Menu Object Order Broken

bitSync wrote on 2/6/2004, 8:11 AM
It seems that even after explicitly establishing and saving an object order on a menu page, DVD Architect 1.0 decides on an object order by some other means than the user-defined order; this is with no render warnings about overlapping links. I am really disappointed that a product this expensive has not reconciled a problem this basic. Sony/SF, please fix this basic menu problem and supply a downloadable patch ASAP. For even my fundamental needs, the problem makes this very exepensive software unusable.

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Udi wrote on 2/6/2004, 8:54 AM
Object order will only effect the order of placing them on the page.
Also, the buttom object will be the "default" object when the page display.
The order of object when pressing the arrow keys is calculated by DVDA and is not setable.

Udi
richard-courtney wrote on 2/6/2004, 9:19 AM
I hope DVDA will include more button functions but if you are done with
all editing you can adjust each menu's button order and default button with
a program called MENUEDIT.

The program is going to be replaced with a much nicer program very
soon according to the author.
DataMeister wrote on 2/6/2004, 1:05 PM
You can also define the object order in DVD-A by making sure the "Show Object Order" is checked under the "Options" menu and then using CTRL- (Page Up or Page Down) to increase or decrease the objects order.

If the objects are buttons, then the lowest number will determine which button is selected when the menu first displays.

JBJones
bitSync wrote on 2/6/2004, 3:22 PM
JBJones,

I do have the object order exposed with "Show Object Order" and manipulation of the object order, either using the page up/down as you suggest or by using the GUI, although yielding the order I am after, is ignored by the navigation controls of either the DVDA preview or the navigation controls on a DVD player. Sony says it's broken and I am sure they are correct about that. Tech support says a fix is not due until the next version release, which I think is unreasonable for such an expensive product. Thanks.