Is there a solution: How to open Photoshop at a specific location from the ID?

Show the entire script that is throwing the error—in my script var f = open(File(pa) is on line 40 not 5

Hi ​@dublove and ​@Eugene Tyson , You need to use Bridgetalk in order to communicate between InDesign and Photoshop. Here is a simple BT example that opens the active InDesign document’s links. Once the PS file is open you have to use the Photoshop API in order to work on the image:

//call function
imagesToPS()

/**
* Open all of the doument’s linked images 
* return void
*/

function imagesToPS(){
    var bt = new BridgeTalk();  
    bt.target = "photoshop"; 
    if (app.documents.length > 0) {
        var lnks = app.documents[0].links;
        for (var i = 0; i < lnks.length; i++){
            if (lnks[i].parent.constructor.name == "Image") {
                openImage(lnks[i].filePath, bt);
            } 
        };   
    } else {
        alert("No Documents Open")
        return
    }
}

/**
* Open Image in Photoshop 
* @ param Image’s file path 
* @ param Bridgetalk instance 
* return void
*/
function openImage(pa, bt){
    bt.body = psScript.toString() + "\rpsScript('"+pa+"');";
    bt.onError = function( inBT ) { alert(inBT.body); };  
    bt.send(1000);   

    //the photoshop script to run on the opened file
    //this function uses Photoshop’s API not InDesign’s
    function psScript(pa) {  
        app.bringToFront();
        var f = open (File(pa));
        //do something end close
        //f.close()
    }  
};

if (app.selection.length > 0 && app.selection[0].graphics.length > 0) {
    var imageFile = File(app.selection[0].graphics[0].itemLink.filePath);
    var photoshopExe = File("D:/ADOBE/Adobe Photoshop 2026/Photoshop.exe");

    if (photoshopExe.exists && imageFile.exists) {
        photoshopExe.execute('"' + imageFile.fsName + '"');
    } else {
        alert("Photoshop or image file was not found.");
    }
} else {
    alert("Select a placed image first.");
}

This works for me - the problem is the backslashes - they’re escape characters in Javascript - so you need to use the other direction slashes.

You could probably build a little UI with directory to different versions of Photoshop so you don’t need so many scripts - or if you just want to have Open With point to 1 version of Photoshop and the script to another.