Delete all cues within group

[Kinetic Screen]

I understand the concerns regarding scripting deleting of cues, but I can't see a way around it considering the silly nonsense I'm trying to do. 

Basically before a run a script which creates a bunch of cues within a group, I first need to clear out that group of the previous night's generated cues.

I've found the other threads on here regarding the delete command, and I've been banging my head against a wall trying to find a combination that works.

I've tried variances of 

tell current cue list
delete (cues whose parent is "theCueGroup")
end tell

or running it as a repeat as "theCurrentCue" through ("theCueGroup" as list)...

I thought I'd get somewhere with the format of elsewhere provided delete cue "1" of parent of cue "1"

by using both theCueGroup and theCurrentCue but it freaks out with errors. I'm aware that the problem is ultimately my surface understanding of the way AppleScript it targeting the structure of Qlab, but if someone can point me in the right direction I'd be grateful. Then I can come back and post about how I accidentally deleted my whole show.

[Mic Pool]

tell application id "com.figure53.QLab.5" to tell front workspace
set thecues to cues of cue "1"
repeat with eachcue in thecues
set theid to uniqueID of eachcue
delete cue id theid of (parent of eachcue)
end repeat
end tell

[Kinetic Screen]

Argh thank you!

[Kinetic Screen]

So making and deleting cues from a script only work when the workspace is in Edit mode. I'm trying a new years resolution of actually running qLab in show mode this year. Is there a way of getting the script to overide with, the equivalent of a 'sudo' command? Or is there a way of scripting a switch to edit mode, and then back to show mode?

[micpool]

Edit mode and show mode are both properties of workspace and can be set with boolean values.

https://qlab.app/docs/v5/scripting/applescript-dictionary-v5/#properties-21

[Kinetic Screen]

Currently publishing a series of videos showing the more interesting uses of QLab during a recent season at Melbourne International Comedy Festival - but thought I should follow up this thread with why on earth I needed a script to delete cues during a show....

On Youtube: https://youtu.be/YCfCNXgGpds
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C728b5lSpcq/

Amazing that Google Groups still can't inline display a YouTube link...

[sam kusnetz]

Madness!

I love it.

Sam

[Nate Zwainlesk]

You mad lad! That's great! Running a show on battery no less ;)

[Kinetic Screen]

Haha that's a hilarious pickup. Although as impressed as I am with these new Apple Silicon chips, the screen recordings and b-roll footage for this series has been recreated a week ago - considering the number of plates I had spinning, I didn't even consider doing screen recordings during the shows!

[Philip Perkins]

Thanks-wild-hairy!  SInce the shot was zoomed in a ways I couldn’t see if that QLAB was also triggering the dings etc with the letters?  Was it?

phil p

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[Kinetic Screen]

Yes everything is QLab. The script takes the inputted letter and loops through the inactive text layers (i.e. the letters on the board that haven't yet been revealed) to find a match. If there is no match it plays the buzzer sound effect. If it does match it displays the layer and plays the ding.
What's more interesting is that it also lights up the white box the letter is on top of... That was originally in the 'too hard, don't try' basket until a method of doing it occurred to me...