Add Media Files to a Folder on Disk

When the Multimedia Collection extension is installed, a set of media files used by the default multimedia collection object are copied under [Installation Drive]:\[Installation Folder]\GMSMainProject\Help\Multimedia.

You can store the media files (MP3, MP4, or HTML pages) used by other multimedia collections either directly under [Installation Drive]:\[Installation Folder]\GMSMainProject\Help\Multimedia, or organize them into separate subfolders under this. When you configure a multimedia collection in Desigo CC, you can set from which folder it will retrieve its media files.

NOTE: Multiple collections can retrieve files from the same folder: each collection will still only display the buttons defined by its associated text group.

  1. If you are adding files for a new multimedia collection, do one of the following:
  • In the directory [Installation Drive]:\[Installation Folder]\GMSMainProject\Help\Multimedia, click New Folder and create a separate subfolder to collect the media files for this collection (for example, MyMultimediaCollection). Then copy the media files into it.
  • Copy the media files directly under the folder [Installation Drive]:\[Installation Folder]\GMSMainProject\Help\Multimedia.
  1. If you are adding files for an existing multimedia collection, copy the media files (MP3, MP4, or HTML pages) to the folder referenced by that collection (see Associate the New Multimedia Collection to a Folder and Text Group).

 

A multimedia collection folder can have a different number of media files than the number of entries in the corresponding multimedia collection library text group. Only media files associated with text group entries will have a button to be played.