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suggestion to add API Function Code to "Clear the Cuelist"

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DimAndDimmer
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suggestion to add API Function Code to "Clear the Cuelist"

Post by DimAndDimmer »

Hi All,
First, FreeStyler is a great tool. So cudos to the developers/designers/contributors for their excellent work. And I am new to FreeStyler so I may be missing something obvious to the experts.

Suggestion
My suggestion is to add an API Function Code to "Clear the Cuelist" and/or "Remove Sequence X from Cuelist".
I'm referring to the Function codes table detailed in the "External Control for FreeStyler" document found in this folder (C:\FreeStyler\Documentation\Sendmessage and TCPIP.pdf)

I know you can do the above operation from the FreeStyler UI, but I am working on connecting my audio/video programs to FreeStyler to synchronize lights to music and video. So I have to be able to do it using the API.

Reason for suggestion:
Consider a case where two cues that have a different number of sequences.

If the user is using the Cuelist in "Loop all sequences" mode, and user changes from CueA to CueB, then CueB sequences will replace the sequences in the Cuelist. However, if CueA has more sequences than CueB, some of the CueA sequences will remain in the Cuelist. Thus some of the old CueA sequences will end up being played in this mode.

So if there was a command to "Clear the Cuelist" before loading the CueB sequences, the above scenario will work fine.

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It would also be nice if there was a Function code to toggle the Cuelist "Loop all sequences" mode on/off. But that's getting ahead of things.

All comments/suggestions/criticisms welcome.


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Re: suggestion to add API Function Code to "Clear the Cuelist"

Post by Rod_Horning »

Hi. If you look at the top of this page you will see a link to The Bug Tracker. In addition to bugs the site is also used to enter requests for changes to Freestyler. Please duplicate your request there so that the Freestyler Developer may see your request.
DimAndDimmer
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Joined: April 26th, 2018, 6:59 pm

Re: suggestion to add API Function Code to "Clear the Cuelist"

Post by DimAndDimmer »

Ok, thank you Rod. I will do that.
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