I'm having trouble getting the fileGetDialog to work properly on a Mac. The dialog pops up, but I cannot get it to let me select any of the files in the folder. I've tried all kinds of different file types like TEXT, TXT, ttxt etc... Anyone know what the correct syntax is for this function? I would ...

Are you sure that Javascript cannot access Excel? I pulled most of that code out of some other Javascript examples I was using for PS and XSI. I also used this link for guidance. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/jscript7/html/jsobjactivexobject.asp Maybe Jscript can a...

I had a script working at one time that interfaced Excel and Photoshop. I am trying to get some of the elements to work with AE. Below is the script lines I'm trying to use: // Conect with Excel var appexcel = "Excel.Application"; // Open a Excel XLS file - just type the path with double b...

I am still new at scripting so my script is still a little sloppy, but I hope it can help give someone a springboard on doing a similar operation. There are several areas that will need to be tweaked to get it to work for your situation. Hope you like it! -Byron Download Script http://armoredsquirre...

Thanks for te reply Paul. I am still pretty new at scripting, I have to hack my way through everything.

This site is a great idea, I hope it catches on fast. I think After Effects is much more potent now that you can script it.

Take care...

Byron

I am working on a script that takes text out of a file and copies it into existing text layers. I'd like to add in a function that scales the text layer down if it is too large for the screen. This is what I have basically. var proj = app.project; var myComp = proj.item(1); var myLayer = myComp.laye...