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DenisDansen
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July 5, 2019
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Javascript Question [evalScript] (Photoshop Panel)

  • July 5, 2019
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I am currently delving into CEP and Panel creation. I have a button that runs the function below. The event essentially creates a document and names the document to the name stored in the variable in "docName". The code below works:

function creteDoc() {

  var docName = "MyDocument"

  exec = 'documents.add(500, 500, 72, "' + docName +'")';

  csInterface.evalScript(exec);

}

However, I the code doesn't run when I change this line:

exec = 'documents.add(500, 500, 72, "' + docName +'")';

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exec = "documents.add(500, 500, 72, " + docName + ")";

Why I am asking is because I want to use the button name (this.name) which is "500" to change the size of the document essentially ending up with:

exec = "documents.add(" + this.name + "," + this.name + ", 72, " + docName + ")";

Writing the code above will not run, unless the docName is a number.
exec = "documents.add(" + this.name + "," + this.name + ", 72, " + this.name + ")"; <- works
Any insight or help will be appreciated! Thank you!
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PECourtejoie
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PECourtejoieCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 15, 2020

Hello, I'm moving this to the exchange forum.

Ten A
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Ten ACommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 17, 2019

You can use template literal like below.

var wd = ht = 500,
var docName = "testDocument";
var csi = new CSInterface();
var exc = `app.documents.add(${wd}, ${ht}, 72, "${docName}")`;
csi.evalScript(exc);

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