What is the best way to open a custom window in selector 'PF_Cmd_DO_DIALOG'?

[jérômel65546684]

Hello,

I'm using the After effect SDK to develop a video effect plugin (both for Premiere and AE) and I'd like to open a custom window when the user clicks on (during PF_Cmd_DO_DIALOG selector and typically to allow the user entering its activation keys).

After searching the forum it seems that the best way is using JavaScript by installing the Premiere Pro/After Effect SDK for panel scripting. I'd like to know if this is the best way to do that or is there an easier way?

Thx for your help!

[e_d_]

Hi,

when you're creating an effect this will (at first) appear in the effects pane and not an invididual panel. Of course you can then have a "button" which will launch a separate UI. My guess is this is more straightforward to implement with the C++ SDK, not using JavaScript and HTML5. To my knowledge the latter don't have any direct interfaces to the effects pane, so you'd be stuck quite soon.

[Bruce Bullis]

Erik's right, if you're writing an effect plug-in in C++, just put the dialog in C++. The Checkout sample responds to PF_Cmd_DO_DIALOG.