#include Doesn't work in AE CS4

[Eagles_Vision]

Anyone have a work around for the "#include" javascript in CS4. Used an external file to drive some text in my comp in CS3, but the same script doesn't work in CS4. I even downloaded a comp from the Graymachine.com website to check and it didn't work either.

I'm on a MAC, by the way.

[Mylenium]

No idea, but since this is an unofficial "hack" anyway, you cannot blame anyone. This feature may have been removed. As a minor, look whether your permissions for scripts in the prefs are set to read and write files...

Mylenium

[Eagles_Vision]

I use Scripts Panels, so the javascript selection is checked already to read and write files. Although, I can appreciate the start with the obvious first.

[yenaphe]

instead of #include you can try to use the $.evalFile(path of your file).

[Guest]

Sebastian, that took care of the problem for me. Text files are now accessed and text is replaced. Thanks for the tip!

[jasonr64048165]

Does anyone know if you can link to an excel spreadsheet?  I've got an expression setup to read from a text file but would love to link to a spreadsheet.

[Dan Ebberts]

The problem is that whatever is in the file has to be valid JavaScript syntax. I think it would be tricky to get that to work with a bunch of spreadsheet data.

Dan