Switch Presentations / Change Layouts
This page / section pertains to BrightAuthor Classic, our legacy app. BrightSign Author is our latest app for managing content and players.
Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
Use BrightAuthor Classic's Switch to Presentation command to switch from one presentation to another on the fly. This is useful if you need to change the zone layout without manually republishing the presentation. Note that all presentations must use the same resolution. Otherwise, the player will need to reboot to change its output resolution.
To do this:
- Create a presentation with an Interactive playlist.
- Go to File > Presentation Properties > Switch Presentations.
- Select Add Presentation and Browse to locate and add the presentation to switch to.
- Give the presentation a Name. This can be different from the project name (the .bpf file that is created when the project is saved).
- Open the event where you want to switch presentations. Select the Advanced tab.
- Select Add Command and select Other -- Switch to Presentation.
- Use the Specify Presentation drop down list to select the presentation you wish to switch to. Alternatively, you can select Specify via user variable if you want to use the value of a user variable to determine which presentation to switch to.
You can use the Switch to Presentation command to link together as many presentations as needed. Note that all presentations added in the Switch Presentations tab will be published along with the master presentation.
Example
The below presentation uses a BP200 event to switch from one presentation to another.
