[Kevin Snyder]

Thanks, Dan. I appreciate the feedback. I thought that I may have been overlooking something obvious.

[Kevin Snyder]

That’s great. Thank you.

[Kevin Snyder]

That did the trick! Thank you.

[Kevin Snyder]

I just realized that var edittext1 from the UI was outside the function so the value from the field wasn’t being transferred. It’s working now. Thank you for your help!

[Kevin Snyder]

Maybe I have something in the text field incorrect? I still can’t get it to parse the value. My text field in the script is as follows.

var edittext1 = group1.add('edittext {justify: "center", properties: {name: "edittext1"}}');
    edittext1.text = "";
    edittext1.helpTip = "Enter the parent layer index."; 
    edittext1.preferredSize.width = 40; 

[Kevin Snyder]

I had another line of code that was interfering with it working. The last thing I would like to do is use the value from a text field box in the script to generate the number, but I might be going about it wrong.

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myLayers = myComp.selectedLayers[0];
var myIndex = edittext1.value;
myParent = myLayers.effect("Parent Me")("Select Parent");
myParent.setValue(myIndex);

[Kevin Snyder]

Thank you for your response. I gave it a go, but it doesn’t change the value. The effect is a pseudo-effect. Maybe that makes a difference?

[Kevin Snyder]

Thanks, Dan. I really appreciate it.

[Kevin Snyder]

Okay, it’s working. I just changed it to run on the selected layer. Thank you.

[Kevin Snyder]

Thanks, Dan. I gave it a go and it doesn’t remove the key. I’m not getting an error message either.