execLink() and broadcast()

[Merudo]

I'm having trouble running execLink() and broadcast() together.

I have the following campaign macro:

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[h: link = macroLinkText("test@Lib:mylib")]
[h: broadcast(execLink(link))]

When I click the macro is executed, but only for the player who clicked. What should happen is that every player have the macro executed...

[aliasmask]

execLink() for running code from the current client. You're simply outputting the result of that run to chat. If you output the link, like with macroLink(), then players can click it and run it on their client. Typically these work together like this. You create a link for your client with macroLinkText, convert that in to a valid macro link by adding <a href="%{link}">Click Me!</a> and then broadcast that to the other players. If autoexecute is on for the linked macro then it will autorun for the other clients but not you. That's why you use execLink so it runs for you as well.

[Merudo]

execLink() for running code from the current client. You're simply outputting the result of that run to chat. If you output the link, like with macroLink(), then players can click it and run it on their client. Typically these work together like this. You create a link for your client with macroLinkText, convert that in to a valid macro link by adding <a href="%{link}">Click Me!</a> and then broadcast that to the other players. If autoexecute is on for the linked macro then it will autorun for the other clients but not you. That's why you use execLink so it runs for you as well.

I noticed the BoT also uses macroLink() instead of macroLinkText().

Does this mean the wiki example with the macroLinkText being directly broadcasted is incorrect?

EDIT: The following code worked great:

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[h: link = macroLink("", "test@Lib:mylib")]
[h: broadcast(link)]

[aliasmask]

Well, it's not wrong, just not what you thought. For example, if my macro was called, outputToTim then it makes perfect sense.