• Programmer.Editor.Selection.GetSelectedHandles
• Programmer.Editor.Fixtures.Patch.FreezeFixtures

• Windows.PatchView.Handles

FreezeSelectedFixtures.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<avolites.macros xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="Avolites.Menus.xsd">
 
  <macro id="Avolites.Macros.FreezeSelectedFixtures" name="Freeze Selected Fixtures">
    <description>Freezes the currently selected fixtures.</description>
    <sequence>
      <step>Programmer.Editor.Selection.GetSelectedHandles("Windows.PatchView.Handles")</step>
      <step>Programmer.Editor.Fixtures.Patch.FreezeFixtures(Windows.PatchView.Handles, True)</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
  <macro id="Avolites.Macros.UnfreezeSelectedFixtures" name="Unfreeze Selected Fixtures">
    <description>Unfreezes the currently selected fixtures.</description>
    <sequence>
      <step>Programmer.Editor.Selection.GetSelectedHandles("Windows.PatchView.Handles")</step>
      <step>Programmer.Editor.Fixtures.Patch.FreezeFixtures(Windows.PatchView.Handles, False)</step>
    </sequence>
  </macro>
 
</avolites.macros>

This explains the functional steps within the sequence. For all the other XML details please refer to Formats and syntax

Each macro gets the currently selected fixtures and puts these handles in the menu property “Windows.PatchView.Handles”.

All fixtures in this property are then frozen resp. unfrozen.

• make this macro available
• selecting some fixtures and firing one of the macros freezes/unfreezes the selected fixtures