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jetdv wrote on 11/9/2007, 6:27 AM
I started writing scripts in NOTEPAD. That works just fine. When you try to start a script, if there's any compilation errors it will tell you there. If you're just wanting to see results at certain times, you could add code to write them to a file or maybe pop up a messagebox.

Coding in Visual Studio *IS* easier as you get code completion and can run in "debug" mode. However, it's not essential.
Terje wrote on 11/9/2007, 7:47 AM
Download visual studio. The Express Edition will work fine, and it is free.
Shergar wrote on 11/10/2007, 11:27 AM
Terje... sorry to be a pest but unless I'm missing something, the only Express edition that seems to understand javascript files is Web Developer, and I can't see how to get that to debug anything but browser-triggered scripts?

jetdv wrote on 11/10/2007, 1:55 PM
Why not use C# instead???
Shergar wrote on 11/11/2007, 6:35 AM
I need to use javascript because in the first instance i need to work out what is happening with the supplied EDL Export script, which politely refuses to handle my projects claiming "Error: object required"
JohnnyRoy wrote on 11/16/2007, 9:27 AM
> first instance i need to work out what is happening with the supplied EDL Export script,

Do you mean Export XML and Import XML? You must be using Vegas 6 then, because those scripts have been in C# since Vegas 7. You might want to download the latest Script SDK to get the C# version of the script and then compile it yourself.

BTW, if you are using Vegas 6 you'll need to use Visual Studio 2003 for .Net 1.1. The latest VS2005 is NOT backward compatible and only compiles .Net 2.0 files which can only be used in Vegas 7 & 8.

~jr
Shergar wrote on 11/17/2007, 11:14 AM
Hi Johnny

Actually no... I mean Tools>Scripting>Export EDL

in the end I've given up on this route and settled for Vegas' Save As... txt option.

I've been working on how to streamline my workflow from Vegas to After Effects, as described here...

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