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Application watchFolder() method, AVItem object

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Help Using Help Reference Back 37 Description The version attribute returns an alphanumerical string indicating which version of After Effects is running. Type String; read-only. Example var ver = app.version; alert("This machine is running version " + ver + " of After Effects."); Application watchFolder() method app.watchFolder(folder_object_to_watch) Description The watchFolder() method starts a watch folder (network rendering) process pointed at a specified folder. Parameters folder_object_to_watch the Folder object to be watched Example var theFolder = new Folder("c:\\tool"); app.watchFolder(theFolder); See also "Application endWatchFolder() method" on page 30 "Application pauseWatchFolder() method" on page 34 AVItem object app.project.item(index) Description The AVitem object provides access to attributes and methods of audio/visual files imported into After Effects. AVItem is the base class for both CompItem and FootageItem, so AVItem attributes and methods are also available when working in CompItem and FootageItem. Attributes Attribute name width height Reference Description see "AVItem name attribute" on page 41 name of the object as shown in the Project window see "AVItem width attribute" on page 44 integer [1 ..30,000] describing the width, in pixels of the item see "AVItem height attribute" on page 41 integer [1 .. 30,000] describing the height, in pixels of the item Using Help Back 37

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Description
The version attribute returns an alphanumerical string indicating which version of After Effects is running.
Type
String; read-only.
Example
var ver = app.version;
alert("This machine is running version " + ver + " of After Effects.");
Application watchFolder() method
app
.watchFolder(
folder_object_to_watch
)
Description
The watchFolder() method starts a watch folder (network rendering) process pointed at a specified folder.
Parameters
Example
var theFolder = new Folder(“c:\\tool”);
app.watchFolder(theFolder);
See also
“Application endWatchFolder() method” on page 30
“Application pauseWatchFolder() method” on page 34
AVItem object
app.project.
item(
index
)
Description
The AVitem object provides access to attributes and methods of audio/visual files imported into After Effects.
AVItem is the base class for both CompItem and FootageItem, so AVItem attributes and methods are also
available when working in CompItem and FootageItem.
Attributes
folder_object_to_watch
the Folder object to be watched
Attribute
Reference
Description
name
see “AVItem name attribute” on page 41
name of the object as shown in the Project
window
width
see “AVItem width attribute” on page 44
integer [1 ..30,000] describing the width, in pix-
els of the item
height
see “AVItem height attribute” on
page 41
integer [1 .. 30,000] describing the height, in
pixels of the item