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Setup

• in .vscode folder in your project root, create a file launch.json

{
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "[Your Tool] Debugger",
 "type": "chrome",

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(function () {
  // Set path below to your aeq.js path
  //@include "path/to/aequery.js"

  function createPanel() {
    var win = aeq.ui.createWindow("Listbox Test");

    var pnl = win.addPanel("List");
    pnl.set({
      orientation: "row",

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(function () {
  var allEnums = {
    AlphaMode: {},
    AutoOrientType: {},
    BlendingMode: {},
    ChannelType: {},
    CloseOptions: {},
    FastPreviewType: {},
    FeetFramesFilmType: {},
    FieldSeparationType: {},

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// Figuring out some math to determine aov, filmSize and focalLength in an AE camera, as these values aren't script-accessible.
// Assuming units are pixels, film size measuring horizontally

var comp = app.project.activeItem;
var camera = your camera layer;

var compSize = comp.width;
var cameraZoom = camera.zoom;
var depthOfField = camera.depthOfField;
var focusDistance = camera.focusDistance;

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(function () {
  /**
   * Gets currently open comp from timeline, as opposed to
   * selected comp in project panel
   *
   * @returns {CompItem | null} Active comp, or null if none
   */
  function getFocusedComp() {
    var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;

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// This will get the clipboard contents directly as a string
var clipboardContents = system.callSystem("cmd /c \"for /f \"eol=; tokens=* delims= \" %I in ('powershell Get-Clipboard') do @set CLIPBOARD_TEXT=%I && echo %I\"");

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function getTemplatePath () {
	if (parseFloat(app.version) < 14.0) return;

	try {
		if (app.preferences.havePref("Template Project", "Location", PREFType.PREF_Type_MACHINE_INDEPENDENT)) {
			return app.preferences.getPrefAsString("Template Project", "Location", PREFType.PREF_Type_MACHINE_INDEPENDENT);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Template Project Location preference does not exist.");
		}
	} catch(e) {

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// This doesn't check that the selection is valid, or that it's an audio file.
// Based on: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21634091/is-it-possible-to-get-bitrate-of-mp3

(function () {
    var item = app.project.selection[0];
    var duration = item.duration;
    var fileSize = item.file.length;

    var kbit = fileSize/128;
    var kbps = Math.ceil(Math.round(kbit / duration) / 16) * 16;

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// Copy string from ESTK to Windows clipboard:  
var myString = "Here is a string";  
var cmdString = 'cmd.exe /c cmd.exe /c "echo ' + myString + ' | clip"';  
system.callSystem(cmdString);

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(function getSelectedLayerType() {
  /**
   * Gets the type of a given layer
   *
   * @param {Layer} layer Layer to check
   * @return {string}     Layer type
   */
  function getLayerType(layer) {
    switch (layer.matchName) {
      case "ADBE Vector Layer":