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pragmatic_user
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April 13, 2023
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Unable to open UXP Developer Tools

  • April 13, 2023
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Hi,

I want to get interested in Scripting, and I read on the docs that I should use UXP Developer Tools, but I cannot even open it. When I click the link in the CreativeCloud app, it shows an EACCESS error in a popup.
So I don't know what to do. I'm on mac 12.6.3.
(for now I guess I will use extend scripting)

 

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April 20, 2023

The message seems to clearly point to a permission problem or locked file in the path specified in the message. Maybe you can fix this. Try maki g the directory manually. 

Peter Kahrel
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Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
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April 13, 2023

Maybe restart the CC app and try again.

 

If you get it to work, be aware that it's not a happy experience. It's a pretty clunky affair. It doesn't have its own editor, but that's the least problem. It just handles very awkwardly. Adobe has been made aware of that and say that an upgrade is on its way.

In addition, UXP is still pretty much in development, various things haven't been implemented yet and some things will still change. And ExtendScript scripts are still considerably quicker than UXP scripts, though that too will change as UXP gets optimised. It's useful to experiment with UXP, but for critical production scripts you're better off with ExtendScript. And finally, ExtendScript, because of the environment in which it is used (VSCode or the ESTK), is easier to set up for beginners.

 

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    pragmatic_userAuthor
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    April 13, 2023

    Thanks. Actually I was able to do what I wanted using the regular cs6 jsx scripting, so I don't need to use UXP anymore.

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