Opening a File Requester

Is it possible to open a File Requester Dialog using the After Effects SDK?

For example to load Effect specific data triggered by a custom UI button press.

- David

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the simplest way by far is to use java. (it is also cross platform)

you can run java from within an effect (or aegp).

as simple as:

ExectureScript( "File.openDialog" );

in the following thread there's a excellent example of how to use java and retrieve the returned string from it.

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3625857#3625857

the other solution is to use platform specific OS calls.

takes more code, but offers the full capabilities of the c++ API of the system.

in my opinion,

for such a simple, too-rare-to-matter-for-efficiency task, go with java, and move on with your life.

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Anonymous

Thanks for the answer!

The only trouble with that approach is that the ExecuteScript() function requires a AEGP_PluginID,

which is only available for AEGP plugins as far as I see,

but I need it in an Effects plugin.

- David

Community Expert

The only trouble with that approach is that the ExecuteScript() function requires a AEGP_PluginID,

no it doesn't.

most functions that require an AEGP_PluginID, including ExecuteScript(), take NULL for that param with no problem.

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