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ExtendScript Debugger. - no response on clicking 'Select the. target application'

Community Beginner ,
Aug 09, 2020 Aug 09, 2020

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MacOS catalina. VSCode 1.47.3.ExtendScript Debugger 1.1.2.

Nothing happens when I click on 'Select the target Application' in the status bar.

The following message appears in the Log(Window).

[2020-08-09 03:03:04.633] [renderer1] [error] An unknown error occurred. Please consult the log for more details.
 
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Aug 09, 2020 Aug 09, 2020

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ExtendScript is a 32-bit app and wont run on Catalina . The alternative is Visual Studio running the ExtendScript Debugger extension.

 

https://medium.com/adobetech/extendscript-debugger-for-visual-studio-code-public-release-a2ff6161fa0...

 

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Thanks, but VSCode and ExtendScript **Debugger** which is what I am using are 64bit apps and purported to run on Catalina.

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Sorry, I read too fast and missed the VS part.

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I havenā€˜t used Visual Studio that much, so maybe someone else will jump in. If you are just starting try restarting after you install the ExtendScript Extension, and maybe uninstall the 32-bit ExtendScript Toolkit app if it is still in your Application folder. Before debugging save your .js file in a work folder. Also make sure you choose an engine (main) and language as well as the target application:

 

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Thanks for your suggestions.  

I have never run ESTK on this computer.

I have tried manually setting "targetspecifier" and have used a number of different guesses, but each time I get an alert window

with the following message: 

TypeError: Cannot read property 'label' of undefined

As I said, I have tried a number of guesses.  Examples,  "acrobat-20.064""/Applications/Adobe Acrobat DC/Adobe Acrobat.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeAcrobat", "acrobat-2020.009.20074"

 

If anyone has any suggestions for what to try for Acrobat Pro DC,  I would love to give it a try.

 
 

 

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Here is output I get when I specify a "targetspecifier" before the undefined error.

 

Starting /Users/rdp/JSProjects/MedicareDebugg/code.js in target: acrobat-20.064 and engine: main.

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If your code is for Acrobat might be better to ask in the Acrobat forum.

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There is no forum for Adobe ExtendScript Debugger.

I posted here because this forum seems to have the most interest in this product.

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Aug 10, 2020 Aug 10, 2020

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I meant the Acrobat forum where there are Acrobat JavaScript threads.

 

Adobe Acrobat isnā€™t listed as a target application in my Visual Studio Code.

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Jan 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021

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I've been unable to get the ExtendScript Debugger working either, with the exact same symptoms, clicking "Select the target application" does nothing. Filling in targetSpecifier results in a panel appearing saying target application isn't running, start it: yes, then a dialog saying "TypeError: Cannot read property 'label' of undefined" 

 

I'm writing a script for Photoshop and not Acrobat, this is a specific ExtendScript VSCode extension issue. Where is the support forum for that?  Saying to go to an app specific forum is pointless as I'm not even getting that far.

 

 

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