Read animation properties from a mimic script

[MartinHS]

I'm trying to read the animation properties of a text object using a script.

Specifically, The text object animation links to the message content of an alarm redirection email object so that when the mimic is displayed, the text object shows the email message. This is working fine. What I want to do is read the link contained within the animation Pen.Text using a script.

I can read the properties of the object, such as the text itself but can't figure out how to read the animation properties.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[AdamWoodlandToo · Accepted solution]

Unless I misunderstand what you're asking, you can read the current evaluation of any animation, e.g. the Text animation (update for valid layer and item), using:

Mimic.Layers("New Layer").Item("T_1").Text

However, it you want to read the underlying expression used to actually generate that animation then you can't do it directly using scripting, but you can probably do it very clunky through COM and the ViewX Automation interface (which is undocumented...)

[MartinHS]

As all the mimics are embedded into other, templated, mimics, an alternative approach I've been trying is to read the properties of an item in an embedded mimic?

e.g. Mimic.Layers("New Layer").Item("embedded_1").Layers("New Layer").Item("T_1").Text 

I've had no luck so far with that approach but wonder if I'm simply missing the correct syntax.

Thanks for the suggestion about using the COM and automation interfaces, will give that a try and follow up with how I get on.