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Originally Posted by Stephe
... what is the difference between the choices "numerically" and "by position"?
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With Numerically, PgcEdit connects all buttons in the numerical order. For example, button 1 is connected to button 2, that is connected to button 3, and so on. Same thing in the reverse order. That method works always, but may not be "natural", if, for example, button 3 is physically located between buttons 1 and 2. (That's rare but not impossible.)
With the Position method, PgcEdit tries to connect the buttons with the nearest buttons in each direction. That works usually well, but sometimes, it might be difficult to determine the right button to use. For example, button 1 may be to the left and in between buttons 2 and 3. In that case, the button to highlight when the user presses the right button of the remote is not obvious. (In that precise case, PgcEdit selects the top most button, but it's not necessarily what you want.)
You know now that you can also use the manual method, and decide yourself how to connect the buttons. Don't forget that a TV has no mouse to click the buttons, so be sure to use the cursor keys of your keyboard to test if all buttons are mutually accessible with of the remote. (They act exactly like the directional arrows of your remote. You can also press Enter in Trace mode to activate the currently highlighted button.)
When PgcEdit hides a button, it must disable all links pointing to the hidden button. By doing so, it may break a chain of connection and make some buttons unavailable (unconnected) from other buttons. It tries to reconnect them by analysing the original links, but it's not always possible. Hence the error message that is the original subject of this thread. In that case, you have to use one of the 3 methods above to fix the problem.