OT (kinda, sorta): Script(s) not working

je@on wrote on 9/16/2007, 11:03 AM

One of my favorite and most often used scripts, Select Events from Cursor, doesn't work in V8. Notice a few others aren't working but this one really cuts into my workflow. Does anyone know of a quick fix for the current script?

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/16/2007, 1:50 PM

If it's the one I uploaded to the VASST web site it is an old version that only works with Vegas 4. If you change:

import SonicFoundry.Vegas;

to

import Sony.Vegas;

It should work fine. I'm having difficulty updating it on the VASST site right now. Here is the whole script.



/** 

 * Program: SelectEventsFromCursor.js

 * Description: This script will select all the events on all tracks that are 

 *              under the cursor position and to the right of it.

 * Author: Johnny (Roy) Rofrano

 * 

 * Date: March 24, 2004     - Initial script

 *       September 16, 2007     - Updated to use Sony libraries

 *

 **/ 



import Sony.Vegas; 

import System.Windows.Forms;



try

{

    // step through all the tracks

    for (var track in Vegas.Project.Tracks) 

    {

        // Step through all events

        for (var evnt in track.Events) 

        {

            // Check to see if event is under or to the right of the cursor

            if (-1 == Vegas.Cursor.CompareTo(evnt.Start + evnt.Length))

            {

                evnt.Selected = true;

            }

        }

    }

}

catch (errorMsg)

{

    MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);

}

~jr

FightingIllini1977 wrote on 9/16/2007, 6:25 PM

Why do you need a script to perform this simple task? Does this script do something different than right clicking and picking select events to end?

jeff-beardall wrote on 9/16/2007, 6:54 PM

yeah..it selects ALL events on ALL tracks from the cursor to the end of the timeline. "select events to end' just does the events on a selected track. this script is one i've used daily since JR wrote it. i feel much safer with it than ripple edit.

jeff

FightingIllini1977 wrote on 9/16/2007, 7:04 PM

How many tracks do your video projects average to make this useful?

jetdv wrote on 9/16/2007, 7:15 PM

I think it's Vegas 8 - not the script. The "Select Events" tool in Excalibur works - it selects all the proper events. However, you then grab one to move them all and only the one you grabbed moves. The rest all remain in place.

je@on wrote on 9/16/2007, 10:35 PM

I agree with Edward. I don't think it's the script. Same result with the SETE script: The script selects all the events but Vegas will only move the one with the cursor on it. Bummer.

JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/17/2007, 5:25 AM

I would think this is a bug in Vegas Pro 8.0. The events are selected so Vegas should move them. There is nothing we can do in our scripts since it's Vegas 8 that's broken. (i.e., a selected event is not always treated the same depending on whether it is select by a script or the timeline) The funny thing is, you can drag ANY of the selected events and only the original one moves. Very strange behavior.

~jr

ForumAdmin wrote on 9/18/2007, 8:49 AM

This will be fixed in 8.0a.