Scripts turns off operations on completion

[Jimmy T.]

Hi All,

Using 4.9.1 on MAC & Win

I have scripts that stop all my lights then turn on another scene, chase or a series of lights. With this version which I'm now sitting down with the scripts turn on the fixture but then turn them off at the end of the script.

I had to go back to 4.8.5 and it would run the scripts without turning everything off at the end.

Thanks
Jimmy

[mcallegari]

Hi Jimmy, this is weird cause the last changes on the Script function have been done in Dec 2014.
Can you attach a simple workspace to reproduce what you see ?

[Jimmy T.]

Mr M.

Here is a sample I did to show it.

1. Press Yellow and light comes on.
2. Press Stop and Yellow should go off and red come on according to the script.

Script Ends and fixtures go off.qxw

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If you put a wait statement in it it will hold until the wait ends.
I'm using chasers as a work-around right now.
Be interested to know whats going on here.

Thanks

[mcallegari]

Hey Jimmy,
I've checked your project.
What you see is actually the correct behaviour. I know it might look awkward, but here's the techy insight:
A Script is a Function like all the others in QLC+. Internally, it keeps track of the (children) Functions it starts.
When the whole Script code has been processed, all the Functions ran by the Script are stopped, thus triggering the Script stop event as well

If a Script wouldn't do that, you would have running functions in QLC+ that you can't stop anymore from the Virtual Console, except by using the Stop All button (which might stop also Functions that you don't want to stop)

So basically the concept of a Script is that when it ends, QLC+ goes back to the state it was before running the Script.

[lorenzoandreani]

Ok, that's right!

It's possible add a command, in the script, to remains active until the button (who initiated the script) is clicked again (or slider goes to 0) ?

[plugz]

You can put a wait at the end, with a big number.

[lorenzoandreani]

Yes, i know it is, but not the same thing (also it takes an active timer).

For now i have bypassed it by inserting the script in a collection.