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‎Jan 05, 2023
01:19 PM
On further investigation, we didn't manage to set the selected property of an element that is not in the current timeline - our tests were being run inside the 'main' symbol. So disregard these results.
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‎Jan 05, 2023
12:56 PM
Or also - you can also move the element which allows it to then be swapped. So something is wrong with the swap function. // Select the layer and frames
seqTL.setSelectedLayers(0)
seqTL.currentLayer = 0
var eles = seqLayers[0].frames[0].elements
var element = eles[0]
element.selected = true
var origX = element.x
element.x = 0
element.x = origX
fl.getDocumentDOM().swapElement('Symbol 1');
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‎Jan 05, 2023
12:41 PM
Thanks Vladin, that works even though it seems like a work-around. Interestingly, you can set the selected property of an element that is not in the current timeline by adding a new element into the same layer and frame as an existing element. Then delete that new element, and suddenly you can access that existing element. Any ideas why this now works? var dom = fl.getDocumentDOM();
var tl = dom.getTimeline();
dom.library.selectItem("main")
var seqTL = dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline;
var seqLayers = seqTL[1];
///////////////////////
// Select the layer and frames
seqTL.setSelectedLayers(0)
seqTL.currentLayer = 0
// Add 'Symbol 1' into layer 1, frame 1 where there is already a symbol, now there are 2.
fl.getDocumentDOM().library.addItemToDocument({x:0, y:0}, 'Symbol 2');
var eles = seqLayers[0].frames[0].elements
var element = eles[1]
element.selected = true
// Delete this new element, now there's 1 again.
dom.deleteSelection()
// Now you can access the original element
element = eles[0]
element.selected = true
fl.getDocumentDOM().swapElement('Symbol 1');
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‎Jan 04, 2023
06:31 PM
When selecting a timeline from a library symbol with 'dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline', 'swapElement' throws the error ''swapElement' requires a selection', even though it has been selected and does exist with fl.trace("element = " + element + " selected = " + element.selected) = 'element = [object SymbolInstance] selected = true'. Any ideas? Here's the code. var dom = fl.getDocumentDOM();
var tl = dom.getTimeline();
dom.library.selectItem("main")
var seqTL = dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline;
var seqLayers = seqTL[1];
var element = seqLayers[0].frames[0].elements[0];
element.selected = true
fl.trace("element = " + element + " selected = " + element.selected)
fl.getDocumentDOM().swapElement('Symbol 1');
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‎Oct 28, 2022
12:13 AM
Wonderful, thanks for posting, @n. tilcheff That looks interesting, I'll have to take a look. While you're there, could you drop a quick clue as to how you've transferred timeline images from a doc into your custom window? Are you exporting them as a sequence of images and then reimporting via Action Script with the window code to display within your Smart Graphic Control window?
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‎Oct 27, 2022
05:38 PM
Oh I see. Yeah, I've got the guide. I guess I'm not explaining what I want to accomplish. Let's take the Frame Picker for example. If you were going to create that (like the old Keyframe Caddy extension did), how is it able to retrieve the timeline of a selected instance and show in the window - not the stage but inside the custom window?
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‎Oct 27, 2022
05:09 PM
Thanks again. Googling "jsfl api" doesn't provide any clues as to how to do this (there's only 5 pages worth so it's easy to scan through). If you could give a general approach to putting images from the current timeline into a custom window panel would be super useful.
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‎Oct 27, 2022
04:39 PM
Thanks Kglad - I haven't been able to find a reply on Google so far using the terms "start window with the jsfl API". Just to add more detail, we have a custom window panel that is accessing the current doc's timelines - but how to take images from a timeline to show in our custom window panel (ala the Frame Picker)? Would you mind linking to a page that might give some tips? Kind regards.
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‎Oct 27, 2022
04:08 PM
Where to start to code something like the Frame Picker (or like the old Keyframe Caddy extension) which shows the timeline of a selected instance in a window. I can't see a way for a jsfl script to effectively send back content data to the swf window. Any hints?
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‎Oct 15, 2022
01:06 PM
Ok thanks. The kind of layer parenting property I was hoping to access is how layers can now be parented to other layers for use in a character rig. Is that possible?
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‎Oct 15, 2022
11:42 AM
Thanks Kglad. There's nothing about this property online. I'm not in front of An to try it but is it possible to read and set a layer's parent with something like: layer.parentLayer = 3 ?
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‎Oct 14, 2022
10:01 PM
1 Upvote
Is there a way to use JSFL to access layer parenting info?
