View User Variable improvement suggestion

Hi,

can something be done to make, or offer the option of making, user variable selection specific?  For example, I have a trigger that places bets based on silk data and odds.  So which horse gets backed isn't known until the bet is placed.  If I then want to monitor a formula, I have to update the user variable by changing the s_9_backa field to read (for example) s_1_backa if it was s_1 which the bet was placed on.  Again, for another race, then bet might be on another selection and again I have to go into the variables window and change the s_X pre-fix. 

So.....

Can a box be put next to the P/L box (see attachment) which will open a View User Variables window that is specifc to that selection?  Then all I have to do is have "backa" in the window rather than s_1_backa (or whatever)?

OR add a column to the existing window in which I can put, say s_1 (or r_1, etc.), and then the variable/formula I want to monitor is specific to s_1/r_1?

And, can you make the View User Variables column widths settable by dragging the column header?  At the moment if you have a long string to monitor you have to make the whole box wider.

regards

Wez

hi Wez
if you only bet on one selection, there is an easy way to do this.
in your betting trigger add a new Action
action  set user variable
name   si
value   sel_index

now in the variable screen type
s_si_backa an so on, just replace the selections index number (that you used to do) with si
then it will change automatically as the bet is placed

mcbee

Hi McBee,

thanks for the tip - much appreciated.  I can see how it works for one bet per marjket and maybe I should try including more than one action per trigger!  That's not something that I do ordinarily.

But the scenario that prompted the suggestion has the potential for more than one bet.  I have since thought the Engineer mode could be used instead because the 10 fields next to each selection are selection specific.  It's just that if you change an Engineer field in just one market, as you move to another the change is lost (unless you make it permanent via the settings option).

regards

Wez

Great! Thanks McBee, this also worked well on my end too.