Getting Table Values for Use in a List?

[elaxter]

I'm making a simple macro that puts a frame up and displays a handout. The handout images are stored in a table, like so:


Currently in my macro, I put the line

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[H:handOut="range,damage"]

for use in the following line:

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[H: status=input("image|"+handOut+"|Pick a handout to display|LIST|SELECT=0", ....

(selecting "range" in the drop down outputs 0, selecting "damage" outputs 1, and so on) which then concludes with

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<img src='[r: tblImage("hand",image,picSize)]'></img>

It gets the job done well enough, but if I want a new handout, I have to stick its name onto the end of that first line for it to show up as a valid input, in addition to adding it to the table, and make sure it correlates to the appropriate range.

Is there a way I can have the input function use the list of values from the table automatically, so I don't have to edit the macro each time I add something new to the table?

[aliasmask]

You'll have to store the table range somewhere since MT tables don't do it for you. This could be stored in a property on a lib token or in the table at the 0 range. For example,

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0     index     {1:"range",2:"damage"}
1     range     [pic]
2     damage    [pic]

You would then read in the 0 range to get the other items in table. You can then use the table functions to add new items and update the 0 range variable holding the range information.