StudioPrompter  4 & Windows XP Pro error message states there are missing DLL files. With the current versions as of Feb 20 2008. This has been reported reported for  Windows XP Pro. The New version of StudioPrompter 4b includes the dll fIles now. (4/7/08)

You can use the jump markers to do this.
Here's how:

•  Go to the text line you want to start from (multiple jump markers are okay).
•  Insert this;  ^##^ where the ## is a number from 1-99. We'll use '9' in this example.
•  Add another one elsewhere, say ^75^ at line 100 or 1000.
•  Save the text file, and go go back to the beginning of the file.
• You now have 2 jump markers 9 and 75

• When editing, enter  75 in the small Jump box next to the [GO] button on the bottom of the main screen, and click [GO], this will go to the jump marker position @ 75.
• When doing a shoot, and you are at the main screen, enter the 9 in the jump box and the scrolling will start @ jump marker position @9. You can have 99 of these jump markers per document.
• It is important to have the ^ carat marker on both sides of the jump number, else the program will think it's just text and skip the jump marker. You must also put spaces on both sides of the jump marker. Not doing this will cause characters to be dropped when the markers are stripped out for viewing.

• This is caused by TeleScreen-32 loading the windows mouse wheel driver.
• To work around this, rotate the mouse wheel when on the main screen and before clicking [Play]. This will load the driver prior to scrolling. This should eliminate the jumpies.
• By rotating the mouse forward the speed increases and rotating backward (towards oneself) the speed decreases. You can program how much the speed changes (via the mouse wheel ) in the [Mode Configure] [Configure Keys] option.

• Too many multitasking processes running in your computer.
• Your computer is too slow, try installing on a faster computer.
• Use the Screen Resolution option to shrink the scroll area or the window sizing option (Pro version).
• Use a smaller output screen resolution by changing  your display to the 640 x 480 - 256 color mode.
• Use NT4.0 or higher if possible with a 64 or 128 bit video board.
• Use a small number of colors; change the display to the 256 color mode.
• If your computer is very fast, try more colors or complex fonts to slow it down.
• Scan Converter is jittery, Set your windows video refresh rate to 60(NTSC), or 50 PAL.
• Try a 640x480 display, this is closer to NTSC.
• Use colors that your scan converter doesn't have to convert to NTSC colors.
• If you are using w95/98, try using the [Sync W/ Retrace] option. This will slow it down but provide a very smooth scroll. 

• Is the font color the same as the background screen color?
• No text file has been loaded into TeleScreen-32, or there is no text in the edit box.
• Maybe the 10 -second pre-scroll pause option is toggled on.
• The current delay is too long.
• If using a laptop, try changing the [Screen Res] or [Output Window Size] to a size smaller than the maximum possible screen size. Example; If your laptop's display is 640x480, try 600x440. Some laptops use a virtual display mode which can be larger than your logical display size. This causes problems sometimes.

• Also, sometimes the [Pixel Processing] setting can make a difference if set to a mode that your video card can not support. Try changing  [Pixel Processing] to 8 bit,  this usually works well.

 
•  Another possibility is,  you are using the overlay option of your video card. TeleScreen-32 only uses Windows 95/95/Nt standard video output via your VGA output port. Are you using a scan converter or genlock to capture the video and feed  it into your video card's capture port?

• This is caused when the Pixel Processing option is set to bit rates that will not work with your current video driver. Change Pixel Processing to 8 bit or 1 bit and try again.

• The  Pixel Processing options should be used to influence the speed of scrolling. Some PC's can only handle certain pixel processing.  In general, 256 color mode video cards can only use 8 or 4 bit pixel processing comfortably.  True Color can use 24 or 8 bit only.  "Device" works with your operating system to determine the optimum pixel processing capability.  However, if your system can handle 24 bit processing by changing the pixel to less than 24, you can increase your scrolling speed. TOP

• The program checks for changes such as keystrokes, page down, page up, arrow keys, escape, space bar, and mouse clicks only at the end of a scrolled line, or after a line has finished being painted on the screen.  The larger the font size, the slower response time for speed change.

• Find the font size you desire, place your text in loop mode, and play it.  Once it begins scrolling, hold down the page up key to speed it up, and press the page down key to slow the scroll down.  Once the scroll is at your approximate speed, use the arrow keys to adjust to precise speed.  You also have the option of using the Delay slider on the adjustment screen to change speeds.  Toggle off  the Vmode button to go to adjustment screen.

