Get file path from imported after effect project file

[Mike_MM]

Hi,

im currently write a c++ plugin to iterate through every item in my project. My project has other after effect project files imported and i try to get the file paths from this aep-files. I see that every aep-file is typed as "AEGP_ItemType_FOLDER", but how can i get the full file path from this files? For footage there is the function "AEGP_GetFootagePath(...)" but i cant find a similiar function for aep-files! 

Thanks.

Mike

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

There is no such thing. An imported project is just a data structure, not an actual external source. It gets converted and appended to the host project data immediately. If you need to retain this info, you need to glean it from the projects' actual source files up to weird stuff like creating a dummy element that just holds this info and can be read programmatically later.

Mylenium

[Mike_MM]

Hi,

tanks for you answer, you're right. It's only a copy from imported project. If i delete the imported Project after import, it has no effect in my project. So i can ignore this. 

Thanks.