ExtendScript Toolkit - Object Model Viewer

[cswaim080880]

Hi all,

I know there's not really a way around this but I'm curious if anyone knows why the Object Model Viewer in ExtendScript Toolkit doesn't have After Effects Object Model in the Browser dropdown?  It has it for Bridge, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. 

Not that jumping into the AE Scripting Guide is much of a pain...but it just seems like it would be appropriate to have it inside ESTK...

[David Torno]

Not sure of the reason why it has never been included. Politics maybe. It has been one of my gripes though since I started scripting in 2007. Also why I created the ExtendScriptDeveloperUtility script as my own way to have the objects somewhat easily viewable.

[Todd_Kopriva]

>  Politics maybe.

Nope. Just a lot of work---work that would have taken resources away from other things.

I tried to get this done in 2006, but I quickly ran into just how large a task it would be.

That doesn't mean that we won't do it. It just means that so far we haven't.

[cswaim080880]

Yeah, documentation is such a hugely necessary part of programming but requires so much time to do properly.  Any chance this might be forthcoming?  I'd be willing to chip in time if you want to open source it out...

[Alan_AEDScripts]

Remember this facility is available.... ScriptUI

http://jongware.mit.edu/Sui/index_1.html

[cswaim080880]

Oh my god...I didn't know about that resource...THANK YOU!

[UQg]

Jongware, the guy with 9083 posts / 12105 "points" since nov 2011.

Obey !

Too bad he's only hanging around in the InDesign section.

[Arie Stavchansky]

Yes, definitely thank you for pointing out that resource.  Will come in handly for sure.

[arp0]

In my opinion, this should be one of the top priorities of the ESTK. It has been a constant frustration for me over the last everal years that this hasn't been included for After Effects. I can't tell you how many hours I've wasted trying to look up examples in the scripting guide and other people's work when it would have been far faster with this feature. To me without this, it seems the that particular tool (ESTK) has made very little improvements that are obvious to me, especially with the fact that my scripts run far slower in newer versions of After Effects since CS4.

[NightSkyGuy]

For those who are wondering where the Object Model viewer is... it's under "Help" it seems what you get by default may be influenced by what you have selected as the "Target Application"