Meta-edit problems?

[terrdry]

What I’m trying to do

I’m trying to insert a propertly while I’m making the note in templatar. I have a suggestion that supplies me a list of files; I want that string to be a property of the newly created file but it is never filled in.

I can also open another file and perform the operation on it successfully
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Things I have tried

const {update, createYamlProperty, getPropertyValue} = this.app.plugins.plugins["metaedit"].api;

const addUpdate = async (field, value, tfile) => {  
var exist = await getPropertyValue(tfile);  
if (typeof(exist) != 'undefined') {  
	await update(field, value, tfile);  
} else {  
	await createYamlProperty(field, value, tfile);  
}  
}

selectedItem = "value"  
filename = tp.file.path(true)  
console.log(filename);  
// Using tp that templater exposes
await addUpdate("<<PROPERTY>>", selectedItem, tp);
// The above statement runs but not reflected in the proeprty. 

//The following are accessing an external file and setting the property.
await addUpdate("<<PROPERY>>", selectedItem, tp.file.find_tfile("Applications/file1.md") );

await addUpdate("<<PROPERY>>", selectedItem, tp.file.find_tfile("Applications/file2.md"));

await addUpdate("<<PROPERY>>", selectedItem, tp.file.find_tfile("Applications/file3.md"));

await addUpdate("<<PROPERY>>", selectedItem, tp.file.find_tfile("Applications/file4.md"));

// All the above execute properly 

I’m wondering if I need to flush something before running the command in the template.

[Yurcee]

don’t use metaedit for properties
use obsidian’s built-in app.fileManager.processFrontMatter

there are many examples on how people have used it scattered everywhere on the forum