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‎Sep 30, 2022
09:04 PM
Thanks Kglad, a next-day system restart seems to have done the trick. We'll keep an eye out in case it happens again but for now, all sorted.
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‎Sep 29, 2022
06:31 PM
Take a symbol with a simple rectangle. Apply asset warp and create a new keyframe. Copy this 2-framed symbol from the library and paste it into a new .FLA library and the symbol will lose one of the frames (be a blank frame with no shape data). Sometimes it's the first frame or sometimes it's only the frame with asset warp applied.
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‎Nov 06, 2020
08:53 PM
We are getting weird mask issues in swfs when we export a swf movie. But this doesn't occur when publishing the swf instead. Because we need to publish layers of the doc as separate swfs, we can create code to go through the layers and turn each one on at a time before publishing the doc. But this doesn't work because it saves the swf as the name of the doc each time as set in the publish settings "Output name". So... is there any way to set the output name in between publishing?
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‎Aug 11, 2020
04:25 PM
Would like to know how to reproduce a selected path into a swf extension tool. Or - how to take a curved path in a flash document using JSFL and reproduce it using ActionScript (into a swf extension). Effectively, is there a way to store the details of a path or an element into a table to be able to reproduce this path in Action Script (or even JSFL for that matter)? I've read you can get shape.getCubicSegmentPoints(cubicSegmentIndex) so perhaps this is a good place to start? Any tips, gotchas or links most appreciated.
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‎Mar 12, 2020
04:52 PM
Any word on this?
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‎Mar 11, 2020
05:41 PM
3 Upvotes
I'm trying to import a .fla file from Adobe Animate into Adobe After Effects. Either when using Import / File or drag and drop, AE freezes for a moment, then a progress bar appears, and finally an error message reading "An error occurred while importing this file. Please try again." Currently using Animate 20.0.2 & After Effects 17.0.4 (build 59) I've tried using my file and a couple example .fla files from the Adobe site, and the same error occurs.
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‎Feb 06, 2020
02:08 PM
2 Upvotes
As someone who is used to the early CC versions of Flash/Animate where extensions were easy to create and distribute, the current process is very difficult to understand. It looks like we have to use the Exchange Program. This is fine except there is no way to distibute in private Creating a listing in the "market" does have a private option but is greyed out with "This feature will be available in the future." Question - any eta on this future date when it is possible to distribute privately?
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‎Jan 27, 2020
09:30 PM
1 Upvote
Hey thanks Vlad. Really appreciate your very helpful advice. This is going to smooth things out in my FutureSplash pipeline.
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‎Jan 27, 2020
01:50 AM
Thanks Nick. You've helped to clear up some of the confusion around this. Looks like creating an install script that unpacks a .zip into the correct folder would be the best approach. Any tips on where to start that? Thanks very much.
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‎Jan 24, 2020
04:56 PM
For someone used to the pre CC versions of Flash where you could make your own .mxp files to share using Extension Manger, the way to do the same in Animate CC2020 is not as clear. It's .zxps now, sure, so is the Adobe Exchnage program the only way in which to package and distribute .zxps? If so, is it possible to distribute privately rather than for sale or free public access as an individual Adobe Creative Cloud account subscriber?
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‎Dec 18, 2019
05:16 PM
Having been around and around dead Adobe links on the internet talking about how to do this, I'm none the wiser. So could anyone please shed light as to how to take .jsfl and .swf files that make up my extension in WindowSWF folder and package them into a .zxp that can installed on other machines?
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‎Nov 01, 2019
02:40 PM
Thanks kglad, that was it. So now, how to copy frames from a library item and paste into the same named layers in the current timeline: // Define this timeline
var dom = fl.getDocumentDOM();
var tl = dom.getTimeline();
var layers = tl.layers;
// Define the library item
var pName = String(tl.name + '/puppet/' + tl.name + '_poses')
dom.library.selectItem(pName)
var copyTL = dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline;
var copyTLArray = copyTL[1];
// Copy and paste frames variables
var cFrom = 1
var cTo = 2
var pFrom = tl.currentFrame
var pTo = pFrom + (cTo - cFrom)
// Iterate Over copyTLArray and copy frames to paste into tl
for (i = 0; i < copyTLArray.length; i++) {
// Copy frames from copyTL
copyTL.setSelectedLayers(i)
copyTL.currentLayer = i
copyTL.setSelectedFrames(cFrom, cTo);
copyTL.copyFrames(cFrom, cTo+1);
// Select layer in tl based on name of copyTL[i].name
var index = Number(tl.findLayerIndex(copyTLArray[i].name))
if (!index) {
fl.trace("No layer called + " + copyTLArray[i].name)
}
else {
// Check if keyframe exists
var cLayer = layers[index]
var frame = cLayer.frames[tl.currentFrame];
var keyframe = frame.startFrame == tl.currentFrame
// Select layer and frames
fl.trace("huh = " + copyTLArray[i].name + " " + index)
tl.setSelectedLayers(index)
tl.setSelectedFrames(pFrom, pTo);
if(!keyframe){ // if false
var tFrame = tl.currentFrame;
tl.convertToKeyframes(tFrame);
}
tl.pasteFrames(pFrom, pTo+1);
}
} This code also adds a keyframe in the current tl.layer if there isn't one, but so far only returns a trace output if there is a layer in the symbol item that isn't already in the tl.
