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Change text properties using ExtendScript
Hey guys,
I know this is an expressions forum category and I have a question about Extendscript, but maybe I can still post about it?
So, I’m trying to change one of the text properties here.
I can successfully change Anchor Point Grouping (see here), using the code below:
var thisComp = app.project.activeItem;
var curLayer = thisComp.selectedLayers[0];
textAnchorPointGrouping = curLayer.property("Text").property("More Options").property("Anchor Point Grouping");
textAnchorPointGrouping.setValue(1);But, when I want to change Based On (see here) property under Range Selector, it’s not working and i’m getting undefined is not an object error (see here). Below is the code:
var thisComp = app.project.activeItem;
var curLayer = thisComp.selectedLayers[0];
textAnchorPointGrouping = curLayer.property("Text").property("Animator 1").property("Range Selector 1").property("Advanced").property("Based On");
textAnchorPointGrouping.setValue(1);Not sure what I’m doing wrong and any suggestions would be helpful!
Thanks!
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6 Replies
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Try changing the 3rd line to this:
textAnchorPointGrouping = curLayer.property("Text").property("Animators").property("Animator 1").property("Selectors").property("Range Selector 1").property("Advanced").property("Based On"); -
Legend!
Works perfectly – You just saved me a lot of hours of manual work.
One more question, please:
If I have several layers selected (layers are duplicates of each other, each one has the same exact names on text animators), the code doesn’t work on all selected layers – it only works on the first selected layer, not the rest.
How would I fix that?
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Try it this way:
var thisComp = app.project.activeItem;
var selectedLayers = thisComp.selectedLayers;
for (var i = 0; i < selectedLayers.length; i++){
textAnchorPointGrouping = selectedLayers[i].property("Text").property("Animators").property("Animator 1").property("Selectors").property("Range Selector 1").property("Advanced").property("Based On");
textAnchorPointGrouping.setValue(1);
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Here I’m getting “null is not an object” error on textAnchorPointGrouping, here’s what’s happening
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My guess would be that one of your selected layers doesn’t have the same Animator setup as the others, so that the property spec selectedLayers[i].property(“Text”).property(“Animators”)…. doesn’t actually exist.
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Thank you for solving this, Dan!
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