Linking source text in text layers to an external .txt file

[Dan Ebberts]

Not that I know of.

Dan

[Ben Rollason]

I’ve never tried anything like that, so I don’t know. I think the structure that AE uses to write a file is a closed book.

Check out this link… it has the details about most of the system level stuff that Extendscript can do.

https://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/indesign/pdfs/JavaScriptToolsGuide_CS4.pdf

The AE specific stuff is here…

https://www.scribd.com/doc/48152627/aftereffectscs3-scripting-guide

And there’s a couple of updates for CS4 and CS5 repectively

https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2008/12/after-effects-cs4-scripting-ch.html

https://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/04/scripting-changes-in-after-eff.html

Other than that, I can’t really help any further.

-Ben.

vfx.benrollason.com