Exporting Themes

zstevek wrote on 9/18/2006, 7:19 PM

Hello,

I am using DVDA4 and have a menu set up for a grid based theme export so I can use it for future projects. I have everything set up the way I want it to be, except I can't adjust the Title menu's location. I don't see an option for adjusting where the title menu is located.

Does anyone know how you adjust the title menu location so it appears where I want it to be in the theme?

Thanks

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richard-courtney wrote on 9/19/2006, 1:47 PM

Do you mean on the grid or the folder?

In the "_Themes" folder is the xml file that pretty much controls everything.
A theme is actually a zip file renamed as an extension of thm. When DVDA starts
up it expands the zipped file from the themes folder into a folder in the _themes folder.

(NOTE: there is a difference in the "THEME" and "_THEME" folders names.)
Hope that helps.

zstevek wrote on 9/20/2006, 5:46 PM

I mean on the Grid, I can't set where you set the Title Menu's position.

richard-courtney wrote on 9/23/2006, 8:05 PM

I am not 100% sure on this.
The XML file in the THM folder will have the following section:

<TITLE>
<TEXT-INFO>
something important here
</TEXT-INFO>
</TITLE>

I think this is where you will need to add info.
Some more experienced in XML might help you more.
The spec (link below) says the descriptions can be POSITIONAL or GRID
but not both. Guess what, the text item tags are in the POSITIONAL layout section.

http://download.sonymediasoftware.com/current/extras/dvdarchitect3_themespec.pdf