Calling macros from hotkeys

Cr4zyb4rd · Post by **Cr4zyb4rd** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:30 am

I'm trying to do something like this...

/custombind set MacroAndStuff /multiline ; /if (!${Macro.Name.Equal[mymacro.mac]}) /macro mymacro ; /otherstuff

So that if I use the keybind, my macro is called only if it's not already running (I don't want to lose state information, or do the startup overhead again) but when called like this ${Macro} seems to always return NULL. The ${Macro} variable works fine when echoed or referenced in my HUD.ini, so I guess it has something to do with how binds work, or with multiline (I guess I could test multiline..hadn't thought of it until just now)

At any rate is there another/better way to do this? I tried some forum searching but didn't find anything too enlightening.

dok · Post by **dok** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:52 am

well, you could always try setting a global var (not outer) in your macro and checking if thats set with command.

Cr4zyb4rd · Post by **Cr4zyb4rd** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:33 am

This occured to me, but I can't think of a way to do it that's not unwieldy, since the variables exist even after the macro exits. I'd have to do

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/varset MyMacroName whatever.mac

at the top of each macro, along with an if ($Defined...) if I didn't want to do the /declare elsewhere, and seems to defeat the whole purpose of having the ${Macro} variable in the first place. If I'm going to go that route, I'd much rather just make everything into a monolithic super-macro and control it with hotkeys to /varset or event triggers. I'm considering doing this anyway, but it would make my code that much harder to share with others.

Chill · Post by **Chill** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:05 am

Why not just put this in a hotkey:

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/if (!${Macro.Name.Equal[mymacro.mac]}) /macro mymacro

Seems like it should work well enough like that, or am I missing something?

Cr4zyb4rd · Post by **Cr4zyb4rd** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 12:15 pm

If it worked, would I have posted asking why it doesn't work? /boggle

Drumstix42 · Post by **Drumstix42** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:48 pm

I'm guessing because it has the period in there. Just a guess.