Call a Macro Directly From a Python Script?

[SDeGonge]

I'm not sure if this can be done (searched the forum but couldn't find an answer). I would like to execute an eventghost macro from a Python script. Currently I'm raising an event with python which triggers my macro.

eg.TriggerEvent("SetSageExclusive", payload=None, prefix="Call", source=eg)

Is there a way to just call the macro directly similar to a Jump via Python?

[jonib]

Is there a way to just call the macro directly similar to a Jump via Python?

You can use the Jump action from Python.

I just posted this in an other thread should work for you.

If you need a pointer to a macro just create for example a Jump action to the macro, then copy that action from EventGhosts config tree and paste to a text document. now you see the syntax for the Jump action, including a number to access the specific macro that you can store in a variable.

jonib

[SDeGonge]

Is there a way to just call the macro directly similar to a Jump via Python?

You can use the Jump action from Python.

I just posted this in an other thread should work for you.

If you need a pointer to a macro just create for example a Jump action to the macro, then copy that action from EventGhosts config tree and paste to a text document. now you see the syntax for the Jump action, including a number to access the specific macro that you can store in a variable.

jonib

Thanks for the tip. That copy/paste trick is pretty cool, however, I still don't know how to go from this to the proper python syntax. Forgive me - I just got started with eventghost and python so I'm still struggling to do the simplest things.

[jonib]

Unfortunately I missed two things. You need to add a eg.plugins. before the action when run from python.
So eg.plugins.EventGhost.NewJumpIf should work when run from the Python command.
The second thing I missed is the XmlIdLink(1857) part unfortunately I can't figure out what needs to be done to make it work in a Python script.

So my solution is only a partial one, sorry.

jonib

[SDeGonge]

Unfortunately I missed two things. You need to add a eg.plugins. before the action when run from python.
So eg.plugins.EventGhost.NewJumpIf should work when run from the Python command.
The second thing I missed is the XmlIdLink(1857) part unfortunately I can't figure out what needs to be done to make it work in a Python script.

So my solution is only a partial one, sorry.

jonib

Did some searching and couldn't find anything to help with this problem. Thanks anyway for your quick response.

[Livin]

maybe this would work, as an alternative... set a global variable in the script, have the Macro trigger based on the variable value.

[gechu]

I don┬┤t know much about Python. Here are some WILD guesses: if you look in this file: \EventGhost_0.4.1.r1568_Source\eg\Classes\ActionItem.py, you can find:

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def SetArgumentString(self, argString):
        try:
            args = eval(
                'returnArgs(%s)' % argString,
                eg.globals.__dict__,
                dict(
                    returnArgs=lambda *x: x,
                    XmlIdLink=lambda id: TreeLink.CreateFromArgument(self, id),
                ....

My take is that "XmlIdLink" is defined as some kind of anonymous function related to TreeLink.CreateFromArgument(self, id). Problem is that the first parameter ("self") is a pointer to an instance of an object. And I don┬┤t know where to find that object, or which value I can replace it with.


So my last guess is that XmlIdLink(some number) could be replaced with: eg.plugins.EventGhost.NewJumpIf(eg.Classes.TreeLink.TreeLink.CreateFromArgument(some object, 2541), 2, False)

Please don┬┤t forget that this is WILD WILD guesses!