[Submission] Batch Change Parameters script [SUBMITTED]

[Midgardsormr]

Batch Change Parameters is a Comp script that modifies inputs on multiple tools simultaneously. The tools need not be identical, but they do need to have Inputs in common. To use the script, select more than one Tool in your flow, and point your mouse to Script > Comp > Batch_Change_Parameters.

In the interface that appears, choose the Input you wish to change from the Choose Parameter combo box. Then in the Set To: section, enter the desired new value. Clicking Apply changes the Input on all selected Tools, but it does not close the window, allowing you to continue setting different Inputs until you are done.

User Interface example

batchChangeParameters_UI.jpg (29.71 KiB) Viewed 130 times

Upon selecting a Parameter, the Set To: section configures itself to show only appropriate data entry fields types: Combo boxes for FuID types, a text entry field for Numbers and Text, and a pair of fields for Points. The label on the field indicates the expected data type.

Changelog

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v2.0 - 22.Jan.2018

• Updated for Fusion 9 and UI Manager
• Improved code for legibility and efficiency
• Added in-line documentation
• Removed orphan and redundant functions
• Removed un-implemented math operations code

v1.0 - 22.Feb.2007

• first public release by SlayerK

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Atom file contents:

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Atom {
	Name = "Batch Change Parameters",
	Category = "Scripts/Comp",
	Author = "Bryan Ray/MuseVFX",
	Version = 2,
	Date = {2018, 1, 22},
	Description = [[<p>Changes parameters for multiple selected tools simultaneously. The tools need not be of the same type, but only Inputs that they have in common can be changed.</p>

<p>We Suck Less Thread:</p>
https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckless/viewtopic.php?f=6&p=13401#p13147]],
	Deploy = {
		"Scripts/Comp/Batch_Change_Parameters.lua",
	},
}

Atom directory:

com.MuseVFX.BatchChangeParameters.zip

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For a detailed description of the script's conversion to Fusion 9, please visit Batch Parameter Changer — A Rewrite for Fusion 9

[SecondMan]

Hey Bryan,


Thanks!

Please could you fix

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	Deploy = {
		"Scripts\Comp\Batch_Change_Parameters.lua",
	},

Slashes are the wrong way around...

[Midgardsormr]

… Are you sure? I used the Atomizer to prep it.

[AndrewHazelden]

… Are you sure? I used the Atomizer to prep it.

Are you on Windows 7 or Windows 10?

[Midgardsormr]

Windows 7.

[AndrewHazelden]

Windows 7.

Hi Midgardsormr.

Rumor has it that Reactor is so fast at fixing issues you should try this out right now:

Open the Reactor package manager window once and let it fully load. Then close the view.

Then run the Atomizer tool from the Reactor > Advanced > Atomizer menu. That issue you had is solved already, and you will only be able to save Unix style paths into the Atom file Deploy sections when you hit the "Refresh" button or click the "Save Atom" button on your Windows system.

Give it a try.

[Midgardsormr]

Done! Thanks for the rapid fix!

[SecondMan]

I'd love to see that UI prettified a bit, but this is such an oft-requested script and you've also documented the (re)writing of it so very well, so this is now submitted to Reactor!

Congrats!

[Midgardsormr]

Anybody who's a better UI designer than me is welcome to update it again! I was actually reading something Andrew wrote about adding and removing controls from the UI and thinking that would be a better way to go than simply showing and hiding them. That way the three field types could all occupy the same location. I've got some other, meatier projects to work on right now, though.