working on timeline scripting

tl_refresh to keep a local script object in sync with timeline items
(cues and keys)
functions to clear cues and keys
working on key/cues groups management

soft/keyframes.js

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 
-/* ********** GENERAL SCRIPTING **********************
+var delCue_Trigger = script.addTrigger("clear cues", "clear all cues in the timeline");
+var clearTL_Trigger = script.addTrigger("clear timeline", "clear all cues and keys in the timeline");
 
-		This templates shows what you can do in this is module script
-		All the code outside functions will be executed each time this script is loaded, meaning at file load, when hitting the "reload" button or when saving this file
-*/
+var myFile = script.addFileParameter("textFile", "this is a text file");
+var myTrigger = script.addTrigger("My Trigger", "Trigger description"); 									//This will add a trigger (button)
+
+var tl_keyframes = {cues : {}, keys : {}} ; //holds timeline keys, is updated at fixed rate
+var tl_refresh_rate = 0.5;
+
+var file_keyframes = {groups : 0} ; //holds file keys, used to save and load
 
 
-// You can add custom parameters to use in your script here, they will be replaced each time this script is saved
-var myFloatParam = script.addFloatParameter("My Float Param","Description of my float param",.1,0,1); 		//This will add a float number parameter (slider), default value of 0.1, with a range between 0 and 1
-var myFile = script.addFileParameter("textFile", "this is a text file");
-//Here are all the type of parameters you can create
 
-var myTrigger = script.addTrigger("My Trigger", "Trigger description"); 									//This will add a trigger (button)
 /*
 var myBoolParam = script.addBoolParameter("My Bool Param","Description of my bool param",false); 			//This will add a boolean parameter (toggle), defaut unchecked
 var myFloatParam = script.addFloatParameter("My Float Param","Description of my float param",.1,0,1); 		//This will add a float number parameter (slider), default value of 0.1, with a range between 0 and 1
@@ -32,6 +32,110 @@ var myEnumParam = script.addEnumParameter("My Enum Param","Description of my enu
 //you can also declare custom internal variable
 //var myValue = 5;
 
+
+///////////////////////		HELPERS FUNCTIONS		///////////////////////
+
+function refresh_tl_keys(){
+	// tl_keyframes['cues']
+	if(root.sequences.keys.cues.items.length){
+		for (var i = 0 ; i < root.sequences.keys.cues.items.length ; i++){
+			tl_keyframes['cues']['cue'+i] = {index : i};
+			tl_keyframes['cues']['cue'+i]['name'] = root.sequences.keys.cues.items[i].name;
+			tl_keyframes['cues']['cue'+i]['time'] = root.sequences.keys.cues.items[i].time.get();
+			// script.log(tl_keyframes['cues']['cue'+i].time);
+		}
+	}
+	if(root.sequences.keys.layers.items.length){
+		for (var i = 0 ; i < root.sequences.keys.layers.items.length ; i++){
+			var currentLayer = root.sequences.keys.layers.items[i] ;
+			tl_keyframes['keys'][currentLayer.name] = {};
+			// script.log(currentLayer.name);
+
+			if(currentLayer.automation.items.length){
+				// script.log(currentLayer.automation.items.length);
+				for (var j = 0 ; j < currentLayer.automation.items.length ; j++){
+
+					var currentkey = currentLayer.automation.items[j] ;
+					tl_keyframes['keys'][currentLayer.name][currentkey.name] = {
+																																			position : currentkey.position.get(),
+																																			value : currentkey.value.get()
+																																			};
+					// script.log(tl_keyframes['keys'][currentLayer.name][currentkey.name].value);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// myFile.writeFile(JSON.stringify(tl_keyframes), 1);
+
+}
+
+function clear_tl_cues(){
+	if(root.sequences.keys.cues.items.length){
+		for (var i = root.sequences.keys.cues.items.length-1 ; i>=0 ; i--){
+			root.sequences.keys.cues.removeItem(root.sequences.keys.cues.items[i].name);
+		}
+		script.log("Cleared all cues");
+	}
+	else {script.log("no cues to clear");}
+}
+
+function clear_tl_keys(){
+	if(root.sequences.keys.layers.items.length){
+		for (var i = root.sequences.keys.layers.items.length-1 ; i >=0  ; i--){
+			if(root.sequences.keys.layers.items[i].automation.items.length){
+				for (var j = root.sequences.keys.layers.items[i].automation.items.length-1 ; j >= 0 ; j--){
+					root.sequences.keys.layers.items[i].automation.removeItem(root.sequences.keys.layers.items[i].automation.items[j].name);
+				}
+			}
+			// root.sequences.keys.cues.removeItem(root.sequences.keys.cues.items[i].name);
+		}
+		script.log("Cleared all keys");
+	}
+	else{script.log("no keys to clear");}
+}
+function clear_tl_full(){
+	clear_tl_cues();
+	clear_tl_keys();
+}
+
+function create_keyGroup(){
+	//creates a cue and a key in each layer with same time position and current layer Values
+	var groupIndex = file_keyframes.groups;
+	script.log(groupIndex);
+
+	var tempValues = {
+		position: root.sequences.keys.currentTime.get() ,
+		pan : root.sequences.keys.layers.pan.mapping.outValue.get(),
+		tilt : root.sequences.keys.layers.tilt.mapping.outValue.get(),
+		zoom : root.sequences.keys.layers.zoom.mapping.outValue.get(),
+		dim : root.sequences.keys.layers.dim.mapping.outValue.get(),
+	};
+
+
+	var inCue = root.sequences.keys.cues.addItem();
+	inCue.time.set(tempValues.position);
+	script.log(inCue.name);
+	var outCue = root.sequences.keys.cues.addItem();
+	outCue.time.set(tempValues.position+1.);
+	script.log(outCue.name);
+
+	var groupKeys = {in:{}, out:{}} ;
+	var layers = root.sequences.keys.layers.items ;
+	if(layers.length){
+		for (var i = 0 ; i<layers.length ; i++){
+			tempKey = layers[i].automation.addItem();
+			tempKey.position.set(tempValues.position);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+///////////////////////		SCRIPT FUNCTIONS		///////////////////////
+
 /*
  The init() function will allow you to init everything you want after the script has been checked and loaded
  WARNING it also means that if you change values of your parameters by hand and set their values inside the init() function, they will be reset to this value each time the script is reloaded !
@@ -42,7 +146,15 @@ function init()
 	//myColorParam.set([1,.5,1,1]);	//for a color parameter, you need to pass an array with 3 (RGB) or 4 (RGBA) values.
 	//myP2DParam.set([1.5,-5]); // for a Point2D parameter, you need to pass 2 values (XY)
 	//myP3DParam.set([1.5,2,-3]); // for a Point3D parameter, you need to pass 3 values (XYZ)
-	script.log(myFile.getAbsolutePath());
+	// tl.cues.cue.time
+	// script.log(tl.cues.items[0].name);
+	// for (var i = tl.cues.items.length-1 ; i>=0 ; i--){
+	// 	// tl.cues.items[i].name='truc'+i;
+	// 	script.log(tl.cues.items[i].time.get());
+	// }
+	// root.sequences.sequence.cues.items[0].name.set("moncue");
+
+
 }
 
