How to check if a hanndle/playback exists?

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How to check if a hanndle/playback exists?

Postby icke_siegen » 25 Jan 2019, 16:55

i want to release a number of playbacks by usernumber, regardless if the palybacks actually exist or not - but the macro terminates as soon as a handle is not existent:

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<step>Playbacks.ReleasePlayback(userNumber:83,  Playbacks.MasterReleaseTime, true)</step>
<step>Playbacks.ReleasePlayback(userNumber:2,  Playbacks.MasterReleaseTime, true)</step>
<step>Playbacks.ReleasePlayback(userNumber:79,  Playbacks.MasterReleaseTime, true)</step>


I tried

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<step condition="Handles.IsClaimed(userNumber:83)">


and

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<step condition="Playbacks.IsSteppedPlaybackHandle(userNumber:79)">


but neither works (logs complain a Null Argument exception).

How could I make this happen (want to define a group of playbacks which will always be given certain usernumbers...)

Thanks in advance. Sebastian
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Re: How to check if a hanndle/playback exists?

Postby Gregory » 03 Feb 2019, 20:18

Try this:

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<step condition="Handles.IsClaimed('cueHandleUN=1')">
  Playbacks.ReleasePlayback(userNumber:1, Playbacks.MasterReleaseTime, true)
</step>

You cannot use the userNumber cast for the IsClaimed function as Handles is used for all types of handles and therefore it doesn’t know to what type of handle the user number pertains.
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Re: How to check if a hanndle/playback exists?

Postby icke_siegen » 15 Oct 2019, 20:36

Gregory, is there a way to use IsClaimed with the handle location?

Currently we are trying this:

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<step condition="Handles.IsClaimed("Location=Beams,3,25")" pause="0.01">


but this macro doesn't even show at all, and Log Collector says

Unexpected Token 'Location'...


Thanks in advance, Sebastian
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Re: How to check if a hanndle/playback exists?

Postby Gregory » 16 Oct 2019, 18:21

Try using single quotes around the location string e.g.:

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<step condition="Handles.IsClaimed('Location=Beams,3,25')" pause="0.01">

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