Map text file to Marker Comments

[Dan Ebberts]

You could do it with a script. The details would depend on how you want it to work exactly. For example, do the layer and the markers exist already and will the layer be selected when you run the script? In any case, it should be fairly straightforward.

Dan

[Robin Kumar]

Thank you for your reply Dan!

Yes the layer and the marker exists already, and it will be selected when we run the script. The script should prompt for the text file and it will load the numbers or words to the marker comments.

Can you please help? ☺

Regards

[Dan Ebberts]

This should work:


function commentsFromFile(){
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
if ((myComp == null) || ! (myComp instanceof CompItem)){
alert ("No comp selected");
return;
}
if (myComp.selectedLayers.length == 0){
alert ("No layer selected.");
return;
}
var myLayer = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
var myMarker = myLayer.property("Marker");
if (myMarker.numKeys == 0){
alert ("Selected layer has no markers.")
return;
}
var myFile = File.openDialog("Please select input text file.");
if (myFile == null) return;
var fileOK = myFile.open("r");
if (! fileOK){
alert ("File open failed.");
return;
}
app.beginUndoGroup("Comments From File");

var commentCount = 0;
var myMarkerVal = new MarkerValue("");
var comment;

while ((! myFile.eof) && (commentCount < myMarker.numKeys)){
commentCount++;
comment = myFile.readln();
myMarkerVal.comment = comment;
myMarker.setValueAtKey(commentCount,myMarkerVal);
}

myFile.close();

app.endUndoGroup();
}
commentsFromFile();


Dan

[Robin Kumar]

Thank you so much Dan! You are a lifesaver! 🙂