Lock layer OR other layer (if name is different)

[Pete Stan]

Hi!

Just started to writing my first scripts and trying to get around this:

var layNam =  app.activeDocument.layers;
layNam.getByName('Info').locked = true;
layNam.getByName('Artwork'||'Graphics').locked = true;

I am working with some templates that contain two layers 'Artwork'/'Graphics' but always contain 'Info' layer. Operator OR does not seem to work here (JavaScript returns 'no such element'). My guess would be to loop through the layers, am I right?

[Silly-V]

you'd be fine with just doing this (below) -- since your layers' names are already known to you.  The function puts the get-by-names into a try{}catch{} so that the script won't error-out when a name isn't found:

function test(){

    function tryLockLayer(name){
        try{
            lrs.getByName(name).locked = true;
        } catch(e) {
            return;
        }
    };

    var doc=app.activeDocument;
    var lrs = doc.layers;
    tryLockLayer("Artwork");
    tryLockLayer("Graphics");
    tryLockLayer("Info");

}


test();

also if the layers other than Info are ones you want to lock, you can just loop and lock layers whose names are not "info"