[Andrei Popa]

Well, it was introduced in cc13. I don’t know of any other way. Sorry for the missunderstanding.

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[Andrei Popa]

I don’t think that the if/else is the problem. You should call the selection by pixel_size.selection. However, when i have multiple choices, i usually use a switch statement. Easier to follow for me.

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[Andrei Popa]

I think this was posted before. I think what you are looking for is
myTextLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time,false).width

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[Andrei Popa]

You should put this into the position of the icon
textLayer = thisComp.layer("textLayer");//replace it with the name of your text layer
textPosition = textLayer.transform.position;
tempX = textPosition[0]+textLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time,true).left;
[tempX ,value[1]]
If you want to add some distance between the text layer and the icon, just move the anchor point of the icon to the left for the desired amount.

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[Andrei Popa]

You need the ease or you want to make the expression. Because if what you are looking for is an easy way to ease(omg, how this sounds :))) you can check this out. It’s “name your own price”, so you can download it free, and then pay the author if you feel like they made your life easier(i think this script will). Plus, this script is not binary encrypted, so you can also see the code. Maybe you can find your answer(or maybe more than what you are looking for) in his code. I have seen it, very clean and well commented.

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[Andrei Popa]

Found your problem. applyPresset applies to all selected layers. So you should deselect them all after saving your numLayer variable, and select each one when needed, then deselect it again. I ran into this problem before. I have a function that i sometimes use . So i think this should solve your problem.
{
app.beginUndoGroup("Link Stroke Color");
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var numLayer = myComp.selectedLayers;
var colorExp = '(expression placeholder - for code length reasons :D)"';
deselectEverything();

for (var a = 0; a < numLayer.length; a++) {
if (numLayer[a] instanceof ShapeLayer){
//it is a shape layer
scanPropGroupProperties(numLayer[a]);
} else {
//its not a shape layer
alert(numLayer[a].name + " is not a Shape Layer!");
numLayer[a].selected = true;
numLayer[a].applyPreset(File("D:\\fill.ffx"));
numLayer[a].selected=false;
}
}

//==============================================================================
function scanPropGroupProperties(propGroup){ //scans the proprieties and adds expressions to the strokes
var i, prop;
// Iterate over the specified property group's properties
for (i = 1; i <= propGroup.numProperties; i++){
prop = propGroup.property(i);
if (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.PROPERTY && prop.name === 'Color' && propGroup.canSetEnabled && prop.parentProperty.name.slice(0, 6) === 'Stroke'){ // Found a property
prop.expression = colorExp;
} else if ((prop.propertyType === PropertyType.INDEXED_GROUP) || (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.NAMED_GROUP)) {
// Found an indexed or named group, so check its nested properties
scanPropGroupProperties(prop);
}
}
}
app.endUndoGroup();
}
//==============================================================================
//Go through the current active composition and deselect everything
function deselectEverything() {
var myActiveComp = app.project.activeItem;
for (i = 1; i <= myActiveComp.numLayers; i++){
myActiveComp.layer(i).selected = false;
}
}


But i still don’t know why applyPreset acts this way.

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[Andrei Popa]

I did not test this piece of code. Now i did. Only problem i have is applying the preset. I need to use File(“\\fill.ffx”); Do you have any other code than this? Is this part of a bigger script? I can’t seem to figure out what is wrong. You are running this code inside extendscript? Or with file>script>run script?

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[Andrei Popa]

I missed a character there, and i don’t know if you can edit your post here. So here we go again:
{
app.beginUndoGroup("Link Stroke Color");
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var numLayer = myComp.selectedLayers;
var colorExp = '(expression placeholder - for code length reasons :D)"';

for (var a = 0; a < numLayer.length; a++) {
if (numLayer[a] instanceof ShapeLayer){
//it is a shape layer
scanPropGroupProperties(numLayer[a]);
} else {
//its not a shape layer
alert(numLayer[a].name + " is not a Shape Layer!");
numLayer[a].applyPreset(File("\fill.ffx"));
}
}

//==============================================================================
function scanPropGroupProperties(propGroup){ //scans the proprieties and adds expressions to the strokes
var i, prop;
// Iterate over the specified property group's properties
for (i = 1; i <= propGroup.numProperties; i++){
prop = propGroup.property(i);
if (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.PROPERTY && prop.name === 'Color' && propGroup.canSetEnabled && prop.parentProperty.name.slice(0, 6) === 'Stroke'){ // Found a property
prop.expression = colorExp;
} else if ((prop.propertyType === PropertyType.INDEXED_GROUP) || (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.NAMED_GROUP)) {
// Found an indexed or named group, so check its nested properties
scanPropGroupProperties(prop);
}
}
}
app.endUndoGroup();
}


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[Andrei Popa]

You mean like this?
First child:
thisComp.layer(index-1).transform.position
Second child:
thisComp.layer(index-2).transform.position

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[Andrei Popa]

The line that applies the preset should only be executed at the same time with the alert. I can’t think of a reason for it to be executed more(aka even on the shape layers). But i will give you some hints on your code, things that i don’t really know if create this confusion or not. First of all, do not create the function in the middle of your script. Its so confusing when reading it. Put it on the end. It does not matter where it is written, only where it is called. Second, you used 2 for loops for going through the selected layers. I think that confusion is due to the function being placed there. So here is what i came up with. Tell me how it works.
{
app.beginUndoGroup("Link Stroke Color");
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var numLayer = myComp.selectedLayers;
var colorExp = '(expression placeholder - for code length reasons :D)"';

for (var a = 0; a < numLayer.length; a++) {
if (numLayer[a] instanceof ShapeLayer){
//it is a shape layer
scanPropGroupProperties(numLayer[i]);
} else {
//its not a shape layer
alert(numLayer[a].name + " is not a Shape Layer!");
numLayer[a].applyPreset(File("\fill.ffx"));
}
}

//==============================================================================
function scanPropGroupProperties(propGroup){ //scans the proprieties and adds expressions to the strokes
var i, prop;
// Iterate over the specified property group's properties
for (i = 1; i <= propGroup.numProperties; i++){
prop = propGroup.property(i);
if (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.PROPERTY && prop.name === 'Color' && propGroup.canSetEnabled && prop.parentProperty.name.slice(0, 6) === 'Stroke'){ // Found a property
prop.expression = colorExp;
} else if ((prop.propertyType === PropertyType.INDEXED_GROUP) || (prop.propertyType === PropertyType.NAMED_GROUP)) {
// Found an indexed or named group, so check its nested properties
scanPropGroupProperties(prop);
}
}
}
app.endUndoGroup();
}


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