Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob13.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.51] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5265579 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 19:42:25 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.205]) by atl4mhob13.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9QHhbcj022850 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:43:37 -0400 Received: (qmail 2151 invoked by uid 0); 26 Oct 2013 17:43:36 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 174.224.131.231 X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.224.37.151?) (torno@sydefxink.com@174.224.131.231) by 0 with ESMTPA; 26 Oct 2013 17:43:36 -0000 Subject: Re: [AE] Scripting: Get all settings in a prefs category? References: From: David Torno Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10B329) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <80012CE2-0954-44FD-A45A-6DB2D671BBCD@sydefxink.com> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:43:35 -0400 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) I usually setup my prefs with an array so I can easily loop through all item= s and get/set pref values. I believe you can only get the values by name onl= y, but I could be wrong as I haven't tried another way personally. David Torno Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 --------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field On Oct 23, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Byron Nash wrote: > Is there a way to look at a particular settings category in the prefs and r= eturn that somehow? I have been setting up scripts and writing values into t= he prefs but I would like to see what those are without having to call each b= y name.=20 >=20 >=20 > Byron