Match Name for "Source Text" property

[John_Milham]

Hey there,

I am desperately looking for the "Match Name" for the property "Source Text" of a text layer. This might be right, but I don't know how to continue:

textLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property("ADBE Text Document");

I want to use the MatchName so that my script can be used in any AE installation language.

-pete

[Dan Ebberts]

That looks right to me. What's the issue?

Dan

[cswaim080880 · Accepted solution]

Hey Pete (or is it John?),

You've got it right so far.  If you want to change the value...you'll do something like this:

var newText = "This is my new text!";

textLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property("ADBE Text Document").setValue(newText);

alert(textLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property("ADBE Text Document").value);

Hope that helps!

Calvin

[Mathias Moehl]

Dan and Calvin are correct.

If you ever need to figure out any match names, the script rd_GimmePropPath is your best friend.

Redefinery offers it as a free download:

http://www.redefinery.com/ae/rd_scripts/

It is really simple to use: Just select any property, click a button and it gives you the scripting code you need to access this property (also including match names).

[John_Milham]

Thanks for the answers - I didn't know how to retrieve the actual text. ".value" did the trick, sorry if that was obvious