Change default folder to be the current directory -maybe one of you script guys

[Graham Bernard]

My Render As dropdown menu suits me.

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
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[Stephen Mann]

I am not sure you can do it in a script, but have you sent a product suggestion to Sony?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Tyson Onaga]

Put this into a .cs file (eg, ProjectPathToClipboard.cs)

using System;
using System.IO;
using Sony.Vegas;

class EntryPoint
{
public void FromVegas( Vegas vegasApp )
{
try
{
string vegDir = Path.GetDirectoryName( vegasApp.Project.FilePath ) ;
Clipboard.SetDataObject( vegDir, true );
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Message, "Unexpected Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
}
} // FromVegas()
}

Either:
(a) run it manually via Tools, Scripting, [choose script]
(b) bind it to a hot key, or
(c) add it to your Vegas toolbar.

It will extract the directory of your current .veg project and copy that value to the Windows clipboard. When you open the Render dialog, use Ctrl-V to paste it into FileName field. Vegas will switch the directory (folder) but it should change the Filename field back to the value when the dialog first opened.

[John Lenihan]

Wow, thank you Tyson, I can’t wait to try it out.

And Stephen, your suggestion is a good one too. I will do that. However, I admit my expectation level of Sony Creative Support and product development is low.

John

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com

[Stephen Mann]

I have always had good response from SCS support, but, then, I don’t ask them to fix my PC.
As far as product suggestions, they apparently collect them in aggregate. Meaning if ten or fifteen users ask for the same thing, they may look into adding it in a future release.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Stephen Mann]

I would like to have such a script, but it won’t run:

E:\Documents\Sony\Vegas\Scripts\ProjectPathToClipboard.cs(14) : The name ‘Clipboard’ does not exist in the current context
E:\Documents\Sony\Vegas\Scripts\ProjectPathToClipboard.cs(18) : The name ‘MessageBox’ does not exist in the current context
E:\Documents\Sony\Vegas\Scripts\ProjectPathToClipboard.cs(18) : The name ‘MessageBoxButtons’ does not exist in the current context
E:\Documents\Sony\Vegas\Scripts\ProjectPathToClipboard.cs(18) : The name ‘MessageBoxIcon’ does not exist in the current context

What’s missing?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Lenihan]

I get the same error message.

I have tried it on several computers and get the same message. No, actually, sometimes the application won’t start up with that script in the folder.

John

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com

[Tyson Onaga]

Try this:

// ================================================================================
// Program: ProjectPathToClipboard.cs
// Description: Copy full path from current .veg to Windows Clipboard.
// ================================================================================

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Sony.Vegas;

class EntryPoint
{

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// FromVegas()
//
// Main entry point.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

public void FromVegas( Vegas vegasApp )
{
try
{
string vegDir = Path.GetDirectoryName( vegasApp.Project.FilePath ) ;
if ( Directory.Exists( vegDir + @"\Rendered") )
vegDir = vegDir + @"\Rendered";

Clipboard.SetDataObject( vegDir, true );
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Message, "Unexpected Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
}
} // FromVegas()

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

} // class EntryPoint

// ================================================================================

This version looks for a \Rendered subfolder within the project’s folder.
You can change those line or comment/delete them.

Remember, in order to run it from the Tools Script menu, you need to copy the .cs to:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\Vegas Script Menu

[Stephen Mann]

That one works – thanks.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Lenihan]

Tyson,

This works Great!

Thank you
thank you.

John

John Lenihan

LeniCam Video Productions
https://www.lenicamvideoproductions.com