4 Replies Latest reply: Sep 27, 2013 11:46 PM by kemal toygun

Adding menu items and making system calls in AfterEffects (AE,CS3)

(Scot_Brew) Apr 28, 2008 12:59 PM

We are looking to do the following things via javascript in AfterEffects CS3. It does seem straight-forward, but am unable to find a good reference or example.

* Add at startup a menu item under "File" (or similar main menu) and have it call a script function when clicked.

* Have a script make an external system call (to launch an external application/executable with a few parameters)

Any insights on how to achieve this?

Many thanks!

1. Re: Adding menu items and making system calls in AfterEffects (AE,CS3)

(Scot_Brew) Jun 5, 2008 7:47 PM (in response to (Scot_Brew))

Anyone?
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2. Re: Adding menu items and making system calls in AfterEffects (AE,CS3)

rickg_la May 15, 2013 11:00 AM (in response to (Scot_Brew))

I wanted to see if there was any update on this, I'm writing a series of tools and would love to create a custom menu for quick and easy access.
If it turns out there isn't an "easy" way to do this (env variables, special directory locations, javascripts) would anyone know if access to the menubar is possible from the Plugin API?

I'm fairly new to After Effects, just getting up-to-speed on the environment now... seeing if I can duplicate the functionality of some old Nuke scripts in AE.

thanks,
Rick_
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3. Re: Adding menu items and making system calls in AfterEffects (AE,CS3)

rickg_la May 15, 2013 3:07 PM (in response to rickg_la)

found my answer in the SDK docs. thanks
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4. Re: Adding menu items and making system calls in AfterEffects (AE,CS3)

kemal toygun Sep 27, 2013 11:46 PM (in response to rickg_la)

Teşekkürler çok faydalı oldu...
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