Configure the Text Group for the Multimedia Collection

The text group defines what buttons for accessing media files display when a user selects a multimedia collection in System Browser. Each button label defined in the text group entry must exactly match the name of the corresponding media file stored on disk. Typically, you must create a separate text group for each multimedia collection object.

  • System Browser is in Management View.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • To configure a new text group, select Project > System Settings > Libraries > L4-Project or L3-Region or L2-Country > Global > Multimedia Collection > Texts.
  • To configure an existing text group, select Project > System Settings > Libraries > L4-Project or L3-Region or L2-Country > Global > Multimedia Collection > Texts > [text group].
  • The Text Group Editor tab displays the entries of this text group. Each entry corresponds to a button for playing back a media file.
  1. To add a new text group entry:
    a. Click Add new row .
    b. In the Value field, enter a consecutive number that must not be duplicated within the given text group.
  1. To configure a text group entry:
    a. In the language column en-US, enter the text that corresponds to the exact name of the file in the multimedia collection folder.
    b. Click Icon. From the Icon Picker dialog box, select the appropriate library and icon, and click OK.
  • The selected text and icon will display on the button for playing that media file in Desigo CC.
    NOTE: The en-US language is mandatory. Additional languages can optionally be configured. In any case, the mapping of media files to buttons is always done based only on the en-US language.
  1. Click Save .
  1. (Only for newly created text group): In the Save Object As dialog box:
    a. In the Object Name and Name fields, enter the same name for the text group, using the TxG prefix. For example, TxG_myTextGroup.
    b. In the Description, field enter a description for the text group.
    c. Click OK.

 

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