[AG-TECH] PIG and autoplace

[Thomas Uram]

In the vic startup file (specified with the -u command line switch), the 
following option turns off the autoplace functionality:

option add Vic.disable_autoplace true startupFile

This option was not properly handled in previous versions of ag-vic. 

The problem you describe did occur in AG2.0 prior to the release, but 
has been fixed in the final AG2 release.

Tom


Randy Groves wrote:

> Is there a switch to set this?  I just got a note from Allan Spale 
> saying that he's seen the same thing happen in 2.0.
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> -randy
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> At 09:14 PM 7/15/2003 -0500, Thomas Uram wrote:
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>> Randy:
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>> I don't know whether this problem has been handled in the AG1.x PIG; 
>> maybe someone else can comment on that.
>> As for 2.0, the problem was corrected with a fix to ag-vic to make it 
>> properly recognize a switch to "not autoplace", and use of that 
>> option in the tcl script passed to vic in the VideoProducerService.
>>
>> Tom
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>> Randy Groves wrote:
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>>> (I KNOW, I KNOW - I should be using AG2.0 ...)
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>>> I'm trying to set up a demo and happened upon something that I 
>>> hadn't seen before.  I'm using the 1.2 version of the PIG.  When I 
>>> set up an autoplace and re-enter the room, I get not only the video 
>>> windows from the Display Resource Manager's video tool, but I also  
>>> get a window for each of the video capture vics that are running.  
>>> Needless to say, this is a bit of a bother.  I'm guessing that 
>>> they're all reading the vic.prefs file and reacting accordingly.
>>>
>>> Has anyone had this happen?  And do you have any workarounds?  
>>> Unless this is fixed in 2.0, I'm guessing that it also happens there.
>>>
>>> -randy
>>>
>>>
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