Multiple Programmers Using One Congo Jr

One way to handle this is to use a "Standard" showfile that contains the 'master' info, and each programmer works in their own showfile which starts as a copy of this, using the Import function to bring useful Presets and other stuff into their copy.

From time to time, you have a meeting and merge the best of the work into a new Standard show for you all to build on again.

Obviously this method means that you don't have instant access to stuff done by other programmers. However, it doesn't require much coordination in the day-to-day running, only when deciding what to put into the Standard showfile.

Alternatively, the way a nearby TV studio handles this is to have one HUGE showfile that everybody uses, containing pretty much all the work ever done.

Thus this showfile may contain upwards of a thousand Presets, and hundreds of Sequences.
- In v5, Congo supports Preset numbers from 1.0 to 999.9. v6 (coming very soon) expands this to 9999.999, so you are unlikely to run out of numbers.

However, from time to time you will want to have a meeting and agree to erase a few hundred Presets, because the lists get very long and the showfile will get very large, taking a long time to load.

This approach requires a lot of discipline from the programmers, because you'll need to agree suitable numbering schemes so that you don't get confused about how things are being used.

One way to handle this is to use a "Standard" showfile that contains the 'master' info, and each programmer works in their own showfile which starts as a copy of this, using the Import function to bring useful Presets and other stuff into their copy.

From time to time, you have a meeting and merge the best of the work into a new Standard show for you all to build on again.

Obviously this method means that you don't have instant access to stuff done by other programmers. However, it doesn't require much coordination in the day-to-day running, only when deciding what to put into the Standard showfile.

Alternatively, the way a nearby TV studio handles this is to have one HUGE showfile that everybody uses, containing pretty much all the work ever done.

Thus this showfile may contain upwards of a thousand Presets, and hundreds of Sequences.
- In v5, Congo supports Preset numbers from 1.0 to 999.9. v6 (coming very soon) expands this to 9999.999, so you are unlikely to run out of numbers.

However, from time to time you will want to have a meeting and agree to erase a few hundred Presets, because the lists get very long and the showfile will get very large, taking a long time to load.

This approach requires a lot of discipline from the programmers, because you'll need to agree suitable numbering schemes so that you don't get confused about how things are being used.