Adding stroke to photoshop text using scripts

[fairoozino_3662]

I am trying to apply stroke to my photoshop text using scripts. But I have failed all the time. Here's what I've come up with:

#target photoshop

var textArray = ["Hello"];
var fontSize = 13;
var fontFamily = "KomikaAxis";
var strokeSize = 10;

for (var i = 0; i < textArray.length; i++) {
    var currentText = textArray[i];
    
    var textLayer = app.activeDocument.artLayers.add();
    textLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
    textLayer.textItem.contents = currentText;
    
    textLayer.textItem.font = fontFamily;
    textLayer.textItem.size = fontSize;
    
    var textColor = new SolidColor();
    textColor.rgb.red = 255;
    textColor.rgb.green = 255;
    textColor.rgb.blue = 255;
    textLayer.textItem.color = textColor;
    
    textLayer.textItem.position = [541, 1144];
    textLayer.rasterize(RasterizeType.TEXTCONTENTS);
    
    textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.enabled = true;
    textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.size = strokeSize;
    textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.color = new SolidColor();
    textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.color.rgb.hexValue = '000000';
    textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.position = StrokeLocation.CENTER;
    textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;
}

I have run the code and it says undefined is not an object at line: textLayer.layerStyle.stroke.enabled = true; Why is so? The text is made surely, not the stroke. What am I making wrong here?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What gave you the idea that »layerStyle.stroke« is a property of an ArtLayer? 

Are you at all familiar with Photoshop’s DOM Scripting? 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Did you use ChatGPT or some other AI-tool to create the code? 

Because from past examples on this Forum it seems those occasionally produce mixtures of Illustrator DOM/Photoshop DOM-Script-elements.

And those cannot work in either application. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Have you been able to create a functioning Script yet? 

[fairoozino_3662]

Unfortunately, it is made by ChatGPT. Can you help me with one script? And yes, I have written a smaller script once since I have a good understanding of JS.

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

// 2024, use it at your own risk;
var textArray = ["Hello"];
var fontSize = 30;
var fontFamily = "KomikaAxis";
var strokeSize = 10;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < textArray.length; i++) {
    var currentText = textArray[i];
    
    var textLayer = app.activeDocument.artLayers.add();
    textLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
    textLayer.textItem.contents = currentText;
    
    textLayer.textItem.font = fontFamily;
    textLayer.textItem.size = fontSize;
    
    var textColor = new SolidColor();
    textColor.rgb.red = 255;
    textColor.rgb.green = 255;
    textColor.rgb.blue = 255;
    textLayer.textItem.color = textColor;
    
    textLayer.textItem.position = [541, 1144];
    applyLayerStyleStroke (strokeSize, 128, 128, 128)
}
};
////// make stroke //////
function applyLayerStyleStroke (theWitdh, theR, theG, theB) {
// =======================================================
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
var desc12 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref7 = new ActionReference();
var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" );
var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );
ref7.putProperty( idPrpr, idLefx );
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
ref7.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
desc12.putReference( idnull, ref7 );
var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );
var desc13 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idScl = charIDToTypeID( "Scl " );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc13.putUnitDouble( idScl, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idFrFX = charIDToTypeID( "FrFX" );
var desc14 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idenab = charIDToTypeID( "enab" );
desc14.putBoolean( idenab, true );
var idStyl = charIDToTypeID( "Styl" );
var idFStl = charIDToTypeID( "FStl" );
desc14.putEnumerated( idStyl, idFStl, charIDToTypeID( "OutF" ) );
var idPntT = charIDToTypeID( "PntT" );
var idFrFl = charIDToTypeID( "FrFl" );
var idSClr = charIDToTypeID( "SClr" );
desc14.putEnumerated( idPntT, idFrFl, idSClr );
var idMd = charIDToTypeID( "Md  " );
var idBlnM = charIDToTypeID( "BlnM" );
var idNrml = charIDToTypeID( "Nrml" );
desc14.putEnumerated( idMd, idBlnM, idNrml );
var idOpct = charIDToTypeID( "Opct" );
var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
desc14.putUnitDouble( idOpct, idPrc, 100.000000 );
var idSz = charIDToTypeID( "Sz  " );
var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
desc14.putUnitDouble( idSz, idPxl, theWitdh );
var idClr = charIDToTypeID( "Clr " );
var desc15 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idRd = charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " );
desc15.putDouble( idRd, theR );
var idGrn = charIDToTypeID( "Grn " );
desc15.putDouble( idGrn, theG );
var idBl = charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " );
desc15.putDouble( idBl, theB );
var idRGBC = charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" );
desc14.putObject( idClr, idRGBC, desc15 );
var idFrFX = charIDToTypeID( "FrFX" );
desc13.putObject( idFrFX, idFrFX, desc14 );
var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );
desc12.putObject( idT, idLefx, desc13 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc12, DialogModes.NO );
};

[fairoozino_3662]

That's such an elegant solution. Is there any reference where I can learn these things from?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

The »peculiar looking« part in the function is Action Manager (AM) code, one can get it by recording Photoshop oprations with ScriptingListener.plugin. 

As for general references: 

SCRIPTING GUIDE ADOBE PHOTOSHOPAdobe Communityhttps://community.adobe.com › photoshop › phot...

photoshop-javascript-ref-2020.pdfGitHubhttps://github.com › blob › master › Documentation › ph...