[Matthias Backmann]

Sorry, the Code was messed up:
var fileName = app.project.file;
var p = ("(v+[0-9])");
var versMatch = p.match(fileName);
while (versMatch.find())
{
fileName.replace(versMatch.group(1), "vxxx");
}
alert ("New Filename:\n"+ fileName);

That’s how far I got it

[Matthias Backmann]

Hey Dan,

right now I’m doing exactly that by inserting a placeholder (importPlaceholder()) – but when the rendering is done, I still have to search and replace it. And because I’m a lazy guy, I want to avoid that and only want to refresh the offline file to get it online.
When you have a file and delete its footage, AE shows a placeholder with “missing footage” – so can I directly get this state per script? (Only in AE, I don’t want to create a “fake shot” first and delete it…)