After Effects Extendscript Scripting: Hide Layer

[johnt53984649]

Using extendscript, I want to hide a layer; essentially, it should be the equivalent of clicking the following button:

How would I hide a layer in extendscript? I've tried 

myLayer.visible = false

but to no avail.

[Mylenium]

It's not that simple. You need to dig into the AVLayer and CompItem objects and toggle the layer switches. Refer to the scripting documentation.

Mylenium

[johnt53984649]

I have looked through the scripting guide and I don't see any such documentation regarding this. That's why I asked here; oftentimes people figure out ways to achieve things not documented.

[Tomas Sinkunas · Accepted solution]

You should be looking at enabled property:

http://docs.aenhancers.com/layers/layer/#layer-enabled

myLayer.enabled = false;