Open a File from Project Path

Hi Chris,

I'm actually working on this for you because I think it would be a very cool script to have. I'm a couple of steps away from having it but I had a question for you. Would it be better to search for files with the correct file extension (I think in this case it's .syncprox) so that there can't be false positives? Would you ever have other sync X files in the directories? Otherwise it might be better to come up with a more robust naming scheme for these files.

Ok, here's a script that does what you want, but instead of looking for part of a filename (which as I said above doesn't seem very robust) this searches for a filename extension which is defined as a constant at the top of the script so you can change it if you want (make sure to leave the period off the beginning of the extension). It the searches recursively from the session directory up to the root directory of the drive and if it still can't find a file it will ask you to find one (thanks Christian).

Only real limitation of the script is that if there is a directory with two files with the same extension it will open the first one alphabetically.

//The file extension for saved sync files
const extension = 'syncprox'
// This sets the search directory to the current session folder
var sessionDir = sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.sessionPath;
var searchDir = ''
var directoryDepth = sessionDir.split('/').length - 1 //how deep in the file structure are we, then adjust to keep from going up past the root of the drive
var level, index, value, filePath;

for (level = 1; level < directoryDepth; level++) {
    searchDir = sessionDir.split('/').slice(0, -level).join('/')
    let entries = sf.file.directoryGetEntries({
        path: searchDir,
        includeDirectories: false,
    }).paths;

    for (index = 0; index < entries.length; ++index) {
        value = entries[index];
        if (entries[index].split('.')[1] === extension) {
            filePath = value;
            break;
        }
    }
    if (filePath != undefined){break} //We found it, don't search up a level
}

if (filePath == undefined) {
    //The file doesn't exist. Ask the user
    filePath = sf.interaction.selectFile({
        defaultLocation: sessionDir.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/'),
        prompt: 'Please select a file to open',
    }).path;
}

sf.file.open({ path: filePath });

Christian mentioned somewhere that they're working on making the buttons more dynamic in the way they display information. That will be a game changer. Plugin buttons for bypass that display the plugin names depending on track selection would be cool. Or how about having system usage percentage on a button.
So many possibilities.
I'm more excited about SF updates than PT updates…

Here you go!

function openCurrentSessionAudioFilesFolder() {
    if (!sf.app.proTools.hasOpenSession) throw "No session is currently open.";

    const sessionPath = sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.sessionPath;
    const parentPath = sessionPath.split("/").slice(0, -1).join("/");
    const audioFilesPath = `${parentPath}/Audio Files`;

    sf.file.open({
        path: audioFilesPath
    });
}

openCurrentSessionAudioFilesFolder();