opening Render dialog from a script

richjo100 wrote on 1/25/2005, 5:35 AM

Hi all

I want to do the equivelent of going to file->render as in a script. Is this possible. I intend to mess around with SendKeys this afternoon but from what I remember it does not work in Vegas.
Does anyone know a way of using a script to open the render dialog box?

Thanks
Richard

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jetdv wrote on 1/25/2005, 6:24 AM

You'll need to create your own dialog box - you can't open the one if Vegas. Then you'll have to make the proper calls to do the rendering.

richjo100 wrote on 1/25/2005, 7:26 AM

Here's the code that will send alt-f to Vegas then navigate down to the "render as" menu item adn then press enter

var fileMenu;
fileMenu = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("%F");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("{DOWN}");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("{DOWN}");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("{DOWN}");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("{DOWN}");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("{DOWN}");
fileMenu.SendKeys ("{ENTER}");
fileMenu = null;

Richard

jetdv wrote on 1/25/2005, 9:38 AM

If the script is then supposed to do the rendering, that won't help because you have to immediately exit the script after sending those keystrokes or Vegas will never see them.