Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard Using Manual page 177

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Type
String; read-only.
Example
confir m( "You are: " + system.userName + " r unning on " + system.machineName + ".");
TextDocument object
Description
The TextDocument object holds a string an attribute named "text." It is used to store values for a text layer's
Source Text property.
Attributes
Attribute
text
Methods
Method
Tex t D o c u m e n t ( )
Examples
Set a value of some source text and then display an alert showing the new value:
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var myTextDo cu me n t = n ew TextD oc u me n t(" Ha p py Cake" );
myTextLayer. proper t y("Source Text").setValue(myTextDocument);
aler t(myTextLayer.proper t y("Source Text").getValue());
2 Set keyframe values for text that will show different words over time:
var textProp = my TextLayer. proper t y("Source Text");
textProp.setValueAtTime(0, new TextDocument("Happy"));
textProp.se tVa lu e AtTime(. 33, n e w Tex tD oc u me nt (" c ake" ));
textProp.se tVa lu e AtTime(. 66, n e w Tex tD oc u me nt (" i s" ));
textProp.se tVa lu e AtTime(1, n ew TextD oc u me n t(" yu mmy!" ));
TextDocument text attribute
Tex t D o c u m e n t . tex t
Description
The actual text string stored in this TextDocument.
Type
String; read/write.
Using Help
Reference
see "TextDocument text attribute" on
page 177
Reference
see "TextDocument TextDocument()
method" on page 178
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Description
text string stored in the TextDocument
Description
constructor to create a TextDocument
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