Scripting: strange behavior of the textDocument Object ?

[Dan Fredley]

I think it’s because you need to declare the text string before you set all of its properties.

Cut and paste the “textDocument.text” line so the script reads:
myString = "Happy holidays!";
textDocument.text = myString;
Then the rest remains the same.

It looks like a possible type in the AE Scripting Guide.

[Dan Fredley]

Actually here’s the script that works for me:
var myComp = app.project.items.addComp("Text",1000,1000,1,10,25);
var myTextLayer = myComp.layers.addText();

textProp = myTextLayer.property("Source Text");
var textDocument = textProp.value;
myString = "Happy holidays!";
textDocument.text = myString;
textProp.setValue(textDocument);
textDocument.resetCharStyle();
textDocument.fontSize = 100;
textDocument.fillColor = [1, 0, 0];
textDocument.strokeColor = [0, 1, 0];
textDocument.strokeWidth = 2;
textDocument.font = "Times";
textDocument.strokeOverFill = true;
textDocument.applyStroke = true;
textDocument.applyFill = true;
textDocument.justification = ParagraphJustification.CENTER_JUSTIFY;
textDocument.tracking = 50;
textProp.setValue(textDocument);

[Jürgen Hackl]

Hi Dan,

yes, that was the problem. Thank you very much.

Jürgen