• This program also allows you to save this particular configuration so you don't have to adjust for future use.  Using the File pull down menu, click on [Save Configuration As]. 

• Change the [Window Size] to a smaller size or use a size smaller than your actual max screen size.
• Select and use the [Pixel Processing] option to 4/8 bit or lower. This may provide a slight improvement.
• Use simple fonts like Arial. Use white fonts on a black background.
• Buy a video card with at least 2-4 megs of ram.

The [BBP] caption on the Help -> About panel should be 8, not 16, 24 or 32;  if you are having slow speed problems. On the other hand if your display is too fast and you can not slow it down, change your display to 24 or 32 bit, this will force the CPU and graphics card to work a little harder and take longer, or use the [Sync/w Retrace] option if using W95/98/ME.

If the [Bits Per Pixel] caption is not 8, use the[Start] [Settings] [Control Panel] [ Display Settings]option in windows to change to the 256 color mode.

If this does not improve the scrolling speed please buy a newer computer or a 4 meg 32/64 bit video card.

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The teleprompter scrolling speed seems to change by itself.
Another symptom is the speed is much slower or faster after scrolling, returning to the edit screen, and then playing again.

The Mouse Movement Speed Control option changes the speed of scrolling when you move the mouse forward and backward when the play screen is visible.

The problem is caused by having the[Control the speed when playing with] [Mouse Movement], and using the mouse to close the play screen by clicking on the play screen. Note: Even the smallest mouse movement will change the speed when the play screen is visible.

To verify this problem, press [Alt] [P] to play, then don't move the mouse while scrolling. Then press [Esc] to close the play screen. If the speed does not change, this is indeed the problem. To turn the mouse movement speed control off, click  [Screen] panel then click the check box [Control the speed when playing with] [Keyboard Only]. You will then have to use the arrow, PgUp PgDn keys or the mouse wheel to control the scrolling speed.
 

If you choose to use the Mouse Movement Speed Control option, use the keyboard to toggle the play and edit screens. Press the [Esc] key to close the play screen and [Alt] [P] to start the scrolling from the edit screen.

Remark: The Mouse Wheel option is not available in LitePrompter.

After registering my software, it still starts in demo mode. How come?
If after following instructions that where sent with your registration, the registration does not seem to work (the [Help][About ...] panel shows no registered user) read the following.

Most email program have no problems extracting the binary registration file that was sent to you. However there are some email programs (like MS OutLook) that may damage or discard the binary registration file because the extraction process thinks the registration file may be a virus. If your email program has virus checking turned on, turn it off long enough to extract the attached binary file. If this is not possible, please request a zipped version of your registration file from DRS-DIGITRAX. Click here for further instructions.

I have a 496 Laptop and at first, it was just way too pokey. . .
The following was submitted by Mark from CMS State College in Illinois.

I've been trying out the t-32 demo, and I congratulate you on a revolutionary product at a reasonable price.
I've been trying to get it to run as well on my 486DX Toshiba laptop, and at first, it was just way too
pokey. I thought I could not use your product at all, but after a little tinkering, I DID get it to run okay:
 

1. I dropped my windows screen colors below 256.
2. I manually re-sized your output window to about a quarter screen.
3. I dropped the pixel setting to "device"
4. I dropped the font (MS Sans bold) to between 4 and 8 point size.
5. I set it for V mode, no scroll control showing on-screen.

Tips on using a Stewart Inst hand controller with Studio Prompter
Stopping and Pausing
When using the hand controller, it controls the forward , reverse and pause/stop. The mouse (right click) reversing is dis-connected when using the hand controller.

To see how this works, first click the [Pause on Max Delay].  When controlling the forward speed, slow the speed down until the scrolling stops. If you continue to turn the controller in the same direction it will start reversing at slow speed. The further you rotate the controller the faster the reverse will go.

The Pause or stop position on the controller is about in the middle of the controller's rotation.  If you do not have [Pause on Max Delay] checked,  it will will not stop, just slow down, then change scrolling directions.

Looking for the Hand Controller
This option will discover and connect your hand controller to StudioPrompter. You should plug the Hand Controller into the appropriate port (serial or game). Then click the [Look for Hand Controller] option.

