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Hi everyone,

   Is it possible to have one take item in say framebuffer 1 make another take item in framebuffer 2 go online? For example, can I have take ID 101 force take ID 501 online at the same time?

Thanks! 

One way you could do it is to cue 101 and then take 501. That would put them on at the same time. To cue a take item, just press the period key on the numeric keypad (with num lock on).

Hi Vincent, 

If this is something you often have to do you could also do this by script.  We have two options below, the first has a hardcoded value for the Take ID ("501") and the other takes a value from a Text Object allowing you to type it in from the Sequencer.  These scripts should be put OnOnline of the scene you're manually taking to air (ID 101 in your case).

OPTION 1: 

dim takeItem as xpTakeItem

Engine.Sequencer.GetTakeItemByID("501",takeItem)

takeItem.Execute

OPTION 2:

dim takeItem as xpTakeItem

dim takeId as xpTextObject

Self.GetObjectByName("Take Item ID", takeId)

Engine.Sequencer.GetTakeItemByID(takeId.text, takeItem)

takeItem.Execute

Thank you both for the help! I knew scripting would be the way, I just didn't quite know how. I appreciate the time from both of you!

I want to add another reply with another option.

If you can control the scenes in a Sequencer, you can create a Group in the Sequencer and put the scenes you want to trigger at the same time in the group. Then change the properties of the group and change it to TAKE ALL. 

That way when you trigger the Group it will trigger all the scenes in the group at once.

The TAKE ALL-functionality is only available starting from V7.1 I think.