Tutorial 6.B. - Create an Advanced Parameter (APRM)

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What you will learn in this section:

• How to create an Advanced Parameter (APRM)

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To create the global audio selection setting we will use some powerful authoring techniques included with Dostudio called Advanced Parameters and Conditions.  Advanced Parameters (APRMs) are custom variables that you, the author, can create.  In this demo project, we’ll create an APRM for your audio setting.  APRMs can contain text or numerical values.  We’ll use text so that we can name our Audio settings using…well…plain language.  You’ll see in a moment.

Conditions are simple IF/THEN statements for evaluating our APRMs.  We’ll use Conditions in tutorial 6.D.

To get started, let’s create an APRM for our audio setting.  We’ll call it “Audio”.

1. Click the Disc Information settings icon in the tool bar to display the properties in the Control Panel.
2. Click the tab called “Advanced Parameter”.
3. Click “New” and type “Audio” into the dialog box that pops up.  Press OK.  You will now see the APRM called “Audio” listed in the APRM list.
4. Click the APRM “Audio” in the APRM list.  You will see “0″ appear in the “Initial Value” setting.
5. Type “English” in the Initial Value setting. 

You have now created an APRM called “Audio” and given it an initial value “English”.