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NihilBaxter
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Posted - 05 Nov 2016 : 22:32:33

I'm working on a script and hope someone can help me to get actors saved to the dataset of a movie.
This is how the "ACTOR" part of the script looks like:

#ACTORS#
#STARTREADWEB#
#FINDLINE#=<strong>Actor</strong>:#11#
#RESETCURSOR#
#FIND#=:#12#
#COMPUTEVAR#=#12#+1
#COMPUTECURSOR#=+2
#FIND#=<#13#
#TAKEWORD#=#14#,#12#,#13#
#CHECKVARIABLE#=#14#
#CLEARTAGS#
#STARTDELETETAGS#
#STARTSUBSTITUTETAGS#
#TRIM#
#TAKEACTOR#=#14#
#ENDACTORS#

In XMM7 this works fine, but not in XMM8 and XMM9.
The strange thing is that the actor is always correctly parsed and saved to #14# using #TAKEWORD#.
But #TAKEACTOR# doesen't seem to work, as nothing is saved to the movie dataset. The actor field stays empty.
If I use for example #TAKEDIRECTOR# instead of #TAKEACTOR# with exactly the same script it works. The actor ist saved as Director to the dataset.
Any suggestions what is wrong?

Thanks in advance,
NB

JDommi
Administrator

Germany
4650 Posts

Posted - 05 Nov 2016 : 23:26:42

You simply have forgotten to pass ALL parameters to the #TAKEACTOR# command.

//Now Remember to STRING the informations like here!!!     
    #STRING#=#15#=#13#�#14#�#16#

#TAKEACTOR#=#XX# (Name�Character�WebID)

I can only recommend my Script Debugger plugin (Menu Ribbon: MagicScript -> Open Script Debugger). A lot of errors in a script are shown directly and you can see a little help on nearly every command in the status line or by pressing F1 on a keyword.

*EDIT*
In your case you have to pass "Name��" to the #TAKEACTOR# command.

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