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Soundflow command reference for Pro Tools

By Rich Breen @Rich_Breen
    2021-07-27 19:28:00.705Z

    Hi there - wondering where I would find a Javascript command reference for Soundflow / Pro Tools? Code completion doesn't really cut it when you're trying to find specific buttons dialogs and what they might be called. I see a post about this from 2019 with the note that at that point it just "hadn't been gotten around to yet". Does this exist now?

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    1. Dustin Harris @Dustin_Harris
        2021-07-28 01:59:56.795Z

        Maybe this is the kind of tool/help you’re looking for?

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          Rich Breen @Rich_Breen
            2021-07-28 17:05:30.387Z

            Hi Dustin - thanks, but whatever that link is, it doesn't play/open here. If it's a YT tutorial video on Soundflow's site it's not really what I'm looking for. Need a searchable command reference.

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            1. Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-07-28 20:38:23.128Z

              Hi Rich,

              There's a complete reference of all Javascript functions here:
              https://soundflow.org/docs/api/globals

              However, that being said, Dustin's answer may be more useful actually. The video will show you the best way to find the script equivalent of how to locate a specific button. You don't need to use code completion or know it by heart – the mechanism Kitch illustrates in the video is the best practices way of identifying how to access a UI element, using SoundFlow's semi-intelligent UI picker (it converts to Javascript).

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              1. RRich Breen @Rich_Breen
                  2021-07-29 16:39:42.425Z

                  OK, thanks for that! Whatever the link to the video is, it's not showing up in the SoundFlow forum interface - I just have a blank window with a "View on YouTube" button, but none of it does anything when clicking, ctl-clicking, etc. Perhaps can you just provide the link as a piece of text? Other links seem to work...

                  thanks!

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                    RRich Breen @Rich_Breen
                      2021-07-29 16:57:34.560Z2021-07-29 17:25:32.130Z

                      Ah, I see what's going on; the Soundflow "App" interface is kind of janky - if I view the forum in a browser the links work - they just don't work within the Soundflow "App".

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                      1. Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer2021-07-29 19:42:29.475Z

                        Ah yea, apologies for that. Embedding browsers inside an app is a little bit difficult/unstable when it comes to iframes (embedding inside embedding).

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