{ "id": "chop_execute_dat", "name": "CHOP Execute DAT", "displayName": "CHOP Execute DAT", "category": "CHOP", "subcategory": "Generators", "version": "", "lastUpdated": "2025-08-08T00:37:40.759Z", "sourceFile": "C:\\Program Files\\Derivative\\TouchDesigner\\Samples\\Learn\\OfflineHelp\\https.docs.derivative.ca\\CHOP_Execute_DAT.htm", "url": "", "description": "The CHOP Execute DAT will run its script when the channel values of a specified CHOP change. You can specify which channels to look at, and trigger based on their values changing in various ways. The script gets called for every sample that changes, so when rendering one frame, it may get called 2 or more times per channel, depending on how many frames forward TouchDesigner has stepped (see Time Slicing).", "summary": "The CHOP Execute DAT will run its script when the channel values of a specified CHOP change. You can specify which channels to look at, and trigger based on their values changing in various ways. The", "details": "", "usage": "", "tips": [], "warnings": [], "parameters": [ { "id": null, "name": "Active", "label": "Active", "group": "General", "page": "", "type": "float", "dataType": "number", "style": "", "defaultValue": null, "minValue": null, "maxValue": null, "step": null, "menuItems": [], "menuLabels": [], "allowCustom": false, "maxLength": null, "pattern": null, "isArray": false, "arraySize": 1, "dimensions": 1, "description": "From Derivative\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tJump to navigation\n\t\tJump to search\n\t\t\nThe Execute will run its script when the channel values of a specified change. You can specify which channels to look at, and trigger based on their values changing in various ways. The script gets called for every sample that changes, so when rendering one frame, it may get called 2 or more times per channel, depending on how many frames forward TouchDesigner has stepped (see Time Slicing).\t\t\n Execute DATs are created with default python method placeholders. For each monitored condition in the parameters, there is a matching python method in the . When a condition is turned on in the parameters, each time that condition is satisfied the corresponding python method will be executed.\nchopexecuteDAT_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n active - While on, the will respond to the that is referenced.\n\n\n\t\t\n executeloc - - (Tscript only) Determines the location the script is run from.\n\n current - (Tscript only) The script is executed from the current node location. here - The script is executed from the parent of the . The executes from the parent to make siblings of the easy to access: scripts used to execute from inside the . op - The script is executed from the component specified in the parameter below.\n\t\t\n fromop - The path that the script will be executed from if the parameter is set to Specified .\n\n\n\t\t\n chop - The whose channel change will trigger the to execute its script.\n\n\n\t\t\n channel - Which channel will trigger change.\n\n\n\t\t\n offtoon - The onOffToOn() method executes when the channel specified switches from off to on, called at the first \"on\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileon - The whileOn() method executes when the channel specified is on. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n ontooff - The onOnToOff() method executes when the channel specified switches from on to off, called at the first \"off\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileoff - The whileOff() method executes when the channel specified is off. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n valuechange - The onValueChange() method executes when the channel specified changes value in any way. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n freq - - Enabled when using the or options above. Determines if the executes or .\n\n everysample - onceperframe -\n\t\t\n edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to edit text in the .\n\n\n\n\n\n file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.\n\n\n\t\n syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the when the projects starts. A filename must be specified. Turning on the option will load the file from disk immediately. If the file does not exist, it will be created the first time the is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the will retain its current contents.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the when the projects starts.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstartpulse - Instantly reloads the file.\n\n\n\t\n write - When On, writes the contents of the out to the file on disk when the project is saved.\n\n\n\t\n writepulse - Instantly write the file to disk.\n\n\n\n\n\n language - - Select how the decides which script language to operate on.\n\n input - The uses the inputs script language. node - The uses it's own script language.\n\n extension - - Select the file extension this should expose to external editors.\n\n dat - various common file extensions. language - pick extension from DATs script language. custom - Specify a custom extension.\n\n customext - Specifiy the custom extension.\n\n\n\n wordwrap - - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.\n\n input - The uses the inputs setting. on - Turn on Word Wrap. off - Turn off Word Wrap.\n\n\n\n -\n\nExtra Information for the Execute can be accessed via an Info CHOP.\n\n\n\n - Number of rows in this . - Number of columns in this .\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2022.241402021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nDATs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nAn Operator Family which operate on Channels (a sequence of numbers (Samples)) which are used for animation, audio, mathematics, simulation, logic, UI construction, and data streamed from/to devices and protocols.\n\n\n\nAn Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. 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You can specify which channels to look at, and trigger based on their values changing in various ways. The script gets called for every sample that changes, so when rendering one frame, it may get called 2 or more times per channel, depending on how many frames forward TouchDesigner has stepped (see Time Slicing).\t\t\n Execute DATs are created with default python method placeholders. For each monitored condition in the parameters, there is a matching python method in the . When a condition is turned on in the parameters, each time that condition is satisfied the corresponding python method will be executed.\nchopexecuteDAT_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n active - While on, the will respond to the that is referenced.\n\n\n\t\t\n executeloc - - (Tscript only) Determines the location the script is run from.\n\n current - (Tscript only) The script is executed from the current node location. here - The script is executed from the parent of the . The executes from the parent to make siblings of the easy to access: scripts used to execute from inside the . op - The script is executed from the component specified in the parameter below.\n\t\t\n fromop - The path that the script will be executed from if the parameter is set to Specified .\n\n\n\t\t\n chop - The whose channel change will trigger the to execute its script.\n\n\n\t\t\n channel - Which channel will trigger change.\n\n\n\t\t\n offtoon - The onOffToOn() method executes when the channel specified switches from off to on, called at the first \"on\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileon - The whileOn() method executes when the channel specified is on. