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Get machine id (IP) from render slave with CS4
Hi
with CS3 I was able to retrieve the ID of my render slaves by using JS in After Effects.
The JS reads from a textfile on the server where the ID is placed and puts it into a text layer.
I used it for identifying slaves which did not render how I wanted it.Now with CS4 it doesn’t work anymore. I think they removed this ability due to security reasons.
Has anyone an idea how to make it work under CS4?
Thank you very much
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You should still be able to read text files. Are you getting an error message? If so, what is the exact message? Can you post the code?
Dan
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Hey Dan,
here’s the code I placed under “Source Text” in the After Effects text layer.
#include'C:\\WINDOWS\\Temp\\machinename.txt';
machinenameI’m not at the office in the moment, so I can’t look into the text-file, but I think what’s written in there is just machinename = [the name of the machine]
Possible that there’s also a JS header like<script type="text/javascript"></script>
but I’m not sure of that.When I’m back at the office I’ll post the error message here as soon as possible
Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.
Dino Muhic – Media Producer
VFX – Motion Graphics – Web-Design – Or just ART
http://www.dinomuhic.com -
OK – I’m with you now. Yes, that did change with CS4. Now you’d have to do it like this:
myPath = ‘/C/WINDOWS/Temp/machinename.txt’;
$.evalFile(myPath);
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Oh my, it works!
Thank you very much Dan! Didn’t know they changed the syntax.
By the way: The error message was an “syntax error” with no further information and what’s written down in the text-file was
var machinename='PXM_3D_P07S0085';but now it works with you help!Dino Muhic – Media Producer
VFX – Motion Graphics – Web-Design – Or just ART
http://www.dinomuhic.com
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