Adobe 65048332 Scripting Guide - Page 3

Contents 1 Introduction 6 About this Manual 6 Conventions in this Guide 6 2 Photoshop Scripting Basics 8 Scripting Overview 8 Why use scripts instead of actions 8 Scripting Support in Photoshop 9 JavaScript support 9 Executing other scripts 10 Startup scripts 10 Executing JavaScripts from AS or VBS 10 Photoshop Object Model 11 Containment hierarchy 11 Application and document classes 12 Layer classes 12 Layer Comp class 13 Channel class 13 Selection class 13 History State class 13 Document Info class 13 Path Item, Sub Path Item, and Path Point classes 14 Preferences class 14 Notifier class 14 Count Item class 14 Color Sampler class 14 Measurement Scale class 14 The containment hierarchy and the Photoshop user interface 14 Additional objects 16 Constants 16 Creating a sample Hello World script 17 Creating and running an AppleScript 18 Creating and running a VBScript 19 Creating and running a JavaScript 19 3 Scripting Photoshop 21 Viewing Photoshop Objects, Commands, and Methods 21 Viewing Photoshop's AppleScript dictionary 21 Viewing Photoshop's type library (VBS 22 Targeting and Referencing the Application Object 22 Creating New Objects in a Script 23 Setting the Active Object 25 Setting the active document 26 3