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by lloydalvarez
November 7th, 2006, 6:46 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: AE Enhancers logo challenge!
Replies: 4
Views: 28212

Re: AE Enhancers logo challenge!

So we have this great forum full of creative people, but as a friend remarked to me today, isn't it a bit plain for such a creative place? I think this is a great idea.. this is an incredible resource, but it could definitely use some more traffic, so anything to aid that i support.. One comment, t...
by lloydalvarez
November 6th, 2006, 7:18 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: system.callSystem on windows
Replies: 6
Views: 20651

Ah! that did it.. Thanks for that Chris.. It's hard to figure these things out when you are on a mac and can't try things out.. If only the manual made mention that mac and windows work differently with systemCall... ahh.. one can only dream... Anyway, there is one more thing to point out. DOS retur...
by lloydalvarez
November 2nd, 2006, 6:54 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: temp directory in windows
Replies: 4
Views: 10650

is it important to write the file in the Temp directory ? ("C:\WINDOWS\Temp") why don't you create the file anywhere on the disk and remove it when things are done (with myTempFile.remove(); ) Hi Nab, What i am doing is writing a temp.bat file to launch aerender.. If i use myTempFile.remo...
by lloydalvarez
October 31st, 2006, 8:49 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: system.callSystem on windows
Replies: 6
Views: 20651

system.callSystem on windows

i am trying to port a script to windows and am not having good luck with system.callSystem On mac it's very straight forward and works as i'd expect it to, but on windows, this scripts gives me 2 errors: var osString = "ECHO YO"; var osCapture = system.callSystem(osString); alert(osCapture...
by lloydalvarez
October 30th, 2006, 10:36 pm
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: problems with app.scheduleTask
Replies: 2
Views: 8067

var myScript = "myFunction(val);";
I hadn't thought of putting the string in a variable.. thanks for the tip i am defintely going to try it..

-Lloyd
by lloydalvarez
October 30th, 2006, 10:34 pm
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: temp directory in windows
Replies: 4
Views: 10650

ok, but where can i be sure i'll be able to write.. in Mac, typying ~/ assures me that i'll be in the user's directory and will be allowed to write anywhere in there.. on windows it seems i need to know the drive letter. %TEMP% is giving me an error when i call it from within the script.. unless the...
by lloydalvarez
October 30th, 2006, 10:42 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: temp directory in windows
Replies: 4
Views: 10650

temp directory in windows

i am writing a script that needs to write a temp file somewhere in the user's directory...

I've tried %Temp% but i am not having much luck..

where is a good place to put a temp file?

thanks

-lloyd
by lloydalvarez
October 29th, 2006, 2:48 pm
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: problems with app.scheduleTask
Replies: 2
Views: 8067

problems with app.scheduleTask

I am writing a script where i want to delay the calling of a function, but i seem to be having some odd behavior from app.scheduleTask I can call the function, but it doesn't pass the variables to it. So app.scheduleTask("myFunction();",1000,0) // this works myFunction(value1,value2); // t...
by lloydalvarez
October 13th, 2006, 9:36 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: Recursive checking pre-comps for missing footage
Replies: 2
Views: 8065

awesome!

that's exactly what i was looking for..

Thanks alot nab..

-Lloyd
by lloydalvarez
October 12th, 2006, 8:25 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: Recursive checking pre-comps for missing footage
Replies: 2
Views: 8065

Recursive checking pre-comps for missing footage

As i am getting more and more comfortable with scripting i sometime hit some walls that i have a hard time getting around. I am trying to write a simple function that check for missing footage in a particular comp. It's pretty straight forward as long as the missing item is in that parent comp. The ...
by lloydalvarez
October 3rd, 2006, 10:14 am
Forum: Script requests
Topic: Add layer to multiple comps
Replies: 2
Views: 10090

this can be very easily done with scripting.. if you give more detail as to exactly what you need accomplished.. i could probably whip something up for you..

-lloyd
by lloydalvarez
October 3rd, 2006, 6:32 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: run script command prompt
Replies: 3
Views: 11077

Hey mads, this doens't seem to be working for me.. -s is the flag to indicate the start frame of the composition not to launch a script so i am a bit confused. i am very interested in launching a script with a command line render, however, to be able to create a render done report.. so any help on t...
by lloydalvarez
September 29th, 2006, 11:41 am
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: Font family for Text Layer
Replies: 9
Views: 23665

Strangly though, I can't really find any features that have really changed from 6.5 to 7 as far as scripting goes. Naturally, they've added the ExtendScript Editor which is a HUGE improvement for doing debugging, but as far as the language itself, the features seem relativly unchanged. There were l...
by lloydalvarez
September 26th, 2006, 8:02 pm
Forum: Scripts Discussion
Topic: Is there a way to find out if the project needs to be saved?
Replies: 3
Views: 9956

Is there a way to find out if the project needs to be saved?

When you make a change to a saved project, a * appears next to it's name in the title bar. Is there a way to detect this state in scripting?

thanks,
-lloyd
by lloydalvarez
September 25th, 2006, 4:36 pm
Forum: Expression Discussion
Topic: stamp info on frame
Replies: 3
Views: 9849

Re: stamp info on frame

Also has anyone written or does a program exist for setting up stamp informatoin on screen with file or user infomation such as items mentioned above? There's a few things you can't get with an expression, but can with a script.. like the project file name, the language, ae version, serial number, ...