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--- macros:example:colourchasechanger_v2 [2018/06/25 16:14] – icke_siegen
+++ macros:example:colourchasechanger_v2 [2020/04/05 08:02] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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   * [[macros:function:Palette.ApplyPalette]]
   * [[macros:function:actionscript.setproperty]]
-  * [[macros:function:Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace]]
+  * [[macros:function:Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace]] -- alternatively [[macros:function:Palette.MergeCurrentPalette]] (see [[#explanation]])
   * [[macros:function:Programmer.Editor.Clear]]
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   * ''Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,1,16", false)'' selects the colour palette on the first page of the Colours workspace window, 16th slot
   * ''ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,1")'' sets the colour palette on the second page on the 1th slot into the desks memory, i.e. makes it the current palette handle for the next actions
-  * ''Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()'' replaces the palette in the desks memory - the active palette handle - with what's in the programmer
+  * ''Palette.StoreCurrentPaletteReplace()'' replaces the palette in the desks memory - the active palette handle - with what's in the programmer \\ **HINT:** if you instead want to replace only a part of the palette then you need to merge it instead of replace the entire palette. Use [[macros:function:palette.mergecurrentpalette|]] instead
   * ''Programmer.Editor.Clear(...)'' clears the programmer (for the parameters see [[macros:function:Programmer.Editor.Clear]] - clears according to the current clear mask, clearing the presets as setglobally, in the globally set clear/release time)
   * repeat the above steps, now with ''Palette.ApplyPalette("Location=Colours,1,17", false)'' and ''ActionScript.SetProperty("Palette.CurrentPaletteHandle", handle:"Location=Colours,2,2")'', in order to replace the background colour