Photoshop CS2
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Scripting Guide
Scripting Photoshop CS2 40
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In VBScript, you use the
Active
Object
property of the parent object (such as
ActiveDocument
or
ActiveLayer
).
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In JavaScript, you use the
active
Object
property of the parent object (such as
activeDocument
or
activeLayer
).
Note:
The parent object is the object that contains the specified object. For example, the application is the
parent of the document; a document is the parent of a layer, selection, or channel.
For example, if you search for
activeDocument
in the
Adobe Photoshop CS2 JavaScript Scripting
Reference
,you will find it is a property of the
Application
object; if you search for
activeLayer
or
activeHistoryState
, you will find they are properties of the
Document
object. Similarly, if you
search for
current
document in the
Adobe Photoshop CS2 AppleScript Scripting Reference
, you will
find it is a property of the
Class application
, and so on.
For sample scripts that set active objects, see the following sections.
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‘Setting the Active Document’ on page 40
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‘Setting the Active Layer’ on page 41
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‘Setting the Active Channels’ on page 41
Setting the Active Document
The following examples demonstrate how to set the active document.
AS
--create 2 documents
set docRef to make new document with properties ¬
{width:4 as inches, height:4 as inches}
set otherDocRef to make new document with properties¬
{width:4 as inches, height:6 as inches}
--make docRef the active document
set current document to docRef
--here you would include command statements
--that perform actions on the active document. Then, you could
--make a different document the active document
--use the current document property of the application class to
--bring otherDocRef front-most as the new active document
set current document to otherDocRef
VBS
'Create 2 documents
Set docRef = app.Documents.Add ( 4, 4)
Set otherDocRef = app.Documents.Add (4,6)
'make docRef the active document
Set app
.
activeDocument = docRef
'here you would include command statements
'that perform actions on the active document. Then, you could
'make a different document the active document
'use the ActiveDocument property of the Application object to
'bring otherDocRef front-most as the new active document
Set app
.
ActiveDocument = otherDocRef
