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Hi,

Is it possible to change a set of actions at once.
For the project i need to make 200 actions per player.
For example i have to change all the variables named "SCORE1" in "SCORE2"
and in the scripts i also use variables that must be changes.

I tried Find and replace, but that only works with text.
Do i realy have to change all the variables one by one?

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Opus does not have a global replace utility in the Editor to swap out variables the way you describe --- other than to operate on text in scripts (and also a find/replace for text object contents, words, etc).

You can approach this project at least a couple ways:

1) Export your Page and Publication variables. Perform the find/replace operation using some good developer's Editor (e.g., crimson editor, or notepad++). Probably best to Save As different sets in separate files. Then Import those changed sets back into Opus Pages and Publication (variables). Still a bit tedious, but possible to save some time.

2) Think about restructuring your Pub. If you have several Page or Publication variables named as SCORE1, CORRECT1, etc. --- leave those in-place. But then perform transforms in Script Objects, and possibly necessary in Script Actions. By "transforms" I mean, run through a Script that stores your USER7 set of values in the fixed USER1 set: SCORE1 = SCORE7 ; CORRECT1 = CORRECT7;


As a bit of a variation... Mackavi, and others, have posted several examples of code in past discussions about manipulating variable names in scripts using either ARRAYS or by concatenating a varname_ with a numerica suffix (e.g., "varname_" + "07"

3) You could decide to use ARRAY type of variable from the beginning. Then USER1 uses all variables with index 0, USER7 has index 6, etc.
HOWEVER, I think this will NOT serve you very well if you employ Script Actions more than Opusscript and Script Objects.

Thanks Lar,
I am not that good with Arrays but let's start with your first suggestion.

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