SetUserVar - Macro Variables

SetUserVar "CueNumber" 1

Delete Cue $CueNumber

If your variable is a string you sometimes have to use creative positioning of the Quotes.

For example:

SetUserVar "ShowName" "This-Show-Is-New"

SaveShow $ShowName -- fails

SaveShow "$ShowName" -- fails

SaveShow $"ShowName" -- works

I'm sure there is a way to find the selected object via lua, but to be honest I haven't looked.

Can you issue the Select command first?

Select Seq 10 or Select Page 1.201

Delete Cue 10

Also to be clear, there is no longer such a thing as a selected Exec. Instead there is a selected Sequence.

There are not currently any system-defined variables accessible via normal command-line interaction.

In most scenarios you don't need a variable to access the Selected sequence via commandline, as the selected sequence would automatically/default be the target of the commands.

e.g. playback

Go+

equals

Go+ Sequence [Selected_Sequence]

e.g. properties

Set Sequence Property "Priority" "HTP"

equals

Set Sequence [Selected_Sequence] Property "Priority" "HTP"

e.g. children

Store Cue 99

equals

Store Sequence [Selected_Sequence] Cue 99

Andreas was using '[Selected_Sequence]' as a placeholder for his explanation - he was not saying that this was the right way to access a variable for the Selected sequence.

If you look at his last example, you should see how this can be done without needing a variable to specify the Selected sequence:

• Set Cue Thru Part 0.* Property "XWings" 2