Database Manager

The Toolbar

The Toolbar contains navigation section for DBM, a section for creating new entries and an individually definable section with launch icons for multiple DigaSystem and 3rd party application modules.

The General DBM Tool Buttons

Button

Description

ToolbarLogin.png

Login: By means of this button the user calls up the login dialog in order to login or logout of the system.

ToolbarRefresh.png

Refresh: Click on this button to refresh the entry list (an automatic refresh interval can be defined; see section Define automatic table Refresh in Table Configuration.

ToolbarEasySelection.png

Selection dialog: This button calls up the simple selection dialog to enter various search criteria
(see also section Easy Selection in Finding Entries)

ToolbarDelete.png

Delete: Calls up the delete dialog for the selected entries (see also Deleting an Entry)

ToolbarPrint.png

Print: Opens the Print template dialog to print out the marked entries (if available).

ToolbarViewBrowser.png

View Browser: Opens a browser window in DBM and a predefined URL.

Buttons for Creating Entries

ToolbarNewRecording.png

New entry/record: This button displays the recording screen to define and start the recording of a new entry.

ToolbarNewTextEntry.png

New text entry: Creates a new entry without audio, that is automatically set to the class "Text"

ToolbarNewVirtualEntry.png

New virtual entry: Creates a new virtual entry. A virtual entry is a placeholder with metadata for a not yet available audio. E.g. this can be used in the DigaSystem module "DigAIRange" as placeholder for a news block and/or be merged with a media entry to pass over the metadata (see Merging Entries)

ToolbarNewGroupEntry.png

New group: Creates a new group. In a group multiple entries can be thematically put together.

ToolbarNewStoryEntry.png

New story: Creates a new story. In a story multiple entries can be thematically put together.

ToolbarDigaGrabber.png

DigaGrabber: Opens the DigaGrabber module for grabbing Audio CD's into a DigaSystem table.

ToolbarQuickIngest.png

Quickingest: Opens the Quickingest module for importing the video material of specific digital cameras into a DigaSystem table.

Buttons for Editing / Working on Entries

The following list of application launch buttons shows often used (including some third party applications), but not all possible buttons; except for the Preview and DigaText (commented below with "default") icons all those buttons need to be configured in the DigaSystem Administrator to appear.

ToolbarPlay.png

Preview (default)
Calls up the mini-player for previewing the selected entry.

ToolbarSingleTrackEditor.png

SingleTrack
Starts the SingleTrack without transferring an entry from the Database Manager.
Dragging one or more entries onto this button transfers them into the SingleTrack Editor.

ToolbarEasyTrackEditor.png

EasyTrack
Starts the EasyTrack Editor without transferring an entry from the Database Manager.

ToolbarMultiTrackEditor.png

MultiTrack
Starts the MultiTrack Editor without transferring an entry from the Database Manager.
Dragging one or more entries onto this button transfers them into the MultiTrack Editor.

ToolbarSequoia.png

Sequoia
Starts Sequoia without transferring an entry from the Database Manager.
Dragging one or more entries onto this button transfers them into Sequoia.

ToolbarDigaText.png

DigaText (default)
Clicking on this button opens the text processing window DigaText. This allows texts to be created and then saved to the database.

ToolbarMsWord.png

Word
Starts MS Word. Word Template needs to be defined with parameter DBM\WordDotFile

Buttons for Scheduling Entries

ToolbarDigAiRange.png

DigAIRange
Opens the DigAIRange module for planning entries into the Broadcast Server Shows.

ToolbarOnAirTrackMixer.png

OnAIR TrackMixer
Opens the OnAIR TrackMixer (formerly Crossfade Mixer).

Buttons for Distributing / Archiving Entries

ToolbarReplicatorClient.png

Replicator Client
This button starts the Replicator Client module.

ToolbarDigaTransIP.png

DigaTransIP
Handover of entries

ToolbarDigaTransferSystem.png

DigaTransferSystem
Start of DigaTransferSystem

ToolbarArchive.png

Archive
Dragging an entry to this button opens up a dialog window for entering additional keywords and then the entry can be archived to the specified archive medium.

Colorizing Toolbar Buttons

See Configuring UI Appearance with Themes for buttons listed above

Colors of Custom Action buttons are defined by Configuring Custom Actions.