Linking Source Text and Tracking and Character size via expressions

[barticuss]

I'm a novice at expressions, but using them to build a mogrt template and trying to get over this last hurdle. 

I have a text layer that has the character size and tracking linked to a slider "Control" in my main compositoin.

tracking = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Tracking")("Slider");
fontSize = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Font Size")("Slider");
newStyle = style.setTracking(tracking);
newStyle.setFontSize(fontSize);

I have this text layer duplicated (for different layer styles) and I want to match the source text and tracking/ character size in the duplicates.

Usually I would just pick whip for source text, but when I do that, my character size and tracking expression doesn't work. 

I've been stumbling aroudn trying to figure out how to combine the two... Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[barticuss]

I'm trying to pull source text from "Text 2"

If I have "sourceText = thisComp.layer("Text 2").text.sourceText" above 

tracking = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Tracking")("Slider");
fontSize = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Font Size")("Slider");
newStyle = style.setTracking(tracking);
newStyle.setFontSize(fontSize);

It will read tracking and character size, but not update source text.

If it's pasted below... It will update source text, but not character size and tracking

[Justin T - Hyper Brew]

Can you post a screenshot of your setup, of which expressions go on which text layers?

[nawaz1983]

This should work - https://uxdesign.cc/creating-your-source-of-truth-with-text-styling-expressions-ee38bebe7c35

[barticuss]

Thanks for the feedback. I usually post my solutions, but this slipped under the radar.

Here was what I came up with...

txt = thisComp.layer("Title").text.sourceText;
tracking = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Tracking")("Slider");
fontSize = thisComp.layer("Control").effect("Font Size")("Slider");
createStyle().setFontSize(fontSize).setTracking(tracking).setText(txt)