Static Variables?

Scripting with Gig Performer
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Can static variables be defined without placing them inside of a callback?

For example, if I just want oscbankcolor to be equal to the OSC string “/dmxis/bank/0” throughout my script, can I somehow define it on a script wide level?

2

You mean global variables?
Sure….just declare them outside of the callback

3

I can define the variable, but I was having trouble assigning it to a value. It occurred to me that I can make the assignments inside of a On Activate callback and then they’ll all be pre-assigned when I load the Rackspace, correct?

Bonus question: if I wanted to store the ip address and port number for OSC messages into separate variables, would I define these an integers?

4

Well, perhaps if you showed us what you did rather than leaving us to speculate, we could probably help you better :slight_smile:

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5

Sorry…

If I write this:

var oscbankcolor : OSCMessage
On Activate
OSC_SetAddress(oscbankcolor, “dmxis/bank/0”)
end

…then it should be available to all callbacks in the rackspace script, correct?

6

Here’s a better way to do this

var 
   oscbankcolor : OSCMessage

Initialization
   OSC_SetAddress(oscbankcolor, “dmxis/bank/0”)
end
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Thank you. Do you have a comment for my other question? Can I define the IP address and port number for the osc messages into a variable? This will be repeated dozens of times and I want to make sure I have a way ti easily edit the port number and/or IP address.

Thanks again.

8

Which question?

Yes you can, of course.

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9

Yep - checkout the GP Script language manual
https://gigperformer.com/docs/GPScript40/

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10

IP address is a string.

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11

Thanks I’ll try that. It wasn’t compiling the other way.

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If you look at the actual system functions, the required types are clearly defined

https://gigperformer.com/docs/GPScript40/content/reference/list-of-functions.html

Also, there are numerous short cut functions for sending OSC messages

https://gigperformer.com/docs/GPScript40/content/reference/list-of-functions.html#osc

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