Controlling Source Text with checkbox controller

[Kevin Camp]

yes, you just need to specify which comp and layer that the checkbox is in:

check = comp("Comp 1").layer("Null 1").effect("Checkbox Control")("Checkbox");
if ( check == true ) "some text" else "other text";

change “Comp 1” and “Null 1” to be the comp name and layer name that has the checkbox control.

Kevin Camp
Art Director
KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW

[Christian Simpson]

Thanks Kevin. I should have mentioned this earlier but what if you have several checkboxes? Would you just copy and paste the code or does something need to separate it?

[Christian Simpson]

For example if I had one text layer and also had 3 checkbox controllers named Alpha Beta and Charlie and depending on which checkbox I checked the text would change. Not sure if the question makes sense.

[Dan Ebberts]

You could do it like you did with the colors:


L = thisComp.layer("Null 1");
if(L.effect("Alpha")("Checkbox").value)
"Alpha text"
else if (L.effect("Beta")("Checkbox").value)
"Beta text"
else if (L.effect("Charlie")("Checkbox").value)
"Charlie text"
else
"";


Dan

[Christian Simpson]

Hey Dan I thought I had this working but I guess I messed something up. I pasted my example below. The layer that has all my checkbox controls is in another comp. I’m wondering what I did wrong here?
The error message I’m getting is this:
Error at Line 1 in property ‘Color’ of layer 3 (‘Bottom Strip’) in comp ‘Home Team’. Unterminated string constant., an expression was disabled as a result of an error.
Bottom strip is the shape I’m trying to apply the custom colors to.

if(comp("!Team-Match-Up").layer("Home Team Control").effect("Alabama")("Checkbox”).value)
[255, 255, 255, 0]
else if (comp("!Team-Match-Up").layer("Home Team Control").effect("Arizona")("Checkbox”).value)
[68, 25, 212, 0]
else if (comp("!Team-Match-Up").layer("Home Team Control").effect("Arizona St")("Checkbox”).value)
[158, 124, 12, 0]
else
value;


[Dan Ebberts]

It looks like some curly quotes slipped into your expression. You have 3 occurrences of:

(“Checkbox”)

which should be:

(“Checkbox”)

Dan

[Christian Simpson]

Good grief, you’re exactly right. Thanks Dan, you’re a lifesaver!