Copy+Paste or Duplicate a sequence with a script?

[responsible_Radiance3086]

Looking to duplicate a sequence a bunch of times using a script and then label each one for a different language. I saw in a different post that the clone function was available. However, whenever I exectue, I get the exception: "sequence.clone is not a function"

For transparency, here is my script:

// List of languages to use as suffixes

var languages = [

"Chinese (Simplified)",

"Spanish Mexican",

"German",

"Czech",

"Polish",

"Slovak",

"Serbian",

"Portuguese-Brazil",

"Italian",

"Spanish",

"Hindi",

"Kannada",

"Marathi",

"Tamil",

"Arabic",

"Macedonian",

"Korean",

"Romanian",

"Swedish",

"Turkish",

"French",

"Thai",

"Hungarian",

"Japanese",

"Slovenian"

];

// Function to duplicate a sequence and rename each duplication with language suffixes

function duplicateAndRenameSequenceWithLanguages(sequenceName, languages) {

var project = app.project;

var sequence = findSequenceByName(project.rootItem, sequenceName);

if (sequence) {

for (var i = 0; i < languages.length; i++) {

var newSequenceName = sequenceName + " - " + languages[i];

var newSequence = sequence.clone();

if (newSequence) {

newSequence.name = newSequenceName;

$.writeln("Created sequence: " + newSequenceName);

} else {

$.writeln("Failed to create sequence: " + newSequenceName);

}

}

} else {

$.writeln("Sequence not found: " + sequenceName);

}

}

// Function to find a sequence by name in the project

function findSequenceByName(item, name) {

$.writeln("Checking item: " + item.name + ", Type: " + item.type);

if (item && item.name === name && item.type === 1) { // Type 1 corresponds to both clips and sequences

if (item.getMarkers) { // Sequences have markers

$.writeln("Found sequence: " + item.name + ", Type: " + item.type);

return item;

}

} else if (item && item.children) {

for (var i = 0; i < item.children.numItems; i++) {

var found = findSequenceByName(item.children[i], name);

if (found) {

return found;

}

}

}

return null;

}

// Debugging: List all items in the project

function listAllItems(item, depth) {

if (item) {

var indent = new Array(depth + 1).join(" ");

$.writeln(indent + "Item: " + item.name + ", Type: " + item.type);

if (item.children) {

for (var i = 0; i < item.children.numItems; i++) {

listAllItems(item.children[i], depth + 1);

}

}

}

}

// Main script execution

var sequenceName = "Main V1"; // Replace with the name of the sequence you want to duplicate

$.writeln("Listing all items in the project:");

listAllItems(app.project.rootItem, 0);

duplicateAndRenameSequenceWithLanguages(sequenceName, languages);

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hey there!
Thanks for your post and welcome to the forum. In the future, for developer related questions, tag the post with the "SDK" tag (I just did that for you). That will alert the appropriate Adobe Experts and product team members best suited to answer such a question. I will have to ask for your patience for a solution from the product team as we are still traveling back from the NAB conference. Hopefully, an Adobe Expert will chime in, in the meantime. I hope that is OK. Sorry for the frustration.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Dan McSweeney · Accepted solution]

Hi responsible_Radiance3086,

Thanks for writing, your project sounds like a good one. 

Check out the link below - sequence.close() is a function, but it returns a boolean, not a sequence.

https://ppro-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/sequence/sequence/#sequenceclone

Regards,

Dan