The first menu in the Programming tab is the Programming menu. This mainly contains actions that allow you to control the order in which actions are played. The actions can broadly be categorised as follows:
Conditional actions – these are actions that will only play a group of actions when a condition is true or false. The conditional actions are the: If, Else, Select and Case actions.
Loop action – the Loop action will repeat a group of actions a particular number of times based on a condition that you set (e.g. the condition could be as simple as play the loop 4 times or it may be play the loop until a specified variable reaches the number 4).
Sequencing actions – these are actions that either play the group of actions simultaneously (i.e. Simultaneous Actions Group action) or consecutively (i.e. Consecutive Action Group action).
Script Action – the Script action allows you to open a script window in which you can enter OpusScript statements. This action is normally used when you want to write a few lines of OpusScript code or call a function in a Script Object.
Custom action – the Custom Action allows you to activate a customised trigger you have created using the Custom Trigger.
Note:
Although these are called Programming actions they do not require programming knowledge or skills to use, apart from the Script action, which requires knowledge of the OpusScript language.