function defined in another file

[pirelouit]

Maybe it is a stupid question, but how do you make a call to a function defined in another file? I imagine you must specify a relative path, but I couldn't find anything about it in the adobe documentation.

Thanks

[redefinery]

In AE 6.5 or later, you'll need to open the file, eval() its contents, then close the file, as in:

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	var myCodeFile = new File("codeFile.jsx");
	myCodeFile.open("r");	
	eval( myCodeFile.read() );
	myCodeFile.close();

See the render_and_email.jsx script for examples.

In AE 7, you can use the new #include directive, as in:

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	#include "codeFile.jsx"

Jeff

[pirelouit]

Thank you, I realized now I was simply not looking in the right place in the documentation. I appreciate the quick feedback.

[Tigerfog]

Hi.
I have tried to use the codes that you have given me.

However, when I run my script, it says "Expected: (" at the line where "#include" is.
Then, I tried again with parentheses around the URI path of my jsx file. This time, the message I get was that the file or folder does not exist, even though I correctly input the absolute path of my script.

Is there another way to script a reference to an external file?

[Tigerfog]

Sir pirelouit found the solution for me!
My script with the "#include" code worked on his MAC, but not my poor, poor PC.
Here is what he gave me and this time, my script ran perfectly on my PC:

// @include "(path)";