• Adobe After Effects

  Script UI Not Detecting Variable

  Posted by John Wooltorton on March 9, 2019 at 12:59 pm

  Hello everyone, I am having a problem of detecting a variable in a text box. So basically what I want to do is to apply a pre-defined preset to whatever I typed into the text box. Now when I click the button, it creates an empty layer with the preset because apparently, it can’t detect the variable I give it.
  Here is the code, it may look like what a noob would have done because I am completely new to coding. More resources will be provided below…

  (function(thisObj){
scriptBuildUI(thisObj)

  function scriptBuildUI(thisObj) {
  var win = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj : new Window("palette", "ScriptUI Template", undefined);
  win.spacing = 5;

  var groupOne = win.add("group", undefined, "GroupOne");
  groupOne.orientation = "column";

  var myText = groupOne.add ("edittext", undefined, "");
  myText.characters = 30;
  // myText.active = true; // <--- This line I copied from the Internet, don't know what excatly it does
  myText.helpTip = "Please edit your text here"
  var myEditText = myText.text;

  var Button = groupOne.add("button", undefined, "Button");
  Button.onClick = function(){
  main('Bouncing_texts.ffx', myEditText); // FINAL FUNCTION!!!
  };

  win.onResizing = win.onResize = function() {
  this.layout.resize();
  };

  win instanceof Window
  ? (win.center(), win.show()) : (win.layout.layout(true), win.layout.resize());
  }

  // Add functions below this line

  // Applying Presets //
  var main = function(myFX, myEditText) {

  var proj = app.project;
  var folder = new Folder('C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects CC 2019/Support Files/Presets/User Presets/' + myFX);
  if (folder.exists !== true) {
  alert('Preset file does not exist');
  return;
  }

  app.beginUndoGroup('apply preset');

  var Composition = proj.activeItem;
  var myTextLayer = Composition.layers.addText(myEditText);
  var myTextSource = myTextLayer.sourceText;
  var myTextDocument = myTextSource.value;

  // var item = proj.activeItem;

  myTextLayer.applyPreset(folder);
  myTextSource.setValue(myTextDocument);

  app.endUndoGroup();
  // return 0;
  };
  // Function "Apply presets" Ends //

  })(this);


  Some more details here: https://imgur.com/0BGfNIy
  https://imgur.com/1soiSP4

  Any help is greatly appreciated!!

  John

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  John Wooltorton replied 7 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  Oleg Pirogov

  March 9, 2019 at 2:35 pm

  On the first glance: I would expect myEditText assignment to be in onClick event:

  Button.onClick = function(){
var myEditText = myText.text;
main('Bouncing_texts.ffx', myEditText); // FINAL FUNCTION!!!
};

  or actually:
  Button.onClick = function(){
main('Bouncing_texts.ffx', myText.text); // FINAL FUNCTION!!!
};
• 

  John Wooltorton

  March 9, 2019 at 2:38 pm

  Button.onClick = function(){
var myEditText = myText.text;
main('Bouncing_texts.ffx', myEditText); // FINAL FUNCTION!!!
};

  This worked!! Thank you so much 😀

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