Script to select certain layer when opening documents?

[cbishop01]

Is there a script or line of code that can select a layer when opening a document (every document we open)?

app.addEventListener( "afterOpen", doSl );

//>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Selects test when opening document <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<\\      

function doSl(){
       
        app.activeDocument.layers.item("Test").select = true;

       }    

[rob day · Accepted solution]

A Layer doesn’t have a select property, so I think you want to set the document’s activeLayer. Try:

app.activeDocument.activeLayer = "Test";

[cbishop01]

I was trying to make it far to difficult. This worked perfect thanks a ton. 🙂

[Manan Joshi]

You can place this script in the startup folder and it shall automatically run at the startup. Some additions to be added into this would be to add a #targetengine at the top of the script.

-Manan