[Evan Jenkins]

Dan you are a creative genius, your code is amazing. I will be using this technique to get the file name and check for certain words that will trigger automation. I’ve learned a lot javascript in AE from your posts thanks for your good work.

Evan Jenkins
Aspen Films Inc.
aspenfilms.ca

[Evan Jenkins]

I gave up out of trying to get the code out of a text layer, there was something wrong with what I was doing but I couldn’t figure it out.

I actually had more success with getting the code out of the comments of a layer marker, which also has the advantage of letting me scroll through a little easier to access the code.

I got the idea from this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4dUF0J5x0

eval(thisComp.layer("Set Global Variables").marker.key(1).comment);

Evan Jenkins
Aspen Films Inc.
aspenfilms.ca

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[Evan Jenkins]

I think I’m making progress, now it says “Syntax Error”

The .value seemed to work.

Also I saw an old post on the forum where you can add “””Code Here””” (triple quotes) in the text layer to make sure you’re converting everything into a single character string.

I’m still working at it trying to resolve the error.

Evan Jenkins
Aspen Films Inc.
aspenfilms.ca

[Evan Jenkins]

Thanks I copied and pasted my code into the text layer and then added the eval, but I got an error, it says Object of type TextProperty found where a Number, Array, or Property is needed

Evan Jenkins
Aspen Films Inc.
aspenfilms.ca

[Evan Jenkins]

Yes go to the scale property of your placeholder and add an expression.

lw = thisLayer.width;
lh = thisLayer.height;
cw = thisComp.width;
ch = thisComp.height;
x = 100;
y = 100;

aRC = cw/ch;
arL = lw/lh;

if(arL > aRC){
x = cw/lw*100;
y = x
}else {
y = ch/lh*100;
x = y
}

[x,y]


Evan Jenkins
Aspen Films Inc.
aspenfilms.ca