Macro Link in Chat doesn´t work. What is wrong?

I tried to trigger a table via a macro and it works, but if I use the following Macro and to post it in the chat window, nothing happens if I click on the macro link in the chat windoiw. Did I make something wrong? The "Random-Loot" Macro alone works and the table too, but not this way. I was planning to add more macros for loot-tables to this. (I am absolute new in macro editing) &{template:default} {{name=Loot}} {{Loot= [Random-Loot](!#Random-Loot)}}

Try [Random-Loot](!
#Random-Loot), though you'll have to put in that !
 again if you ever open it to edit. If you make these character Abilities in a macro sheet instead of a loose macro [Random-Loot](~Random-Loot) will call another ability named Random-Loot on the same sheet. When you put buttons into a roll template that call Abilities or Macros, we call that a Chat Menu . Macro that calls another macro, (editing hassle) [Random-Loot](!
#Random-Loot) Ability that calls an ability on the same sheet [Random-Loot](~Random-Loot)

Thanks a lot!!

So this: [Random-Loot](!) is the basic syntax for an API button... slight misnomer in that it doesn't require the API to be able to use these but as standard it will run the contents of the () portion when clicked. As it begins with a '!' this sets it out as an API call (hence the name I guess), which, unless you have a script ready to look for the chat command will fail to print to chat anything that follows the ! (this can be useful for things other than API calls however). By following the '!' with the html replacement for a carriage return (
) you can force the chat to actually display/run the command when it isn't an API call. In this case the collection based macro of #Random-Loot. The key, therefore is the 
 to utilise this method for macros not held on a sheet. Hope that helps? Sleeser said: this helped to fix a problem i had myself,you see i had made macros in the collection (not on a sheet) and wanted to call them in a label but it didnt seem to work. so this fixed it but i dont understand why. i would greatly appreciate if you could explain.

Oh... guess they deleted their post lol

No matter, that's actually the best explanation I've heard about why that works the way it does.

Great explanation. There's few things more irritating to me than people deleting their posts (sometimes even entire threads) when their question has been answered. We aren't just answering for you (the person asking the question), but also everyone who searches later with the same question.

GiGs said: There's few things more irritating to me than people deleting their posts (sometimes even entire threads) when their question has been answered. We aren't just answering for you (the person asking the question), but also everyone who searches later with the same question. Exactly this. And the people who manage to figure out the solution for themselves, I try to prod them to mention the solution in the thread instead of just leaving a "Nevermind, I figured it out"

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