$.writeln("__________________");​

​

App

var myProj = app.project;
var myComp = myProj.activeItem; //app.project.activeItem;
if (myComp == null){ //No composition was selected in the Project Panel
    alert("Please select a composition");
}

var layers = myComp.layers; //get an array of layers
var numLayers = layers.length; //get the number of layers in the composition [starts counting from 1]

var myLayer = myComp.selectedLayers[0];//first layer selected

app.project.selection.length

​

var properties = app.project.activeItem.selectedProperties;
var numProperties = properties.length;

​

var PlayheadT=app.project.activeItem.time;

var frame = PlayheadT / app.project.activeItem.frameDuration; 

​

//Array of the items in the project panel
app.project.items;
 

//numItems in project panel - including folders and all types of footage
app.project.numItems;

 

//Moves this layer to the topmost position of the layer stack (the first layer).
app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0].moveToBeginning();

​

myLayer.locked = true;

 

/move selected layer to playhead time
app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0].inPoint=app.project.activeItem.time;

comp.workAreaStart = 0;
comp.workAreaDuration = comp.duration;

​

//All items selected in the Project panel
var prjSlct=app.project.selection;

if (prjSlct.length<1){//check if selected any item from project panel
        alert("You need to select composition\s");
}    

​

if (app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers.length==0){
    alert("Please select a layer");
}

​

Time

//move the playhead of composition to the begining
app.project.activeItem.time = 0;

​

//save the current time of the play head
var time=app.project.activeItem.time;
var frame = time / app.project.activeItem.frameDuration; //frame number
 

Show Panels

//hide or show the project panel
app.project.showWindow(true/false);

​

//open and show in viewer the composition selected

app.project.activeItem.openInViewer();

​

//show the viewer panel
app.activeViewer.setActive();

 

//Shows or hides the Render Queue panel.
app.project.renderQueue.showWindow(true/false);

​

//Display the name of the 12 effect of the application//..displayName/.category/.matchName

var effectName = app.effects[12].displayName;

​

App commands

app.purge();

 

app.executeCommand(2003);//import files

​

app.beginUndoGroup("Type Name of action");

app.endUndoGroup();

​

// when true, errors that have occurred following the call to beginSuppressDialogs() are displayed in adialog box.

app.beginSuppressDialogs();
app.endSuppressDialogs(true/false);

​

//Remove unused footage

var numNotUsed=app.project.removeUnusedFootage();

​

Property

//property.setValueAtTime(myComp.time+timeDif,keyVal[p]);
//property.removeKey(property.nearestKeyIndex(keyT[p]));
//comp.selectedLayers[0].property(1).numKeys
//comp.selectedLayers[0].numProperties
//$.writeln(comp.selectedLayers[0].property("Transform").numProperties);

​

Comp
var rendComp = app.project.items.addComp("duh_rendComp",activeComp.width,activeComp.height,

activeComp.pixelAspect,activeComp.workAreaDuration,activeComp.frameRate);
var dupComp = activeComp.duplicate();//duplicate the comp and make changes to it
dupComp.name= activeComp.name + "_"+ indexT[1];
dupComp.parentFolder = rendFolder ;
dupComp.selected = true; //setActive();
dupComp.layers.add(svAudioLayer); 

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Folder

var myFolder = new Folder("C:/My Folder"); 
app.project.setDefaultImportFolder(myFolder);
app.project.setDefaultImportFolder(new Folder("C:/My Folder"));
app.project.setDefaultImportFolder(Folder("C:/My Folder"));
if(myFolder.numItems==0){//folder is empty

​

Comp Folder

var compFolder=getFolderByName("duh-sound");
//var compFolder=app.project.items.addFolder("duh-sound");
 

Filename

//$.fileName -  "~/Documents/danit/myWeb/this.jsx"
//app.project.file - "~/Documents/danit/myPrj.aep"
//var scriptFolderPath = File($.fileName).path;
var FileName=File($.fileName).parent.path + "/duh_versions.txt";
if(app.project.file !== null){//is saved project?

