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  scripting question: within my script I’m trying to link a leyer property to a slider control… but I’m failing miserably

  Posted by Paul Riccardi on August 25, 2015 at 1:57 am

  Within my script I’ve been able to create a layer, add a mask, add a slider control, rename and set a value to the slider. Now where I’m getting stuck is I’m trying to create a scripted expression to link the property maskFeather to the slider and it’s not working. Why I’m stumped is, I can get the script add an expression like time*15, or a wiggle but when I try to link it to the slider control i get an error “unable to execute script at line 55. Expected:;

  Here what I’ve got so far.

  var curExp1 = “effect(“Feather”)(“Slider”)”;

  curLayer.property(“Masks”).property(“Mask 1”).property(“maskFeather”).expression = curExp1;

  Help?

  Paul Riccardi replied 11 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  Dan Ebberts

  August 25, 2015 at 2:43 am

  You can’t do nested double quotes. Try this:

  var curExp1 = ‘effect(“Feather”)(“Slider”)’;

  Dan
• 

  Paul Riccardi

  August 25, 2015 at 4:38 pm

  You are the man Dan. Worked perfectly!

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