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ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 8: Using Native Actions

This article is part 15 of 17 in the series ReaScript for Beginners
  1. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-1
  2. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-2
  3. How to Learn ReaScript for REAPER
  4. Useful Tools for REAPER Scripters
  5. ReaScript: What can we Expect from v5 Pre-Releases?
  6. Advanced Actions Management: Import and Export Toolbars Buttons linked to Scripts, Change Script Path and Name
  7. Scripting for REAPER: General Guidelines
  8. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 1: The Console Output
  9. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 2: The Api Documentation
  10. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 3: Get/Set First Selected Item Properties
  11. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 4: Loop in Selected Items
  12. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 5: Conditions Basics
  13. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 6: Time Selection
  14. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 7: Loop in Items on Selected Tracks
  15. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 8: Using Native Actions
  16. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 9: Preventing Bugs
  17. ReaScripts Templates Repository on GitHub

Now that you can code complex script on your own, the serie will now evolve in a “Quick Tip” format, easier to make, and easier to watch !

In this video, we learn

  • How to use native actions inside a script

As a bonus of this video, you wil llearn in this article how to run SWS actions from a script.

Let’s go !

Code Snippet:

-- RUN A NATIVE ACTION
-- Base on it's command ID.
reaper.Main_OnCommand(40289, 0) -- Unselect all items

-- RUN AN ACTION FROM A EXTENSION, LIKE SWS
-- You will need another function to do that.
reaper.Main_OnCommand(reaper.NamedCommandLookup("_SWS_SELTRKWITEM"), 0) -- Select only track with selected items

Next videos will show you how to use conditions to prevent error when setting new values to a REAPER object parameters.

Help us translate the subtitles of this video in your language using Amara.org !

This article is part 15 of 17 in the series ReaScript for Beginners
  1. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-1
  2. ReaScript Basics — Interview on REAPER blog / Part-2
  3. How to Learn ReaScript for REAPER
  4. Useful Tools for REAPER Scripters
  5. ReaScript: What can we Expect from v5 Pre-Releases?
  6. Advanced Actions Management: Import and Export Toolbars Buttons linked to Scripts, Change Script Path and Name
  7. Scripting for REAPER: General Guidelines
  8. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 1: The Console Output
  9. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 2: The Api Documentation
  10. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 3: Get/Set First Selected Item Properties
  11. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 4: Loop in Selected Items
  12. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 5: Conditions Basics
  13. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 6: Time Selection
  14. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 7: Loop in Items on Selected Tracks
  15. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 8: Using Native Actions
  16. ReaScript Video Tutorial — Part. 9: Preventing Bugs
  17. ReaScripts Templates Repository on GitHub