Text variables are provided in VIS to place text on movie clips and in print area captions that can change depending on the session, time, file name, file header, and current position. Text variables are denoted be enclosing the variable name between | characters. The variables |date| and |time| may also be followed by an optional format string as described in the Date and Time Format Codes appendix.
Given below is a list of all VIS text variables.
|seq#| |
movie frame sequence number (zero based) |
| |frame#| |
movie frame time (time offset in 1/fps units) |
| |frametime| |
movie frame time (in seconds) |
|name| |
movie or image file name without directory and extension) |
|sessionname| |
session name set via File->New Session |
|date| |
current date (can include formatting) |
|time| |
current time (can include formatting) |
|filename| |
fully qualified filename of movie or image |
|framecount| |
total number of frames in the movie clip |
|infonam| |
AVI header description |
|infocmt| |
AVI header comments |
|infocrd| |
AVI header original creation date |
|infosrc| |
AVI header source (VIS registered to) |
|infosft| |
AVI header application (VIS version) |
| || |
Single vertical bar character |