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    What is the correct syntax for file path names in expressions?

    Posted by Dave Morales on August 20, 2017 at 12:02 am

    After Effects CC 2017 on Windows 10

    I am trying to to a simple variable import from an external text file to populate a text layer with this basic expression in the “Source Text” field:

    $.evalFile(“\Users\Dave\Desktop\RealEstate\roomnames.txt”);
    text1

    I get a “File not found” error.

    If I use forward slashes, I get a “Syntax” Error.

    This seems like it should be simple but I have spent hours looking for a solution and can not find anything that works.

    $.evalFile("\Users\Dave\Desktop\RealEstate\roomnames.txt");
    text1

    Andrei Popa replied 8 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
  • 1 Reply

  • Andrei Popa

    August 29, 2017 at 6:50 am

    The correct path would be
    $.evalFile("/Users/Dave/Desktop/RealEstate/roomnames.txt");

    Andrei

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