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BridgeTalk , passing Illustrator variable to Photoshop

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
March 17, 2022
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I need some help here...

From an Illustrator script, I want to pass app.activeDocument.path, and use it at another Photoshop script

It is possible ?

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Correct answer Charu Rajput

Try following

function main() {
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var _path = myDoc.path
    var bt = new BridgeTalk();
    bt.target = "Photoshop";
    var myScript = phScript.toString() + "\r";
    myScript += "phScript(\"" + _path + "\")";
    bt.body = myScript;
    bt.send();
}

main()

function phScript(path) {
    alert("Active document path of Illustartor document : " + path)
}

Charu Rajput

Community Expert

Hi,

Try the way mention in the following thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/passing-a-filename-path-variable-via-bridgetalk/td-p/11340486

Best regards

S

siomospAuthor

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I have already tried without success!

Charu Rajput

Correct answer

Community Expert

Try following

function main() {
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var _path = myDoc.path
    var bt = new BridgeTalk();
    bt.target = "Photoshop";
    var myScript = phScript.toString() + "\r";
    myScript += "phScript(\"" + _path + "\")";
    bt.body = myScript;
    bt.send();
}

main()

function phScript(path) {
    alert("Active document path of Illustartor document : " + path)
}

Best regards

pixxxelschubser

Community Expert

Normally I would say: yes. But please, explain a bit more in detail.

S

siomospAuthor

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Hi, I will try to explain

At photoshop, via scripts I prepare mockups from the active document, and export them at original photoshop document folder

// Make mockups script, set doc path at original photoshop document, as enviroment variable for later use

$.setenv("myFolder_doc_env" ,app.activeDocument.path);

// Export script, use the enviroment variable

var myFolder_doc = $.getenv("myFolder_doc_env")

Some documents are vectors, with this script I import illustrator document to photoshop

#target Illustrator
var newPathAndname =app.activeDocument.path+"/"+app.activeDocument.name;
var psfile = new File(newPathAndname);
if (psfile.exists) { photoshop.open(psfile); }
else { alert('file does not exist');}

For exporting the mockup from photoshop, i need "myFolder_doc" variable, to be the original illustrator document path
I hope it is clear now!

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