This is what the main interface looks like: (Click for larger image)

1. Search field

   Enter a searchstring. Press enter to search the whole database, or press "Search title" to search titles, and "Search text" to search through the texts in the database. Use the radio buttons to switch between "search text" and "search numbers"
   Press "Show all" to restore the titlelist (2) to show all titles in the database

2. Title list

   Shows the searchresult after search.
   Click to select, double click to add song to playlist (5).

3. Vers list

   When a song is selected, the song"s verese are shown in this list with respective versename in front of the text.
   Click to preview the verse.
   Double click to publish.

4. Preview window

   Shows the selected verse, with the selected font. Though not scaled correct!

5. Playlist

   Add songs to the playlist by double click on a song in the title list (2), or by clicking on the "Add to playlist" button.
   Clicking "Remove" will - yes! - remove the selected song.
   The "===" button will add a separator at the end of the list.
   You may change the name of a separator - just double click on separator in the list.
   Use the up- and down buttons to move posts in the list.
   The list can be saved. All information will then be saved - separators and checks are also saved!!!

6. Layouts

   This list contains a list of layouts found in the Layout folder. Hope it"s obvious what to do...

7. Settings

   Displays some settings that are used.
   Double click to go to the preferences.

8. Blank button

   This button will cause the secondary screen to go compleatly blank!

9. Update button

   When this button is pressed, the secondary display will show what the preview window (4) is showing.

Menus

• File
  • Save / Load Playlist
  • Import / Export Song
  • Preferences
  • Quit
• Edit
  • Blank Screen
  • Edit Database
• Layout
  • Layout manager
• View
  • View Playlist
  • Notes
  • Test pic
• About
  • Show Help
  • Look for updates
  • About VideoPress

Playlist

The playlist is a good way to keep track of the program. You can add your songs and check the off when played. You may also add separators to mark a break, and you may also change the caption of a separator.
See above for more information.

Print

Import / Export

Edit Database

Here you can, at any time, edit the contents of the database - even while showing texts.

You may also add songs and verses, and print songs and titles.

Preferences

The "Display"-tab:

• Select the resolution of the second display (projector or whatever you use)
• Choose the default font and size (showing on the second display)

The "DataBase"-tab:

• Browse to the database.
  NOTE: A database must already exist. An example database can be downloaded from the download area.

The "Internet"-tab:

• If you want to check for updates every time you start the program, check the checkbox. You need access to the Internet for this feature to work. NOTE: You will not download newer version. You will only get a message that says that there's a new version available.

The "General"-tab:

• It is possible to let the program automaticly save the playlist on exit. The playlist is then saved in the root directory as "Playlist.xml". It is therefor not a very good idea to manually save a playlist with that name in that directory.
  Check the box to enable this feature.

Click "OK" to save and exit. If you've changed the path to the database you will have to restart the app.

Notes

- still beta -

A feature in VideoPress is that you may write notes....

1. Text to be shown.
2. Fontface and fontsize.
3. Marginal between edge and text.
4. Text position.
5. Text alignment.
6. Blanks the second screen.
7. Updates the second screen to show the text in (1).

Print

You may print a song, all songs or only the titles. And you may print either to paper or to file.

So, to do it, do as follows:

1. Select "Edit Database" under "Edit" on the menubar.
2. If you want to print a single song, use the data controller or the search function to display the song you want to print.
3. Press "Print"
4. Select weather you"d like to print to paper or to file.
5. Select weather you.d like to print all titles or both a title and its verses.
6. Check "Print all songs" if you want to print all songs and verses, not just current selected.
7. If you"ve choosen to print to file, enter the path to where the file/files should be created.
8. Finaly press "Print" to execute!