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	This page lists the commands of the MXWendler JavaScript command interface. Scripts run on an embedded ECMAScript engine (Duktape) and reach the software through the global <code>mxw</code> object plus a few free functions.		This page lists the commands of the MXWendler JavaScript command interface. Scripts run on an embedded ECMAScript engine (Duktape) and reach the software through the global <code>mxw</code> object plus a few free functions.
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	* [[3._Python_command_reference\|Python command reference]] – the same object interface from Python

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	'''Addressing:''' widgets are targeted by their OSC-style address string, e.g. <code>/mxw/track/active/layer/active/clip</code>.		'''Addressing:''' widgets are targeted by their OSC-style address string, e.g. <code>/mxw/track/active/layer/active/clip</code>.

	'''Access model:''' <code>mxw.playlist</code> and <code>mxw.io</code> are ready-made objects – call their methods directly, e.g. <code>mxw.playlist.play()</code>, <code>mxw.io.dmx(4)</code>. <code>mxw.widget(address)</code>, <code>mxw.media(name)</code>, <code>mxw.preload(n)</code> and <code>mxw.grabber(name)</code> are factories that take an address/name/index and return the object to call, e.g. <code>mxw.widget("/mxw/path").getValue()</code>~~. The former global <code>reg_*</code> helper functions have been removed in favour of this interface~~.		'''Access model:''' <code>mxw.playlist</code> and <code>mxw.io</code> are ready-made objects – call their methods directly, e.g. <code>mxw.playlist.play()</code>, <code>mxw.io.dmx(4)</code>. <code>mxw.widget(address)</code>, <code>mxw.media(name)</code>, <code>mxw.preload(n)</code> and <code>mxw.grabber(name)</code> are factories that take an address/name/index and return the object to call, e.g. <code>mxw.widget("/mxw/path").getValue()</code>.

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	\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_layer_position(layer_pos)</code> \|\| set layer index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(7).set_layer_position(2)</code>		\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_layer_position(layer_pos)</code> \|\| set layer index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(7).set_layer_position(2)</code>
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	\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_track_position()</code> \|\| set the track index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(11).set_track_position(2)</code>		\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_track_position(track_pos)</code> \|\| set the track index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(11).set_track_position(2)</code>
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	\|<code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("directory_saving_path", initial_x, initial_y, size_x, size_y)</code> \|\| saves a cropped screenshot in the desiderd path\|\| <code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("c:/Users/MXWendler/Desktop/b.png", 0,1, 400, 200)</code>		\|<code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("directory_saving_path", initial_x, initial_y, size_x, size_y)</code> \|\| saves a cropped screenshot in the desiderd path\|\| <code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("c:/Users/MXWendler/Desktop/b.png", 0,1, 400, 200)</code>

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	\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_layer_position(layer_pos)</code> \|\| set layer index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(7).set_layer_position(2)</code>		\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_layer_position(layer_pos)</code> \|\| set layer index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(7).set_layer_position(2)</code>
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	\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_track_position()</code> \|\| prints the name of the \|\| <code>print_console("PL Item R2C1 strval is " + mxw.widget("/mxw/playlist/container/1/column/0/row/1").getStringValue());</code>
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	\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_track_position()</code> \|\| set the track index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(11).set_track_position(2)</code>		\|<code>mxw.preload(preload_number).set_track_position()</code> \|\| set the track index of the preload\|\| <code>mxw.preload(11).set_track_position(2)</code>

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	\|<code>print_console("text" + mxw.widget("/mxw/path").getStringValue())</code> \|\| prints the name of the desired playlist cue \|\| <code>print_console("The clip name in the second cue is" + mxw.widget("/mxw/playlist/container/1/column/0/row/1").getStringValue());</code>		\|<code>print_console("text" + mxw.widget("/mxw/path").getStringValue())</code> \|\| prints the name of the desired playlist cue \|\| <code>print_console("The clip name in the second cue is" + mxw.widget("/mxw/playlist/container/1/column/0/row/1").getStringValue());</code>
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			\|<code>print_statusline("text")</code> \|\| print text on the status line\|\| <code>print text on status line()</code>
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	\|<code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("directory_saving_path", initial_x, initial_y, size_x, size_y)</code> \|\| saves a cropped screenshot in the desiderd path\|\| <code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("c:/Users/MXWendler/Desktop/b.png", 0,1, 400, 200)</code>		\|<code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("directory_saving_path", initial_x, initial_y, size_x, size_y)</code> \|\| saves a cropped screenshot in the desiderd path\|\| <code>mxw.makesectionscreenshot("c:/Users/MXWendler/Desktop/b.png", 0,1, 400, 200)</code>
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	~~\|<code>print_statusline()</code> \|\| print the status of the software\|\| <code>print_statusline()</code>~~
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	\|<code>mxw.widget("/mxw/path").setStringValue("named by script")</code> \|\| set the name of a cue in the playlist\|\| <code>mxw.widget("/mxw/playlist/container/1/column/0/row/1").setStringValue("background videoclip")</code>		\|<code>mxw.widget("/mxw/path").setStringValue("named by script")</code> \|\| set the name of a cue in the playlist\|\| <code>mxw.widget("/mxw/playlist/container/1/column/0/row/1").setStringValue("background videoclip")</code>