Getting effect version from AEGP

[kotuk81]

Hi All,

Anyone knows a way to query effect's version within AEGP?

Best regards,

Yuri

[françois leroy]

Hi!

You should check in_data->version

And here's what says the documentation:

For even more precise version checking, a plug-in can run a script using AEGP_ExecuteScript, querying one of the following attributes:

app.version - e.g. 11.0.1x12

app.buildNumber - e.g. 12.

Hope it helps,

François

Edit:

oops, I just realise you're talking about effect's version, not AE version...

I think effect versioning is up to the author, I'm not even sure you actually need to include any version data...

What are you trying to achieve?

Cheers,

Francois

[kotuk81]

Hi Francois,

I'm trying to build a communication protocol between several components in our system, while one of them is the effect.

As effect can change over time (so as it's properties), I would like to receive its version, so, any component other then AE would know about the correct data attributes.

Regarding the version:

when I develop an effect, I do set an effect version there, so it would be very logical to have the ability to read this version, what do you think?

Best,

Yuri

[françois leroy · Accepted solution]

Hi Yuri,

you can use AEGP_EffectCallGeneric.

You can pass any data, so your effect version can be part of it.

You can check this thread for details:

Architecture advice for Effect and AEGP communication

Cheers,

François

[kotuk81]

great!

Looks like a nice solution)