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‎Oct 31, 2019
03:07 PM
Thanks kglad, yep it works to differentiate between the timeline and the array. Nearly there I think.. In order to copy and paste between a library item and the current timeline, the following code iterates over the library item's timeline selecting a layer and copying some frames and then looks for the same layer name in the current timline to paste into. But when the following is run, nothing is pasted except an empty keframe on the currently selected layer (in this case, 1 of 20 layers). var dom = fl.getDocumentDOM();
var tl = dom.getTimeline();
var layers = tl.layers;
// Define the library item
var pName = String(tl.name + '/puppet/' + tl.name + '_poses')
dom.library.selectItem(pName)
var copyTL = dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline;
var copyTLArray = dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline[1];
// Copy and Paste Details
// Copy
var cFrom = 1
var cTo = 2
var pFrom = tl.currentFrame
var pTo = pFrom + (cTo - cFrom)
// Iterate Over copyTL and copy frames to paste into tl
for (i = 0; i < copyTLArray.length; i++) {
// Copy frames from copyTL
copyTL.currentLayer = i;
copyTL.setSelectedFrames(cFrom, cTo);
copyTL.copyFrames(cFrom, cTo+1);
// Select layer in tl based on name of copyTL[i].name
var index = tl.findLayerIndex(copyTLArray[i].name);
if (!index) {
fl.trace("No layer called + " + copyTLArray[i].name)
}
else {
tl.currentLayer = index
tl.setSelectedFrames(pFrom, pTo);
tl.pasteFrames(pFrom, pTo+1);
}
} Any ideas why nothing is being pasted?
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‎Oct 30, 2019
03:29 PM
@kglad, thanks for your reply. Yes, the item does exist. I've arrived at the following way to now access the timeline object of the library item in question with: dom.library.selectItem("model") var copyTL = dom.library.getSelectedItems()[0].timeline[1] Question is, how to copy frames from this copyTL timeline? The following returns "TypeError: copyTL.setSelectedFrames is not a function" var cFrom = 1 var cTo = 3 for (i = 0; i < copyTL.length; i++) { copyTL.currentLayer = i; copyTL.setSelectedFrames(cFrom, cTo); copyTL.copyFrames(cFrom, cTo+1); }
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‎Oct 29, 2019
12:54 PM
Trying to copy a keyframe from a symbol ("model") in the library to paste into the current timeline. But have had no luck getting the symbol's timeline object. This isn't working: var item = dom.library.selectItem("model") var childTimeline = item.timeline fl.trace(childTimeline) // outputs: childTimeline = undefined Any advice much appreciated.
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‎Aug 20, 2019
01:54 PM
ClayUUID, not quite. The mouse eventListener runs a function that, among other things, checks if a current selected frame is a keyframe and sets it as one if it isn't one already.
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‎Aug 19, 2019
06:15 PM
1 Upvote
JoãoCésar Yes, you're right about having to re-select the current frames after converting the target frame to a keyframe. Thanks for taking a look.
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‎Aug 19, 2019
12:06 AM
Thanks. But setting the current layer focuses that layer to be selected in the main Animate timeline, whereas we want the current selection to remain and only add a keyframe to another layer, not select it. Here's some code: var cFrame = tl.currentFrame; var tml = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline(); tml.currentLayer = 1; //childIndex tml.convertToKeyframes(cFrame); fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().currentFrame = cFrame With layer 3 selected, this adds a keyframe to the correct layer index, 1 but the timeline in Animate shifts and stays selected on layer 1 when it needs to remain on layer 3. If we add tml.currentLayer = 3 after line 04, it still remains on layer 1.. The reason for line 05 is to return the playhead back to the current frame (cFrame) because when you run convertToKeyframes, the playhead ends up moving one forward. The above routine is in a "mouseMove" eventListener so the playhead needs to stay put.
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