expressions and scripts

[Roland R. kahlenberg]

[Marian Oprea] “Is it possible to run (open, launch) a scrips (*.jsx file) using an expression?”

I don’t think so. You can however run Expressions and presets via a *.jsx.

HTH
RoRK

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[Marian Oprea]

Yes, I knew that, but I was just interested if it could be possible the other way around.

Thanks anyway.

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[Chris Wright]

the only way to do this is have a script run continuously in the background in a loop, waiting for an expression to trigger it to run another script.

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[Roland R. kahlenberg]

That’s interesting Chris. What would the syntax be to call up the JSX?

Cheers
RoRK

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[Chris Wright]

ae’s DemoPalette.jsx runs external jsx from itself. it’s in the scripts folder and runs forever as infinite functions.

var scriptFile = new File(this.scriptFileName);
scriptFile.open();
eval(scriptFile.read());
scriptFile.close();

expressions in scripts are like
if (theLayer.opacity.expression == theExpr2) //can be text too
do the dancing song.

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[Marian Oprea]

Thanks Chris, very interesting.
I’ll take a look and see what’s all about.

Thanks again!

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