 /*
@@ -54,26 +166,37 @@ function scriptParameterChanged(param)
 	script.log("Parameter changed : "+param.name); //All parameters have "name" property
 	if(param.is(myTrigger)){
 		 script.log("Trigger !"); //You can check if two variables are the reference to the same parameter or object with the method .is()
-		 var testJSON = {} ;
-		 testJSON['A']='truc';
-		 testJSON['B']=12;
-		 myFile.writeFile(JSON.stringify(testJSON), 1);
-	}
+		 create_keyGroup();
 
+		//  for (var i = tl.cues.items.length-1 ; i>=0 ; i--){
+	 	// 	script.log(tl.cues.items[i].name);
+	 	// }
+		 // myFile.writeFile(JSON.stringify(testJSON), 1);
+	}
+	else if (param.is(delCue_Trigger)){clear_tl_cues();}
+	else if (param.is(clearTL_Trigger)){clear_tl_full();}
 	else if(param.is(myEnumParam)) script.log("Label = "+param.get()+", data = "+param.getData()); //The enum parameter has a special function getData() to get the data associated to the option
-	else script.log("Value is "+param.get()); //All parameters have a get() method that will return their value
-	script.log(myFile.readFile());
+	// else script.log("Value is "+param.get()); //All parameters have a get() method that will return their value
+	// script.log(myFile.readFile());
 }
 
 /*
  This function, if you declare it, will launch a timer at 50hz, calling this method on each tick
 */
-/*
+var tl_refresh_delta = 0.;
+
+
 function update(deltaTime)
 {
-	script.log("Update : "+util.getTime()+", delta = "+deltaTime); //deltaTime is the time between now and last update() call, util.getTime() will give you a timestamp relative to either the launch time of the software, or the start of the computer.
+	tl_refresh_delta += deltaTime ;
+	if (tl_refresh_delta > tl_refresh_rate){
+			tl_refresh_delta = 0. ;
+			// refresh_tl_keys();
+			// script.log("Update : "+util.getTime()+", delta = "+deltaTime); //deltaTime is the time between now and last update() call, util.getTime() will give you a timestamp relative to either the launch time of the software, or the start of the computer.
+	}
+
 }
-*/
+