Grass Valley Xnews Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 18)

Xnews User Manual 2-7
Installing and integrating Xnews into your NCS System
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VertigoXmedia\Settings
3. In the [Preferences] section, set EnableEmbeddedPages= to True.
This setting allows you to save the page as a embedded page in a story.
4. In the [Quiet Mode]section, set the UseQuietMode2= to True. This setting ensures
that the embedded page’s name is automatically assigned when it is inserted into a
story.
5. Save and close the xnews.ini file.
Enabling Privates Pages mode
To create Private pages in Xnews, you must first enable the Private Pages setting in the
xnews.ini
file. You must also set the Expiry settings for Private Pages in the MOS options
on the Xmedia Server Properties window.
Once these settings are properly set, dragging a template and inserting it into a story in
Xnews will create a private page.
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See “Choosing between embedded, shared or private pages” on page 4-5 for more
information about Private Pages.
To configure Private pages in the xnews.ini file:
1.
Ensure that Xnews is closed on the NCS workstation.
2. Open the Xnews.ini file by navigating to the following folder and opening the
xnews.ini
file:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VertigoXmedia\Settings
3. In the [Preferences] section, set EnablePrivatePages= to True
4. Save and close the xnews.ini file.
To set the Private Page Expiry settings:
1.
Open the Xmedia Server Properties window (XMS Panel).
2. Select the MOS tab.
3. In the MOS O PTIONS , drop-down list, select P RIVATE P AGES .
4. In the U NREFERENCED P RIVATE P AGE E XPIRY setting, enter a value to represent the
number of days after which an unused private page is to be removed from the Xmedia
Server. The default value is 30 days.
A private page is considered to be no longer in use if it is not referenced by any
rundown in the Xmedia Server. This can occur when a page is deleted from a rundown,
floated or its rundown is made MOS Control Inactive. If the Private page is restored
before the expiry deadline, then it will not be removed from the Xmedia Server.
Each time a private page is edited in Xnews, a new private page is created. If the old
private page is not bound to any other segments when the story is saved to the Xmedia
Server, then the old private page will have its expiry date set to the current time plus
the value of U
NREFERENCED P RIVATE P AGE E XPIRY .