Arbitrary parameter copy/paste

[salvati marc]

Hi guys,

I am trying to make a curve parameter.

So i created an arbitrary parameter from the color grid sample

Everything is fine, until i put two of those parameters in an effects.

I try to copy/paste a parameter value from one to the other and then i get (26, 269) error, telling me that i cannot copy paste the values between those parameters.

Is there any samples or does anyone bumped into that problem?

I use the different DISK ID, but the same refconvPV idea when adding the parameters.

Thanks in advance for any help

[shachar carmi]

hmmm...

the problem is that AE is assuming each arb param has it's own data

structure and therefore no two arbs are compatible.

the only solution i can think of is adding custom copy/paste buttons to

your arbs cutsom UI.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:25 AM, salvati marc <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[salvati marc]

I see.

That makes sense considering the way other plugins are done.

I thought that AE would use the print/scan mechanism to transfer datas... also since the refcon is an id i thought AE will use it to identify same types... but seem to be wrong.

So i guess i would need to click, put my data in a the frame/sequence/global data and then paste it in the other effect with the same button.

[salvati marc]

the PF_Arbitrary_SCAN_FUNC selector is actually never called... even if i try to past from an asciii form.

that s weird. do you know how to get that function to be called?

[shachar carmi]

i think that functino is being called when the copied data comes from

outside of AE, so AE dones't know what that data is and therfore asks the

plug-in to parse it.

i never used it, so i'm not entirely sure...

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:47 AM, salvati marc <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[salvati marc]

I see.

I tried to copy from a text editor, and paste to an effect parameter... nothing happens, the function is not called.

Maybe it only works with Adobe premiere

[salvati marc]

Actually i tried to copy in a text editor, and if i just edit the parameter name and id to match the other parameter, it will paste...

but still not using the scan function.

[shachar carmi]

try removing id data. paste some random text onto your param.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:11 AM, salvati marc <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[salvati marc]

i found out.

the reason is that the clipboard data are parsed before trying to copy them.

When after effect get the focus it s already parsing the text data to get the arbitrary data ready.

so i can copy a stream, paste to text editor, change parameter name and id, copy again and past to another same type arbitrary data.

that sound overkill... so i ll have in the end to do the copy/paste button thing.