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daitranthanhoa
daitranthanhoa
Inspiring
July 19, 2022
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Why can't replace value of sourceText?

How can replace a new text to sourceText of Layer?

I had try this code, but it not allow:

 

var firstComp = app.project.item(4);
for(var iLayer=1;iLayer<=firstComp.numLayers;iLayer ++)
{
var firstLayer = firstComp.layer(iLayer);

if( firstLayer.sourceText!=undefined && firstLayer.sourceText.numKeys >0 )
{
   //firstLayer.sourceText.value="abc";
    firstLayer.sourceText.setValue( "abc");
}
}

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Dan Ebberts
Dan EbbertsCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 20, 2022

If you want to replace the text at a particular key, you'd need to use keyValue() to retrieve the current value, and setValueAtKey() to replace the value at that key. So if you wanted, for example, to replace the text at the first keyframe, it might look like this:

var comp = app.project.activeItem;
var layer;
var sourceText;
var textDoc;
for (var i = 1; i <= comp.numLayers; i++){
	layer = comp.layer(i);
	 if (layer instanceof TextLayer){
		 sourceText = layer.property("Text").property("Source Text");
		 textDoc = sourceText.keyValue(1);
		 textDoc.text = "abc";
		 sourceText.setValueAtKey(1,textDoc);
	}
}
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Dan Ebberts
Community Expert
Dan EbbertsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 19, 2022

Try this:

var comp = app.project.activeItem;
var layer;
var sourceText;
var textDoc;
for (var i = 1; i <= comp.numLayers; i++){
	layer = comp.layer(i);
	 if (layer instanceof TextLayer){
		 sourceText = layer.property("Text").property("Source Text");
		 textDoc = sourceText.value;
		 textDoc.text = "abc";
		 sourceText.setValue(textDoc);
	}
}
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    daitranthanhoa
    daitranthanhoaAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 20, 2022

    It only allow set value when sourceText.numKeys  =0,

    If sourceText.numKeys >0 , can't replace new text.

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    Dan Ebberts
    Community Expert
    Dan EbbertsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    July 20, 2022

    If you want to replace the text at a particular key, you'd need to use keyValue() to retrieve the current value, and setValueAtKey() to replace the value at that key. So if you wanted, for example, to replace the text at the first keyframe, it might look like this:

    var comp = app.project.activeItem;
var layer;
var sourceText;
var textDoc;
for (var i = 1; i <= comp.numLayers; i++){
	layer = comp.layer(i);
	 if (layer instanceof TextLayer){
		 sourceText = layer.property("Text").property("Source Text");
		 textDoc = sourceText.keyValue(1);
		 textDoc.text = "abc";
		 sourceText.setValueAtKey(1,textDoc);
	}
}
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