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thomash94786815
Participant
December 16, 2015
Question

What's the correct way to call growlnotify from an AE .jsx script?

  • December 16, 2015
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I'm trying to run a growlnotify command to let me know when a render completes, but I keep getting Syntax Error when I execute the following line:

function(){system.callSystem(“growlnotify”)};

I've also tried:

function(){system.callSystem(“open growlnotify”)};

The growlnotify command is correctly installed and runs fine from the terminal.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

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David Torno
Legend
December 16, 2015

Alex11G had found a recent solution in a conversation we were having. The problem app was Photoshop and AE CC 2015 bug. The workaround was this. Might help.

var cmd;


if($.os.indexOf("Mac") != -1){


    cmd = "open -b \"com.adobe.Photoshop\"";


    system.callSystem(cmd);


}
    thomash94786815
    thomash94786815Author
    Participant
    December 17, 2015

    Thanks - the issue was curly quotes in the text file - see here:  script - Simple Prowl notifications for After Effects render completion - Video Production Stack Exchange

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    David Torno
    Legend
    December 17, 2015

    AHHHH, can't tell you how many times smart curly quotes have caused havoc for me. So annoying.

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