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Read a file with After Effects Script?
Hello,
I want to open a file on the system and alert its contents, but for a reason which is unknown to me, the following script returns a blank alert box.
I know that opening a .jpeg will return a bunch of characters and weird stuff, but that is what I actually want. I want the “source code” of the file.
Maybe there is another workaround…. my goal is to get the binary data of the file.
Thank you.
var openFile = File.openDialog("r");
var content = openFile.read();alert(content);
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2 Replies
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The dialog will create a file object, but does not actually opens it for reading. This is another step:
var file = File.openDialog();
if (file && file.open(“r”)){
var content = file.read();
file.close();
alert(content);
};Xavier
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When I do the following, im getting a blank new file.
I’d like to be able to duplicate a .jpg file for example that way, so halfway through I can mess with the building blocks of the file.
var file = File.openDialog();
if (file && file.open("r")){
var content = file.read();
file.close();//do stuff to var content here
var save = File.saveDialog();
var newFile = new File(save);
newFile.open("w");
newFile.write(content);
newFile.close;};
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