 

//alert("enter your meesage here");
newNm=prompt("Choose a name to add","בקרוב");
if (newNm==null)
    return;
var vtryMe=confirm("Please select audio files to import");
if (!vtryMe)
    return;

​

   //-----------------------------------------FUNCTIONS---------------------------------------------
/*BridgeTalk and AME*/
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
var ameStatus = BridgeTalk.getStatus("ame");
    if (ameStatus == "ISNOTINSTALLED"){
        alert("Media Encoder is not installed");
      }//if installed
  //alert(ameStatus);
  if (ameStatus == "ISNOTRUNNING"){
        BridgeTalk.launch("ame"); // This can take a while; let's get the ball rolling.
    }
/*BridgeTalk and AME*/

​

/*check if ae allows writing files*/
var isWritb=app.preferences.getPrefAsLong("Main Pref Section","Pref_SCRIPTING_FILE_NETWORK_SECURITY");
    //0=no, 1=allow scripts to write files
    
if(Number(isWritb)==0){
     alert( "The script requires access to write files.\n" +
            "Go to the \"Scripting and expressions\" panel of the application preferences and make sure " +
            "\"Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network\" is checked.");
    app.executeCommand(2359);
    return null;
}
/*check if ae allows writing files*/      

 

/*open file or save file*/
var myFile1 =File(FileName);// File.openDialog("Please select input text file.");
var fileOK = myFile1.open("r");
if (fileOK){          
    while (!myFile1.eof){
        text = myFile1.readln();
    }//while EOF
    myFile1.close();
}else{
  alert("File open failed!");
}
var encoding = encoding || "utf-8";
myFile.encoding = encoding;
fileOK = myFile.open("w");
if (fileOK){
    fileOK=myFile.write(text);
}//end if
else{
    alert("File open failed!");
}

var my_file = new File("../my_folder/my_test.aep");
if (my_file.exists) {
  new_project = app.open(my_file); 
  if (new_project) {
    alert(new_project.file.name);
  }
}

//-----------------------------------------FUNCTIONS---------------------------------------------
/*function CheckIsComp*/
function CheckIsComp(itemName){ //app.project.item(0)
    if (itemName instanceof CompItem)
        return true;
     else
        return false;
}
/*function CheckIsComp*/

      
/*search all items in the project panel and return the comp if exists , if not a comp or doesnt exist return null*/
function getComp(theName){//sending the comp name and getting the object  in return
   for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++){
        //if ((app.project.item(i) instanceof CompItem || app.project.item(i) instanceof TextLayer)
     
       if ( (app.project.item(i).name == theName)){
            //alert(app.project.item(i).name );
            if (!(CheckIsComp(app.project.item(i)))){
                alert(theName + " is not a comp and can not replace it");
                return null;
                }

            return app.project.item(i);
       }
        
   }
    alert("A comp named "+theName +" does not exist");
   return null;
}

    
function  deSelectComps(){
    for (var i = 1; i<=app.project.numItems; i++) {
            app.project.item(i).selected=false;
    }
}//end deSelectComps

 

function getFolderByName(folderName) {
    var myProject = app.project;
    for (var i = 1; i <= myProject.numItems; i++) {
        if ((myProject.item(i) instanceof FolderItem) && (myProject.item(i).name == folderName)){
            return myProject.item(i);
        }
    }
    //var compFolder=app.project.items.addFolder("duh-sound");
    myFolder = myProject.items.addFolder(folderName);
    return myFolder;   
    //var scFolder = Folder('/c/MaxFilesNumber')
      //  if(!scFolder.exists) scFolder.create()
}

    function getRandomNumber(min, max) {
        return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
    }

   
function isKeyAtThisTime(prop, time) {
   for(var i = 1; i <= prop.numKeys; i++) {
       if(prop.keyTime(i) == time) {
           return true;
       }
   }

    return null;
}
 

​

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