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I want to create a macro where I can send a Whisper to any selected player token but I don't see a way to extract the token "ownership" (the player's name) from the token.

Is there a way to do this that I'm not seeing? Or a better way to accomplish this? Thanks!

To get a list of owners, use getOwners.

Well, that will work just perfectly, thanks!

But maybe I'm approaching this wrong. The way I was visualizing this was to select the player tokens that I wanted, then click a macro, have an input screen pop up with an edit box and whatever I type in there is whispered to the selected players.

However, if I do it that way, that input box is going to show up for EACH selected token, right? I just want to type in what I want to whisper once, then have it broadcast to each selected player.

What's the best way to tackle that?

If you have the 'apply to selected token' box checked, then it will put up a dialog for each token selected. If it isn't, it won't.

If that option is not checked, then you will need to use getSelected to get a list of which tokens are selected.

Also, questions about the macro language will receive more through and faster replies when posted in the Macros subforum of this board.

Yep, it'll become your second home.

Wiki: getSelected() will return the results as a string list, unless you specify "json" as the parameter. This means you can use it with [foreach:]:

Incorrect Code (see later post)

This is a rather simple macro, it will send the message to all owners of every token you have selected. It will send duplicate messages if a player owns more than one of the tokens selected, but this should get you started.

Note that the documentation wiki is _very_ useful for budding macro-writers like yourself. I still have to refer to it every few lines of code I write.

This macro looks like exactly what I was looking for! Great1

But...(isn't there always a but?) When I try to run it, I get this message back in the chat window.

Error executing "getOwners": there is no impersonated token.

I have a player token selected when I try the macro, so I thought it would work...but apparently, no dice.

Code:

[h: input("message")]
[h: selectedList = getSelected()]
[h, foreach(selectedID,selectedList): broadcast(message,getOwners(",",selectedID))]  

Sorry, I forgot the parameters in Wiki: getOwners().

Just remember to assign each token you select an owner, else you'll get an error.

Thanks a bunch, with a couple of tweaks, this suited my purpose beautifully!