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Re: Custom Dashboards and the Driver Station Software
Until we get an "official" solution, I threw together a launchpad of sorts that fixes this. It's just a C# program that you set as Dashboard.exe

When the DS runs it, it creates a file on the C drive. Additional instances check if this file exists, and if it does, exit right away. The program then launches the your dashboard (renamed to DashboardActual.exe), waits for it to close, and deletes the file. Simple.

I'm heading off to the North Star regional today. I'll try to put this up if I can get internet access at the hotel. If anyone wants to check this out, find me (Matt Kline) in the Team 537 pit and I'll be happy to set you up with it and any of my other software such as the CARDS Video Dashboard or video forwarder.
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