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n ontooff - The onOnToOff() method executes when the channel specified switches from on to off, called at the first \"off\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileoff - The whileOff() method executes when the channel specified is off. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n valuechange - The onValueChange() method executes when the channel specified changes value in any way. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n freq - - Enabled when using the or options above. Determines if the executes or .\n\n everysample - onceperframe -\n\t\t\n edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to edit text in the .\n\n\n\n\n\n file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.\n\n\n\t\n syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the when the projects starts. A filename must be specified. Turning on the option will load the file from disk immediately. If the file does not exist, it will be created the first time the is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the will retain its current contents.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the when the projects starts.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstartpulse - Instantly reloads the file.\n\n\n\t\n write - When On, writes the contents of the out to the file on disk when the project is saved.\n\n\n\t\n writepulse - Instantly write the file to disk.\n\n\n\n\n\n language - - Select how the decides which script language to operate on.\n\n input - The uses the inputs script language. node - The uses it's own script language.\n\n extension - - Select the file extension this should expose to external editors.\n\n dat - various common file extensions. language - pick extension from DATs script language. custom - Specify a custom extension.\n\n customext - Specifiy the custom extension.\n\n\n\n wordwrap - - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.\n\n input - The uses the inputs setting. on - Turn on Word Wrap. off - Turn off Word Wrap.\n\n\n\n -\n\nExtra Information for the Execute can be accessed via an Info CHOP.\n\n\n\n - Number of rows in this . - Number of columns in this .\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2022.241402021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nDATs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nAn Operator Family which operate on Channels (a sequence of numbers (Samples)) which are used for animation, audio, mathematics, simulation, logic, UI construction, and data streamed from/to devices and protocols.\n\n\n\nAn Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. 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You can specify which channels to look at, and trigger based on their values changing in various ways. The script gets called for every sample that changes, so when rendering one frame, it may get called 2 or more times per channel, depending on how many frames forward TouchDesigner has stepped (see Time Slicing).\t\t\n Execute DATs are created with default python method placeholders. For each monitored condition in the parameters, there is a matching python method in the . When a condition is turned on in the parameters, each time that condition is satisfied the corresponding python method will be executed.\nchopexecuteDAT_Class\n\nContents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n active - While on, the will respond to the that is referenced.\n\n\n\t\t\n executeloc - - (Tscript only) Determines the location the script is run from.\n\n current - (Tscript only) The script is executed from the current node location. here - The script is executed from the parent of the . The executes from the parent to make siblings of the easy to access: scripts used to execute from inside the . op - The script is executed from the component specified in the parameter below.\n\t\t\n fromop - The path that the script will be executed from if the parameter is set to Specified .\n\n\n\t\t\n chop - The whose channel change will trigger the to execute its script.\n\n\n\t\t\n channel - Which channel will trigger change.\n\n\n\t\t\n offtoon - The onOffToOn() method executes when the channel specified switches from off to on, called at the first \"on\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileon - The whileOn() method executes when the channel specified is on. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n ontooff - The onOnToOff() method executes when the channel specified switches from on to off, called at the first \"off\" frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n whileoff - The whileOff() method executes when the channel specified is off. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n valuechange - The onValueChange() method executes when the channel specified changes value in any way. It is called once each frame.\n\n\n\t\t\n freq - - Enabled when using the or options above. Determines if the executes or .\n\n everysample - onceperframe -\n\t\t\n edit - Clicking this opens a text editor to edit text in the .\n\n\n\n\n\n file - The filesystem path and name of the file to load. Accepts .txt and .dat files.\n\n\n\t\n syncfile - When On, loads the file from disk into the when the projects starts. A filename must be specified. Turning on the option will load the file from disk immediately. If the file does not exist, it will be created the first time the is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. If the file is removed, the will retain its current contents.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstart - When On, reloads the file from disk into the when the projects starts.\n\n\n\t\n loadonstartpulse - Instantly reloads the file.\n\n\n\t\n write - When On, writes the contents of the out to the file on disk when the project is saved.\n\n\n\t\n writepulse - Instantly write the file to disk.\n\n\n\n\n\n language - - Select how the decides which script language to operate on.\n\n input - The uses the inputs script language. node - The uses it's own script language.\n\n extension - - Select the file extension this should expose to external editors.\n\n dat - various common file extensions. language - pick extension from DATs script language. custom - Specify a custom extension.\n\n customext - Specifiy the custom extension.\n\n\n\n wordwrap - - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.\n\n input - The uses the inputs setting. on - Turn on Word Wrap. off - Turn off Word Wrap.\n\n\n\n -\n\nExtra Information for the Execute can be accessed via an Info CHOP.\n\n\n\n - Number of rows in this . - Number of columns in this .\n - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started. - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline. - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked. - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked. - 1 if operator was cooked this frame. - Number of warnings in this operator if any. - Number of errors in this operator if any.\nTouchDesigner Build: Latest\\n2022.241402021.100002018.28070before 2018.28070\nDATs\n• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \n\nAn Operator Family which operate on Channels (a sequence of numbers (Samples)) which are used for animation, audio, mathematics, simulation, logic, UI construction, and data streamed from/to devices and protocols.\n\n\n\nAn Operator Family that manipulates text strings: multi-line text or tables. 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A filename must be specified. Turning on the option will load the file from disk immediately. If the file does not exist, it will be created the first time the is updated. The file is monitored so that any changes made to the file will update the , and any changes made to the will be written to the file right away. 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