storing property info into a variable

[Mike Overbeck]

I was putting together some code that would hamfist these properties and property groups into arrays with the .name function until I realized the resulting formatting is not useable. All .name results capitalize the first letter and multi-word props are separated with spaces. I don’t know the purpose of the .name function.

[Dan Ebberts]

I think you can use the result of .name. These both work:

prop = thisComp.layer(“Layer 1”).layerStyle.innerGlow.gradientSmoothness;

prop = thisComp.layer(“Layer 1”)(“Layer Styles”)(“Inner Glow”)(“Gradient Smoothness”);

I assume you’ve figured out that you can use prop.propertyGroup(n).name to move up the chain to get the names of the parent properties. I guess you would keep going until the name you get back is the same as the layer’s name, although there may be a more reliable way to know you’re finished.

Dan

[Mike Overbeck]

Thanks for the reply Dan! Ah, using non-compact naming might do it!
Here is some script that I was working on to ride up the group chain and add it to the array.

function groupCheck(x){
try {
return thisProperty.propertyGroup(x).name
}
catch(err){
return false
}
};
fullgroup = [];
for (var i = 4; i > 0; i--){
if (groupCheck(i) != false && groupCheck(i) != thisLayer.name){
fullgroup.push(groupCheck(i))
}
}