Script to add new cues to a group

[Tom aspley]

Hi All

I'm trying to create a script that makes a couple of MIDI cues as well as a group cue and then puts the MIDI cues into the group.  Ive 2 issues ......

I know how to write a script that puts selected cues into a group, but can't figure out how to make newly made cues move into a group as part of the script that makes them.

Attached is the script I have so far.

Cheers

Tom

[Sam Kusnetz]

The trick is this little bit of scripting alchemy:

  set groupToGoInto to cue “x"

  make type “MIDI"

  set newCue to last item of (selected as list)

  set newCueId to uniqueID of newCue

  set listThatIAmIn to parent of newCue

  move cue id newCueId of listThatIAmIn to end of groupToGoInto

First, we know what Group we want to put the cue into, so we set a variable to identify that Group. Here, it’s a cue numbered “x”

Next, when a new cue is created in QLab, it necessarily becomes the last selected item. Ergo, we can set a variable to capture that cue and find out it’s unique ID.

Next, we set a variable to identify the cue list that the new cue is in, and finally we move it from there to the group.

Enjoy!

Sam

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[Tom aspley]

Thanks Sam

That worked, only issue was that on the first line,  I couldn't identify the group (as I wanted to make it as part of the same move script).  However changing the first line to 

set groupToGoInto to newcue

After the make  group bit of script means it works a treat

Cheers

[Sam Kusnetz]

Aha, I somehow missed that you wanted to make the Group as part of the script.

Glad you got it working.

-sk

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