[QLab] Scripting Group Cue To Open And Close

[Adam]

Hi All,

Wondering if it is possible to script opening and closing group cues.
I'm currently working on a show (Sound Of Music) that we are using
Supertitles for only certain performances. I'd like to be able to open
and collapse group cues that have the Supertitle cues in them from the
cue before and then collapse them after that section of Supertitles is
done for when they are being used. Hopefully they will remained closed
when they are disarmed.

Example:
Cue 5 with script group opening cue
Cue 6: Supertitle Group Cue
Cue 7 with script group closing cue

I'd like to try and script this on my own first if this is possible.
What are some of the scripts in the Wiki to look at as models? What
special phrasing should I pay attention to? Still trying to get a hang
of scripting, but I want to give this a go!

--Adam
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[Rich Walsh]

On 12 Jul 2011, at 19:58, Adam wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Wondering if it is possible to script opening and closing group cues.
> I'm currently working on a show (Sound Of Music) that we are using
> Supertitles for only certain performances. I'd like to be able to open
> and collapse group cues that have the Supertitle cues in them from the
> cue before and then collapse them after that section of Supertitles is
> done for when they are being used. Hopefully they will remained closed
> when they are disarmed.
>
> Example:
> Cue 5 with script group opening cue
> Cue 6: Supertitle Group Cue
> Cue 7 with script group closing cue
>
> I'd like to try and script this on my own first if this is possible.
> What are some of the scripts in the Wiki to look at as models? What
> special phrasing should I pay attention to? Still trying to get a hang
> of scripting, but I want to give this a go!

Unfortunately, there isn't an AppleScript hook to expand/collapse Group Cues - so you can't do this. I think your best bet would be to save another copy of the workspace laid out how you want.

Rich

[Adam]

Thanks for the reply Rich! I guess I'll do that or just keep them open
and use GOTO cues. Hopefully there could be a hook for that in the
future.

--Adam