Hello my fellow Soundflow geniuses. I am a little stumped on creating macros for the various drop down menu items within EdiLoads Export button. Please advise if I should be using a different action, or if this is not accessible by Soundflow.
Here is how I am trying to setup this macro. With this current setup I am not able to successly execute the macro to access the Export options from EdiLoad. Any advise is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-05-21 18:56:22.795ZHi Barry
You should remove the first 2 actions here. The Open & Select Item in Popup Menu is designed to be run by itself.
- WIn reply toweirbarry⬆:Barry @weirbarry
I removed the first two actions as advised and no luck. Below is a screen shot along with the error log. If you have any other tips to try out that would be great.
21.05.2021 12:04:28.63 [Backend]: Validating command... user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckoyotf99000dkz108cu291gp
Invoking command...user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckoyotf99000dkz108cu291gp21.05.2021 12:04:28.63 [Backend]: >> Command: EdiLoad Export EDL File [user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckoyotf99000dkz108cu291gp]
21.05.2021 12:04:28.69 [Backend]: Clicking with mouse here: 1813, 48
21.05.2021 12:04:31.05 [Backend]: Logging error in action (01) WaitForPopupMenuAction: Popup window was not found after waiting 2000 ms
Logging error in action (01) OpenPopupMenuFromElementAction: Popup menu was not found
Logging error in action (01) PopupMenuSelectAction: Could not open popup menu21.05.2021 12:04:31.05 [Backend]: !! Command Error: EdiLoad Export EDL File [user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckoyotf99000dkz108cu291gp]:
@Error invoking popupMenu.select (EdiLoad Export EDL File: Line 1)
Could not open popup menu
Popup menu was not found
Popup window was not found after waiting 2000 ms<< Command: EdiLoad Export EDL File [user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckoyotf99000dkz108cu291gp]
Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-05-22 10:03:25.069ZWhen you run this, do you actually see the popup menu show up? This should be run with a keyboard trigger or Stream Deck button while EdiLoad is in focus btw.
- Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-05-22 10:04:08.217Z
There are two different possibilities for the error: 1) we don't click the button correctly, so the menu doesn't show up, or 2) we don't see the menu even though it's there.
The 2nd is harder to fix and will probably require an update to SF.
- In reply tochrscheuer⬆:WBarry @weirbarry
I just did a test with a keyboard trigger while Ediload is in focus and SF cannot locate the popup menu. When using the Click UI Element action SF is able to successfully highlight and select the button properly. When you run the macro as Click UI Element I am able to access the drop down menu.
When I use the Open and Select Item In Popup Menu action I am able to successly pick/record the UI element, and enter the dropdown menu path name. But when you run this macro with a trigger or with the Run Macro button I do not see the button pressed nor the dropdown menu pop up.
22.05.2021 08:18:02.92 [Backend]: #Key: command+alt+e (14) -> EdiLoad Export EDL [ckozw9tbo0001ai10h4rwa2lk]
Validating command... user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckozw201e0000ai10rkvfea8l
Invoking command...user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckozw201e0000ai10rkvfea8l22.05.2021 08:18:02.92 [Backend]: >> Command: EdiLoad Export EDL [user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckozw201e0000ai10rkvfea8l]
22.05.2021 08:18:03.00 [Backend]: Clicking with mouse here: 541, 28
22.05.2021 08:18:03.09 [Backend]: Clicking with mouse here: 1794, 48
22.05.2021 08:18:05.34 [Backend]: Logging error in action (01) WaitForPopupMenuAction: Popup window was not found after waiting 2000 ms
Logging error in action (01) OpenPopupMenuFromElementAction: Popup menu was not found
Logging error in action (01) PopupMenuSelectAction: Could not open popup menu22.05.2021 08:18:05.34 [Backend]: !! Command Error: EdiLoad Export EDL [user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckozw201e0000ai10rkvfea8l]:
@Error invoking popupMenu.select (EdiLoad Export EDL: Line 4)
Could not open popup menu
Popup menu was not found
Popup window was not found after waiting 2000 ms<< Command: EdiLoad Export EDL [user:ckoylw80b0000kz109m1inof4:ckozw201e0000ai10rkvfea8l]
- Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-05-22 16:01:19.167Z
Hm, that sounds very weird. We may have to have an SF expert who has EdiLoad to help you (I don't own a license).
- Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-05-22 16:01:31.461Z
@Dustin_Harris do you have EdiLoad?
Dustin Harris @Dustin_HarrisI do! I’ll check it out this evening and see what happens on my setup.
- In reply tochrscheuer⬆:Dustin Harris @Dustin_Harris
I get the same behavior here. Luckily the options are mirrored in the File->Export… menu and are accessible via .menuClick() and works as expected. (At least in V4) Not a fix but an equivalent work around.
- WBarry @weirbarry
I never saw the export/import drop down from the top menu bar! thanks that is way easier. thank you gents!