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blank panel
Posted: July 1st, 2013, 7:13 am
by jus2poubelle
Hi,
I've made a script which works almost like I want it to. But I can't execute it 2 times in the same "session". I have to restart AE each time I want to relaunch the script. If not, the panel appears completely blank.
I'm still a novice so I must have done something wrong. But has somebody already encountered this problem?
PS: sorry for the frenchglish language
Re: blank panel
Posted: July 1st, 2013, 10:16 am
by beginUndoGroup
You should post the part UI part of your script, maybe not everything, but at least exhibit how you build the palette and how you show it.
Re: blank panel
Posted: July 2nd, 2013, 2:36 am
by jus2poubelle
ok, I tried to simplify the script and keep only the code around the UI. But the problem doesn't occur anymore...
Still, I guess I'm doing it wrong by some manner. So I post it anyhow. If someone can tell me a better way to write my code, i'll be happy
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function exportToXml(thisObject)
{
var globalLayerArray = new Array;
var myProj = app.project;
var myComp;
var myPath;
function layerItem(layer, name) {
this.layer = layer;
this.name = name;
}
// updateListBox refresh "list"
function updateListBox(list)
{
list.removeAll();
for (var i = 0; i<globalLayerArray.length; i++)
{
list.add("item", i + ": " + globalLayerArray[i].name);
}
$.writeln("list updated \n ------------");
}
// addItem in "list"
function addItem(list)
{
myComp = myProj.activeItem;
if (myComp.selectedLayers)
{
$.writeln(myComp.selectedLayers.length + " selected layers");
var sel = myComp.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i<sel.length; i++)
{
var notInGlobal = true;
for (var o=0; o<globalLayerArray.length; o++)
{
if (sel[i].name == globalLayerArray[o].name)
notInGlobal = false;
}
if (notInGlobal)
{
globalLayerArray.push(new layerItem ( sel[i], sel[i].name));
$.writeln("added: " + sel[i].name);
}else
$.writeln("not added: " + sel[i].name);
}
updateListBox (list);
}
}
function UI()
{
var pal = new Window("palette", "Export to XML");
var myAGroup = pal.add("group");
myAGroup.orientation = "row";
myAGroup.alignChildren = "fill";
var myFirstAGroup = myAGroup.add("group");
myFirstAGroup.orientation = "column";
var addBtn = myFirstAGroup.add("button", undefined, "add");
var delBtn = myFirstAGroup.add("button", undefined, "delete");
var mySecondAGroup = myAGroup.add("group");
mySecondAGroup.alignChildren = "fill";
var myListBox = mySecondAGroup.add ("ListBox", undefined, "", {multiselect:true});
myListBox.size = [200,150];
myListBox.alignment = ["fill", "fill"];
var myThirdAGroup = myAGroup.add("group");
myThirdAGroup.preferredSize =[100,150];
myThirdAGroup.orientation = "column";
myThirdAGroup.alignChildren = ["left","top"];
myThirdAGroup.enabled = false;
var animCheck = myThirdAGroup.add("checkbox", undefined, "animated");
var stillCheck = myThirdAGroup.add("checkbox", undefined, "still layer");
var complexLabl = myThirdAGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "complexity: " + 1);
var complexSlider = myThirdAGroup.add ("slider", undefined, 1, 1, 5);
var myBGroup = pal.add("group");
var exptBtn = myBGroup.add("button", undefined, "create render comp");
addBtn.onClick = function(){
addItem(myListBox);
}
myListBox.onChange = function () {
pal.myAGroup.myThirdAGroup.enabled = true;
}
pal.center();
pal.show();
}
UI();
}
exportToXml(this);
Re: blank panel
Posted: July 2nd, 2013, 2:05 pm
by Paul Tuersley
If you're on CS6 there's a bug that I believe is fixed in the 11.0.2 update that can cause subsequent panels to be blank after a UI group has been enabled/disabled in a session. I haven't been able to replicate your problem just by launching, closing and relaunching your script so I'm not sure this is the issue, but I can see you are doing ".enabled = true/false" on UI groups. If it is this, you can fix it either by upgrading to 11.0.2 (you could check the version and warn about this in your script) or you can individually enable/disable the UI controls rather than doing it at the group level.
One thing I noticed was that your UI isn't using the panel that is created when installing the script in ScriptUI Panels and launching from the Window menu. You end up with a blank Panel and also the Window that is being defined by your script. To fix this there are two bits of your script you need to alter:
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var pal = (thisObject instanceof Panel) ? thisObject: new Window("palette", "Export to XML", undefined);
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if (pal instanceof Window) {
pal.center();
pal.show();
} else {
pal.layout.layout(true);
}
I haven't tested this fully but it certainly gets your UI in the panel created by launching as a ScriptUI Panel.
Paul
Re: blank panel
Posted: July 3rd, 2013, 1:19 am
by jus2poubelle
OK, I have to do some more tests to be sure. But right now it seems to be the solution.
I can say you've just save my sanity. I was about to cry yesterday.
Thank you so much for your help !
Re: blank panel
Posted: July 3rd, 2013, 4:26 am
by beginUndoGroup
Just a remark: you should not assign a value to myProj right at the beginning of your script.
If the user closes the project and opens a new one while the script palette is open this will generate an error (Object not valid).
Unless ofc if you know this will not happen.
Re: blank panel
Posted: March 11th, 2014, 8:03 am
by Aaron Cobb
I've been having a hell of a time with this blank panel problem in CS6 (big corporate client is never on the most up-to-date version of anything). Thing is, I'm using 11.0.4.2.
Sometimes I get the blank panel (other scripts, including ones I didn't write, show up blank, too) and sometimes AE locks up altogether.
Is this stuff resolved in CC?