Posted by: South Coast FM Tech
« on: December 13, 2021, 10:58:05 pm »Hi Jan,
Yes, your update fixed it.
XML items are now passed if one is blank.
Thanks, Rod
Yes, your update fixed it.
XML items are now passed if one is blank.
Thanks, Rod
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Posted by: Jan
« on: December 13, 2021, 10:12:15 pm »Shoud be fixed in today's release: https://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe
Posted by: Jan
« on: December 13, 2021, 09:39:49 pm »Thanks for this report, it is a bug of course. Depending on the Windows version, Microsoft's XML parser considers empty string to be a NULL, i.e. not a string at all. This raises an exception and the function fails, so it returns the N/A text. The fix is on the way...
Posted by: South Coast FM Tech
« on: December 13, 2021, 01:30:25 am »Hi Jan,
I'm using MagicRSD4 V4.0.33.
Receiving Now Playing XML from Station Playlist.
Please refer to attached images of example XML & Text Sources setup.
Text sources setup:
File/Class/URL: \\3mfmnas\StudioAutomation\StationPlaylist\NowPlaying.xml
Element name or full path for value %1% : /NowPlaying/Current/Artist/#cdata-section
Element name or full path for value %2% : /NowPlaying/Current/Title/#cdata-section
Element name or full path for value %3% : /NowPlaying/Current/Category/#cdata-section
Element name or full path for value %4% : /NowPlaying/Current/Temperature/#cdata-section
Output template: %1% - %2% [CAT-%3%] [TMP-%4%]
Occasionally there is no Artist %1% or Title %2%, so a blank passed.
When this happens, MagicRDS4 uses the default N/A text, rather than just passing the blank Artist or Title.
For example: <Artist><![CDATA[]]></Artist> causes N/A text is be used.
Help says that N/A text: This text is returned if the source fails (file not found, server not responding etc.).
Is there any way to stop the N/A text being forced when one argument is blank?
Thanks, Rod
I'm using MagicRSD4 V4.0.33.
Receiving Now Playing XML from Station Playlist.
Please refer to attached images of example XML & Text Sources setup.
Text sources setup:
File/Class/URL: \\3mfmnas\StudioAutomation\StationPlaylist\NowPlaying.xml
Element name or full path for value %1% : /NowPlaying/Current/Artist/#cdata-section
Element name or full path for value %2% : /NowPlaying/Current/Title/#cdata-section
Element name or full path for value %3% : /NowPlaying/Current/Category/#cdata-section
Element name or full path for value %4% : /NowPlaying/Current/Temperature/#cdata-section
Output template: %1% - %2% [CAT-%3%] [TMP-%4%]
Occasionally there is no Artist %1% or Title %2%, so a blank passed.
When this happens, MagicRDS4 uses the default N/A text, rather than just passing the blank Artist or Title.
For example: <Artist><![CDATA[]]></Artist> causes N/A text is be used.
Help says that N/A text: This text is returned if the source fails (file not found, server not responding etc.).
Is there any way to stop the N/A text being forced when one argument is blank?
Thanks, Rod