Color Palette Changer

[TahoeLD]

Hello, I have this macro that recalls a color palette then records it over another.

My first version worked great and looked like this:

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 <step pause="0.01">Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,2,1", false)</step>
 <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,10")</step>
 <step pause="0.01">Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>

I am now trying to use userNumbers rather than their locations in the window. I have tried changing it to this:

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 <step pause="0.01">Palette.ApplyPalette(userNumber:101, false)</step>
 <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"userNumber:110")</step>
 <step pause="0.01">Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>

The Palette.ApplyPalette works but the ActionScript stops the macro. I have tried a bunch of different ways of quoting the second value in the ActionScript but to no avail.
I hope someone can help me figure out how to complete this! Here is the complete code for full reference:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<avolites.macros>

  <macro id="01MacRedWhite" name="01 Mac Red White">
  <description>Recall and Replace color palettes</description>
    <sequence>
     
      <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Programmer.BlindActive", true)</step>
      <step pause="0.01">Programmer.SetBlindMode(false, 0)</step>
     
      <step pause="0.01">Group.RecallGroupNumeric(101) </step>
    
     <step pause="0.01">Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,2,1", false)</step>
     <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,10")</step>
     <step pause="0.01">Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>
    
     <step pause="0.01">Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,2,2", false)</step>
     <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,11")</step>
     <step pause="0.01">Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>
    
      <step pause="0.01">Programmer.Editor.ClearAll()</step>
 
      <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Programmer.BlindActive", false)</step>
      <step pause="0.01">Programmer.SetBlindMode(false, 0)</step>
     
    </sequence>
  </macro>
</avolites.macros>


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<avolites.macros>

  <macro id="CCMac01RedWhite" name="CC Mac 01 Red White">
  <description>Recall and Replace color palettes</description>
    <sequence>
     
      <step pause="0.01">>ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Programmer.BlindActive", true)</step>
      <step pause="0.01">>Programmer.SetBlindMode(false, 0)</step>
     
      <step pause="0.01">>Group.RecallGroupNumeric(101) </step>
    
     <step pause="0.01">>Palette.ApplyPalette(userNumber:101, false)</step>
     <step pause="0.01">>ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"userNumber:110")</step>
     <step pause="0.01">>Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>
    
     <step pause="0.01">>Palette.ApplyPalette(userNumber:102, false)</step>
     <step pause="0.01">>ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"userNumber:111")</step>
     <step pause="0.01">>Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>
    
      <step pause="0.01">>Programmer.Editor.ClearAll()</step>
 
      <step pause="0.01">>ActionScript.SetProperty.Boolean("Programmer.BlindActive", false)</step>
      <step pause="0.01">>Programmer.SetBlindMode(false, 0)</step>
     
    </sequence>
  </macro>
</avolites.macros>


[icke_siegen]

Hi,

the correct syntax in this case is

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handle:"palettehandleUN=110"

and the full threeliner is

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 <step pause="0.01">Palette.ApplyPalette(userNumber:101, false)</step>
 <step pause="0.01">ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"paletteHandleUN=110")</step>
 <step pause="0.01">Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()</step>

I know I yet need to write about this in the wiki

The reason for this syntax is: the function ActionScript.SetProperty has no idea which type of property it has to set, let alone which type of handle (you can have the same usernumber in palettes, playbacks, macros etc.). Thus in this case there is this notation which also defines the type of handle - here: paletteHandleUN - a palette handle defined by its usernumber.

Finally, if you want to do more with macros and are familiar with Slack then please drop me a PM - i have a slack group for Avo macros...

Gregory shall correct me if I wrote too much BS

[FalkenADF01]

I can confirm that it's not BS, it works fine for me (with the corrected syntax, of course!)