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zambonee
zambonee
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July 21, 2014
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Get the number of CountItems by group in CS5 extended

  • July 21, 2014
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I have a collection of photos with count items created with the Count Tool in CS5 extended version. Each count item belongs to one of 5 count groups created with the Count Tool. Using the Photoshop COM, I can get the total number of count items per photo (Document.CountItems.Count()). However, I cannot get the number of count items per count group, or the group a count item belongs to. Has anybody had success in accessing count groups? I am using C#, but a solution in any language would be helpful.

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Correct answer cbuliarca

Hi here are some functions on how to get the length of the counts for one group:

// examples:===================

alert("there are "+getCountsInGroup(getCurrentGroup()).length+ " counts in the selected countGroup");// getting the counts for the current selected group

//getCountsInGroup(0);//get counts for the first group

// ===================================

function getCountsInGroup( idx ){

  var cArr = listCountsArr();

  return cArr[idx];

}

function getCurrentGroup(){// find the index of the selected group

  var firstArr = listCountsArr();// make a list with arrays as grpoups and inside them objects for each count

  addTempCount();// create a temp cont

  var secArr = listCountsArr();// make a second list

  theCGroup = 0;

  for( i=0; i<firstArr.length; i++){// compare the listCountsArr

  if( firstArr.length != secArr.length){

  theCGroup = i;

  break;

  }

  }

  deleteCount( secArr[theCGroup][secArr[theCGroup].length - 1].idx + 1);// detele the temp count

  return theCGroup;

}

function addTempCount(){

  var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

     desc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "X   " ), 0 );

     desc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Y   " ), 0 );

  executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "countAdd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );

}

function deleteCount( idx ){

  var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

     desc.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ), idx );

  executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "countDelete" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );

}

function listCountsArr(){

  var cArr = new Array();

  var ref = new ActionReference();

   ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn") , charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );

   desc1 = executeActionGet(ref);

   desc1 = desc1.getList(stringIDToTypeID('countClass'));

   var crntG = 0;

   var grpArr = new Array();

   for(var i = 0; i<desc1.count; i++){

    var gr = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getInteger(charIDToTypeID("Grup"));

    var itI = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getInteger(charIDToTypeID("ItmI"));

    var itX = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getUnitDoubleValue(charIDToTypeID("X   "));

    var itY = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getUnitDoubleValue(charIDToTypeID("Y   "));

    var cntObj = {idx:itI, x:itX, y:itY, grpIDX:gr, domI: i};

    if(crntG == gr ){

    grpArr.push(cntObj);

    }

    if(crntG != gr ){

    cArr.push(grpArr);

  grpArr = new Array();

  grpArr.push(cntObj);

  crntG = gr;

    }

  

   }

   cArr.push(grpArr);

   return cArr;

}

3 replies

zambonee
zamboneeAuthor
Participant
July 25, 2014

Muppet Mark's and cbuliarca's both worked- thanks for your replies! For the record, I ended up using this in C#:


ps.ApplicationClass app = new Photoshop.ApplicationClass();

                    app.Visible = false;

                    ps.Document doc = app.Open(str, null, false);

                    app.ActiveDocument = doc;

                    var Ref = new ps.ActionReference();

                    Ref.PutEnumerated(app.CharIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), app.CharIDToTypeID("Ordn"), app.CharIDToTypeID("Trgt"));

                    var desc1 = app.ExecuteActionGet(Ref);

                    var desc2 = desc1.GetList(app.StringIDToTypeID("countClass"));

                    int[] arrCounts = new int[5] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};

                    for (int i = 0; i < desc2.Count; i++)

                    {

                        int gr = desc2.GetObjectValue(i).GetInteger(app.CharIDToTypeID("Grup"));

                        arrCounts[gr] = arrCounts[gr] + 1;

                    }                   

C
cbuliarcaCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 23, 2014

Hi here are some functions on how to get the length of the counts for one group:

// examples:===================

alert("there are "+getCountsInGroup(getCurrentGroup()).length+ " counts in the selected countGroup");// getting the counts for the current selected group

//getCountsInGroup(0);//get counts for the first group

// ===================================

function getCountsInGroup( idx ){

  var cArr = listCountsArr();

  return cArr[idx];

}

function getCurrentGroup(){// find the index of the selected group

  var firstArr = listCountsArr();// make a list with arrays as grpoups and inside them objects for each count

  addTempCount();// create a temp cont

  var secArr = listCountsArr();// make a second list

  theCGroup = 0;

  for( i=0; i<firstArr.length; i++){// compare the listCountsArr

  if( firstArr.length != secArr.length){

  theCGroup = i;

  break;

  }

  }

  deleteCount( secArr[theCGroup][secArr[theCGroup].length - 1].idx + 1);// detele the temp count

  return theCGroup;

}

function addTempCount(){

  var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

     desc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "X   " ), 0 );

     desc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Y   " ), 0 );

  executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "countAdd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );

}

function deleteCount( idx ){

  var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

     desc.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ), idx );

  executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "countDelete" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );

}

function listCountsArr(){

  var cArr = new Array();

  var ref = new ActionReference();

   ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn") , charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );

   desc1 = executeActionGet(ref);

   desc1 = desc1.getList(stringIDToTypeID('countClass'));

   var crntG = 0;

   var grpArr = new Array();

   for(var i = 0; i<desc1.count; i++){

    var gr = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getInteger(charIDToTypeID("Grup"));

    var itI = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getInteger(charIDToTypeID("ItmI"));

    var itX = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getUnitDoubleValue(charIDToTypeID("X   "));

    var itY = desc1.getObjectValue(i).getUnitDoubleValue(charIDToTypeID("Y   "));

    var cntObj = {idx:itI, x:itX, y:itY, grpIDX:gr, domI: i};

    if(crntG == gr ){

    grpArr.push(cntObj);

    }

    if(crntG != gr ){

    cArr.push(grpArr);

  grpArr = new Array();

  grpArr.push(cntObj);

  crntG = gr;

    }

  

   }

   cArr.push(grpArr);

   return cArr;

}

M
Muppet Mark
Inspiring
July 22, 2014

Hum the counters is an odd thing… It looks like it does all or nothing…?

If I change group visibility it does NOT change the count unless I do it to ALL…?

if any 1 group is visible the the count length is ALL…?

So using Adobe extendScript I can do this as alt…?

#target Photoshop




var doc = app.activeDocument;




for ( var i = 4; i >= 0; i-- ) { // Just a reverse remove




  var allCounts = doc.countItems.length;




  alert( ' All remaining Counters: ' + allCounts ); // All the doc counts…




  selectCountGroup( i );




  clearCountGroup();




  var newCount = doc.countItems.length;




  var grpCount = allCounts - newCount;




  alert( 'Group ' + ( i + 1 ) + ' Counters: ' + grpCount )




};




// This has NO affect on count its either ALL || NOTHING


function countGroupVisible() {


  function cTID(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };


  function sTID(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };




    var desc130 = new ActionDescriptor();


    desc130.putBoolean( cTID('Vsbl'), false );


    executeAction( sTID('countGroupVisible'), desc130, DialogModes.NO );


};




//


function selectCountGroup( numb ) {


  function cTID(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };


  function sTID(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };




    var desc133 = new ActionDescriptor();


    desc133.putInteger( cTID('ItmI'), numb );


    executeAction( sTID('countSetCurrentGroup'), desc133, DialogModes.NO );


};




//


function clearCountGroup() {


  function cTID(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };


  function sTID(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };




    var desc198 = new ActionDescriptor();


    executeAction( sTID('countClear'), desc198, DialogModes.NO );


};
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