Set a variable and use it for subsequent "Delay next action" actions

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

I have a sequence of "move mouse to location", "left click", "delay" actions
I would like to start the sequence with a 'Set Value' action to establish a "DelayTime" variable. Then use that variable in the "delay" actions. So I can change them all by setting a different initial variable.

2

Hi there,

may be this will work for you...
define a numeric variable 'delaytime' and set to 7000 (ms)
call a java script...
like so:

delay script
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.
java script by ChatGPT...

(async () => {
  let result = await get_number_variable({ variable_name: 'delaytime' });

  // Wait time in milliseconds
  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, result));

  returnToBTT(result);
})();

Thx,
Christian

3

I added something that might help with such stuff in 5.400 alpha. You can now transform any action sequence to a "Run Real Java Script" action by selecting the actions and choosing "Transform to Java Script:

To get a number variable you'd use

let variableValue = await get_number_variable("variableName")
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4

wow great !
throw a bit of "formatting" in and it will be perfect...

like below by Gemini...

async function transformedActions() {
  let result = undefined;

  result = await trigger_action({
    json: JSON.stringify({
      BTTActionCategory: 0,
      BTTIsPureAction: 1,
      BTTPredefinedActionType: 292,
      BTTPredefinedActionName: 'Assign or Set Value for Variable',
      BTTVariablePersist: '0',
      BTTVariableType: 0,
      BTTVariableName: 'button_state',
      BTTVariableValue: 'true',
      BTTEnabled2: 1,
    }),
    wait_for_reply: true,
  });

  result = await trigger_action({
    json: JSON.stringify({
      BTTActionCategory: 0,
      BTTIsPureAction: 1,
      BTTPredefinedActionType: 292,
      BTTPredefinedActionName: 'Assign or Set Value for Variable',
      BTTVariableName: 'midi_velocity',
      BTTVariableValue: '102',
      BTTEnabled2: 1,
    }),
    wait_for_reply: true,
  });

  result = await trigger_action({
    json: JSON.stringify({
      BTTActionCategory: 0,
      BTTIsPureAction: 1,
      BTTPredefinedActionType: 292,
      BTTPredefinedActionName: 'Assign or Set Value for Variable',
      BTTVariableType: 1,
      BTTVariableName: 'octave',
      BTTVariableValue: '2',
      BTTEnabled2: 1,
    }),
    wait_for_reply: true,
  });

  result = await trigger_action({
    json: JSON.stringify({
      BTTActionCategory: 0,
      BTTIsPureAction: 1,
      BTTPredefinedActionType: 292,
      BTTPredefinedActionName: 'Assign or Set Value for Variable',
      BTTVariableType: 0,
      BTTVariableName: 'midi_note',
      BTTVariableValue: '60',
      BTTEnabled2: 1,
    }),
    wait_for_reply: true,
  });

  result = await trigger_action({
    json: JSON.stringify({
      BTTActionCategory: 0,
      BTTIsPureAction: 1,
      BTTPredefinedActionType: 254,
      BTTPredefinedActionName: 'Show HUD Overlay',
      BTTHUDActionConfiguration:
        '{"BTTActionHUDBlur":true,"BTTActionHUDBackground":"66.431942, 66.433720, 66.432762, 255.000000","BTTIconConfigImageHeight":100,"BTTActionHUDPosition":0,"BTTActionHUDDetail":"","BTTActionHUDDuration":1.2000000476837158,"BTTActionHUDBorderColor":"213.541595, 213.546641, 213.543921, 255.000000","BTTActionHUDDisplayToUse":2,"BTTIconConfigImageWidth":100,"BTTActionHUDSlideDirection":2,"BTTActionHUDHideWhenOtherHUDAppears":false,"BTTActionHUDAttributedTitle":"{\\\\rtf1\\\\ansi\\\\ansicpg1252\\\\cocoartf2761\\n\\\\cocoatextscaling0\\\\cocoaplatform0{\\\\fonttbl\\\\f0\\\\fnil\\\\fcharset0 SFPro-Regular;}\\n{\\\\colortbl;\\\\red255\\\\green255\\\\blue255;\\\\red255\\\\green255\\\\blue255;}\\n{\\\\*\\\\expandedcolortbl;;\\\\csgray\\\\c100000;}\\n\\\\pard\\\\tx560\\\\tx1120\\\\tx1680\\\\tx2240\\\\tx2800\\\\tx3360\\\\tx3920\\\\tx4480\\\\tx5040\\\\tx5600\\\\tx6160\\\\tx6720\\\\sl0\\\\slmaximum500\\\\pardirnatural\\\\qc\\\\partightenfactor0\\n\\n\\\\f0\\\\fs32 \\\\cf2 On vars}","BTTActionHUDWidth":340,"BTTActionHUDBorderWidth":1,"BTTActionHUDTitle":"","BTTActionHUDHeight":70}',
      BTTEnabled2: 1,
    }),
    wait_for_reply: true,
  });

  return true;
}
5

Getting back to this YEARS later!
I still didn't understand the answer. I was hoping to have a process where the first Action would be a Set Value action. It would create a variable called 'pause_length', set to .5
then in each "Delay next action" action I could use that variable as the value of the Delay by:.