Folder.name returning 'Folder' and not original folder name

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November 17, 2013
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Hi, thanks for viewing

I was in the process of writing a script which adds folder bins to your project and names them according to the folder names from the source.

I'm using the script below to figure out what's going on. I thought this would return my original folder name but instead it comes back with 'Folder'. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Folder.selectDialog("Select folder...");

alert(Folder.name);

Cheers

Scripting

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Correct answer Paul Tuersley

You're problem was that "Folder" isn't a variable, it's the function that creates the folder object. You need to assign the folder object to its own variable in order to access it:

var theFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select folder...");

alert(theFolder.name);

Dan Ebberts

Community Expert

This should work:

var myFolder = app.project.selection[0];

alert(myFolder.name);

Dan

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markingleukcAuthor

Participant

Thanks Dan, but this is not quite what I was looking for.
I'm trying to use the name of the folder from a location on my hard drive (e.g ..User\Documents\Videos\My_Folder) - not from a folder in AE.

I want to be able to select 'My_Folder' using a selectDialog(), and have the script import all the footage into a folder bin in AE named My_Folder. The only problem I'm having is not being able to retrieve the original 'My_Folder'

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Paul TuersleyCorrect answer

Inspiring

You're problem was that "Folder" isn't a variable, it's the function that creates the folder object. You need to assign the folder object to its own variable in order to access it:

var theFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select folder...");

alert(theFolder.name);

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