While StudioPrompter looks for your hand controller, you must rotate the control full right then full left two or three times. StudioPrompter is learning about your hand controller in this step. You will see a pair of eyes rotating as the StudioPrompter checks the hand controller. If you do not see the eyeballs rotating, no controller has been found. The rate that is displayed on the [Look for Hand Controller] button will change as you rotate your hand controller. The higher the rate, the more control your hand controller will have when controlling Studioprompter. Rates above 220 or so, are good, lower rates will limit the width of the pause postion as  mentioned above in  Stopping and Pausing.Lower rates will also make the control very touchy. When the Look for Hand controller process stops you are setup.

If there is a smillie face next to the  [Look for Hand Controller] button,  this indicates a good reading. If no smillie face, but there is a rate indicated on the [Look for Hand Controller] button, the control may not be optimal. Be sure to save your configuration settings after using this procedure.

Note: Older slower machines will  indicate a rate between 80-200, this is still usable.

Start from cursor does not work
In version 1.5.0.300 of StudioPrompter you must use the [Alt][P] keyboard shortcut to start your scrolling session if using [Start From Cursor].  Using the mouse to click the play button will remove the cursor from the text editor. This will make the "start from line", the first line in the text. This will be changed in the nexrt revision.

Using AutoStart to start prompting on program startup. (StudioPrompter)
In version 1.7.4 or greater of StudioPrompter you must use the [Save Default Configuration] in addtion to the shortcut modification.

Using the Matrox G450/550 video adapter with StudioPrompter (not compatible with W95)
Starting with version 1.9.3.344, you can use this adapter for Dual Monitor support. If you have a second monitor attached to the second video port on the G450 video adapter, you can run StudioPrompter in the Dual Monitor mode. This mode provides the operator with the console screen running on the first monitor. When running in this mode you can change speed, reverse and pause etc., while the Talent is reading from the second monitor. This version of StudioPrompter also provides a scrolling display on the operators console screen to track the Talents reading position.

To use the StudioPrompter Matrox Mode.
1) You must be running a newer windows OS. Windows 95, Matrox G450/550 and StudioPrompter will not work together. We suggest Windows 2000 sp1 or W98. Click [Window][Use Second Monitor for Scrolling]. Be sure to save your StudioPrompter configuration after making these changes.

Very Important: You  must have the Matrox card in the DualHead display mode. When installing your Matrox video driver be sure to check the "Separate Display" option of page 3 of the Matrox Driver Installer. This will insure that the Matrox driver acts as if 2 separate video boards are installed. The clone mode will not work because the same signal is going to both monitors. In the [Control Panel][Display][Settings] panel, make sure you have "Extend my Windows desktop onto this Monitor" checked.
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Task Bar scrolls up. (StudioPrompter)
In W95/98 StudioPrompter you must  use the [Start][Taskbar & Start Menu][Taskbar Options] to uncheck the [Task Bar On Top]. This will prevent the Task Bar from insisting that it be on top. When it is on top, and will not allow itself to be hidden, it scrolls up the screen the first time a scroll is started.
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Why are your prompter programs so small?

• In today's Windows PC, one of our main product philosiphies has become not to alter the end users computer in any way.
• We do not add visual basic, OCX, ActiveX or any specialized libraries to your system to make our software work on your platform.
• Our programs will, and must work on a standard Windows OS release without exception.
• Our programs are small packages due to the absence of additional work around libraries and our programming methods. Our code is written using object pascal, "C" and assembly language making it extremely tight and efficient.
• We are mostly old-fashioned and use our own home-grown programming solutions. And our two primary programming managers are both over 50 years of age. They started programming well before Windows version 1.0.

Why are your teleprompter programs so inexpensive?
Have you left something out of them? NO

Our products are less expensive than most on the market for the same capability. Our prices are low for the following reasons:

• Our software is used primarily for video that usually provides some type of self or project improvement as a result of it's use. Just because our software works with video/broadcast type projects is no reason to gouge the end user. We understand we will never get rich with this philosophy, that's okay, we don't want to.

• The assumed market value we place on our products is meant to address both the low end and high end user needs as well as their price range.

• We take great pride in customer satisfaction. It's what drives us!

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I still can not get the DRS teleprompting software  to work for me?

You may be missing a few DLL files.  We are working on updating the the install packages.

First make sure you have this one installed.
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?mfcans32. 

Then you may need this as well.
http://www.nodevice.com/dll/oc30_dll/item12853.html 

March 1 2008