Overview

Requirements

1. Local Administrator Rights
2. Predator MDC Client License (can substitute with Administrator license)
3. Add to Automation Permission
   
4. Chart Permission
   
5. View Permission
   
6. Slide Show Permission

Preparation

1. Create a user called "slideshow" with Slide Show, Chart, and View permissions (instructions)
   
2. Install Predator MDC with Client license on computer running the slide show (instructions)

Creating the Automation File 

1. Create a chart or open a view of your choice
   
2. From a chart, right click on the chart then click Add to Automation... or from a view, go to File > Add to Automation...
   
3. Give this slide an optional Title
   
4. Choose a location to save the Automation File and give it a name
   
1. Recommend "C:\Predator Software\Support\slideshow.txt"
   
5. Set a Time delay (seconds) of your choice for this slide, this is how long the slide will be shown
   
6. Optionally change the Header Font Size and Legend Font Size
   
7. Click OK when done
   
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8. Repeats steps 1-7 to add additional slides while using the same Automation File
   

Create the Slide Show Shortcut

1. From the computer running the slide show, go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Predator Software\MDC 11.0"
1. For 32-bit systems, go to "C:\Program Files\Predator Software\MDC 11.0"
   
2. Right click "PMDC.exe" and go to Send to > Desktop (create shortcut)
   
3. Go to the desktop and right click "PMDC.exe - Shortcut", click Properties
   
4. Add "-slideshow "[slideshow.txt path]" -user slideshow -password slideshow" as an arguments to the end of the Target
1. e.g. -slideshow "c:\predator software\support\slideshow.txt" -user slideshow -password slideshow
   
5. Click OK
   
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6. Rename the shortcut "Slide Show"
7. Launch the Slide Show by running the newly created shortcut

Add the Slide Show shortcut to the computers startup folder to automate the slide show upon boot up.