Getting straight to the point, in the Scripting API of 22 build 122, Vegas.ImportFile(string fileName, bool mediaPoolOnly) no longer works as before. Instead, we can only use Vegas.ImportFile(string fileName, bool mediaPoolOnly, bool enablePromptMatchFirstVideo).
Comparison of ScriptPortal.Vegas.dll for 22 build 93 and 122:
The previous code also throws errors now in 22 build 122, which causes incompatibility with older scripts, please fix it.
Still not fixed in 22 build 194. I wish this could be fixed, because API inconsistencies can get really annoying, and sometimes script writers have to release multiple versions of scripts to match different APIs. For VEGAS developers, however, it's just a very small change.
What if you use "OpenFile" instead?
Or just add the file manually with code (which, obviously, will take more lines of code but will work in all versions)
What if you use "OpenFile" instead?
Or just add the file manually with code (which, obviously, will take more lines of code but will work in all versions)
@jetdv You're right, I was modifying an old script that uses ImportFile() and didn't notice that OpenFile() is still working!
Anyway, thanks for your reply, which has been adopted as a solution. It would be even better if Magix could fix ImportFile() officially.
However, I still don't know what enablePromptMatchFirstVideo this parameter is for. I initially thought it was the prompt that popped up when we import the first media file into the timeline to remind us whether to match the project to the media, but importing the file with ImportFile() in the script does NOT pop up this prompt, regardless of whether the value of this parameter is true or false.
@VEGASDerek Can you explain what this parameter does? I'm a little confused about the significance of introducing this parameter in new versions.
When you have a new project and you add a new clip to the timeline, VEGAS asks if you want to match the project settings to match this new media. If you say "True" for that setting and it's the first video being added, it will ask if you want to match the project settings to that media. If you say "False", it won't ask.
When you have a new project and you add a new clip to the timeline, VEGAS asks if you want to match the project settings to match this new media. If you say "True" for that setting and it's the first video being added, it will ask if you want to match the project settings to that media. If you say "False", it won't ask.
@jetdv Of course I know, it's the default behavior in Vegas. However, when I set this parameter to true in Vegas.ImportFile() of 22 build 122+ (using 194), it doesn't seem to work, regardless of whether there were events originally on the timeline. I suspect it's still a bug. Could you take some time to test it?