In this tutorial we will setup a client and create all the necessary components to create a simple menu board that aquires all the dynamic data from an ODBC source. In this tutorial you will learn how to:
1. Create a Client
2. Import Media
3. Setup a Player
4. Setup a Channel for the Player
5. Design a professional looking menu board in the Overlay Designer which includes the following elements:
a. Use of a professionally designed reference image
b. Insert Media
c. Insert images
d. Insert text
e. Insert data from an XML file
f. Insert a Flash plugin that compiles currency values from an XML data source
g. Setup a text ticker through a RSS Reuters news feed
h. Insert and format a date / time object
6. Schedule the menu board to play at certain times
7. Upload all media to a Player and play back your Overlay