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Microsoft Producer 2003 now offers a tool to completely automate the creation of a timeline, called the Batch Asset Loading Interface. Batch asset loading is a part of the Producer 2003 executable, and it allows Producer to load an XML file on startup that specifies project timeline information. This XML file allows you to create and publish a fully populated project timeline in a scripted fashion. This process can be automated and run by a batch file, allowing you to generate Producer projects at timed intervals. The disadvantages of batch asset loading are that you can publish only one project at a time and you must run Producer on the computer hosting the XML file, or else provide access to the source files on your computer to a remote computer, so you would not want to use this outside a trusted network.
An example scenario for using the Batch Asset Loading File Interface would be a company that regularly videotapes guest lecturers. Such a company might want to automate the creation of browser-accessible versions of the lectures that incorporate presenter slides. This company would create an application that allows a technician to specify the location of the recorded video and any additional source files, such as PowerPoint slides, then click a button to create a timeline that includes all the files in a standard corporate presentation template and publish it to an internal corporate hosting site.
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