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[renojim]

I thought this would be an easy one...

I set the list style to "flat-category". (By the way, anyone notice that under SetAdURL it says, "This is currently only valid for the “flat-category” style of poster screen." and under SetAdDisplayMode it says, "The ad display is only available on “arced-landscape” and “flat-category” list styles."? I can't get it to work under either.) I created two sample ad banners of the proper dimensions and put them in my package. I used SetAdURL to set the urls of the two banners. I tried all combinations of SetAdSelectable and SetAdDisplayMode, and nothing. No banner displays. It looks like it's trying to display something because if I use SetAdURL after the initial screen is displayed I can see the posters shift upwards as if to make room for the banner, but nothing appears. I can display the banners in a poster, so I know they're in the package.

I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Anyone have any ideas?

-JT

[jbrave]

Hi Jim, just tried this from the Brightscript console:

BrightScript Debugger> z=createObject("roposterscreen")
BrightScript Debugger> z.setliststyle("flat-category")
BrightScript Debugger> z.setadurl("http://myhomestudio.ca/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/728x90.gif","http://myhomestudio.ca/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/728x90.gif")
BrightScript Debugger> z.show()
BrightScript Debugger>

and it worked.

oops, edit.

- Joel

[renojim]

Joel, thanks! I tried your URL and it worked as well. It looks like the ad can't be part of the package. That's the first component URL I've found that looks like it has to be external. It's not a big deal since I was just testing it to see how it would look, but it's very strange.

By the way, the ad does show up with an "arced-landscape" list style, so it looks like the documentation under SetAdURL is incorrect.

Thanks again,
-JT

[jbrave]

cool!

[evilmax17]

Just encountered the same exact problem.

It would be really nice to be able to use an image that's stored in the pkg.

[RokuKevin]

SetAdUrl currently requires external urls. We don't want to encourage storing ad images in packages....

--Kevin