Expressions don't auto update when "Expression Pick Whip Writes Compact English" preference is off.

[Dan Ebberts]

It appears that an expression generated when the "Expression Pick Whip Writes Compact English" preference is off, will not be auto-updated when changing the name of an expression control referenced by the expression, causing the expression to generate an error.

See this thread for details:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-2023-expression-doesn-t-update/td-p/1...

[JohnColombo]

Hi @Dan Ebberts,

Thanks very much for reporting this issue. We are able to reproduce the failure to update the non-compact English expression links as well and have opened a ticket to investigate a fix for a future version of After Effects.

Thanks again,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team