Faster way to add a copied graphic

[Tim Murphy]

Hey Guys,
I'm after a little help setting up an action for copied graphics.

We produce exceptionally long PVC Banners.
We have been using an action that will place eyelet marks along the banner edges at variable distances.
The graphic that is added is a small yellow dot with a black outline. This covers any colour combination on the banner itself.

Unfortunately when the eyelets do not hit the mark bang on, it is visible and noticeable.
We would like to change to an action where we have the choice of choosing from a range of different colours for the dots.

So far the options seem to be to create 8 new actions, each of which has a different copied graphic.
Or secondly, to have a file open with all the colour options available, then use the grabbed graphics function to pick the most suitable.

I was hoping for a streamlined action where the different graphics are just available in a variable list when the action is run.
Is this even possible?

Any help appreciated.
Cheers
Tim

[Tim Murphy]

Another possible option.
Assign the eyelets to a different layer?
Then change the colours within the layer?

[JimmyHartington]

Another option could be to use a variable set.
Add the user the option to choose the color.
Based on the choose the variable set set yes/no variables.
These are used in a preflight profile to run or not run the action list for the choosen color.

You could have a action list which places the eyelets, where the graphic is designed with Spotcolornames which are generic. Like EyeletColor01, EyeletColor02 etc.
Then the other action lists could be just to change these specific colors and nothing else.
This way you need only to maintain one action list for the placement. Others are just for the color change.