system

System object

system

Description

The System object provides access to attributes found on the user’s system, such as the user name and the name and version of the operating system. It is available through the system global variable.

Example

alert("Your OS is " + system.osName + " running version" + system.osVersion);
confirm("You are: " + system.userName + " running on " + system.machineName + ".");

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Attributes

System.machineName

system.machineName

Description

The name of the computer on which After Effects is running.

Type

String; read-only.

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System.osName

system.osName

Description

The name of the operating system on which After Effects is running.

As of Windows 7, this attribute returns a blank value. Use $.os instead.

Type

String; read-only.

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System.osVersion

system.osVersion

Description

The version of the current local operating system.

Type

String; read-only.

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System.userName

system.userName

Description

The name of the user currently logged on to the system.

Type

String; read-only.

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Methods

System.callSystem()

system.callSystem(cmdLineToExecute);

Description

Executes a system command, as if you had typed it on the operating system’s command line. Returns whatever the system outputs in response to the command, if anything. In Windows, you can invoke commands using the /c switch for the cmd.exe command, passing the command to run in escaped quotes (\"...\"). For example, the following retrieves the current time and displays it to the user:

var timeStr = system.callSystem("cmd.exe /c \"time /t\"");
alert("Current time is " + timeStr);

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
cmdLineToExecute	String	The command and its parameters.

Returns

The output from the command.