I was just making a change to a TSW that I've been working on over the past couple of months.

 

I've never paid any attention to the project properties apart from to change the theme.

Always seen the XPanel properties and never given it any thought, it's a TSW in'nt - why would I?

 

So for giggles, and I was just looking for something to take mind off my current project, decided to set it up to match my program.

 

Well blow me, no more having to enter the annoying connection settings in the XPanel, when clicking on a vtz.

How has that passed me by for goodness knows how long :)

Most likely because that property does only show (at least as far as I can remember, and I don't have a PC with me right now to test this) if the project was created with the XPanel 2.0 Smart Graphics hardware definition and later saved as another hardware panel type. 

Thanks,

 

Well, guess I'll be doing that from now on.

As long as you have run CrestronXpanelSetup.exe you should be able to double click on any .vtz file and it will open as an Xpanel. I use this all the time. It is really helpful when you are logged into someone else's computer and you want to run an Xpanel to see what is happening without installing a ton of software that the other side doesn't need.

 

Helpful hint that took me about 2 years to accidently discover: If the touch panel is bigger than your monitor it will open with no guide bars to scroll around on it, just use the arrow keys to scroll around on it. I felt really dumb when I accidently hit an arrow key and saw it move.

 

If you search on Crestron Help for "Adobe Flash End Of Life" the link to download this file is in the 3rd paragraph.

Is there a way to not having to enter the Host Settings every time I want to launch/load the  .vtz file?

Just make sure you click the options tab and host tab while the Xpanel is opening. It will use what you used last time. If you are too slow, you will need to enter them again.

Thanks much, metalmok; I got it working.