Can you also read a photoshop preference like "resize image during place"

[Marvin01]

Thanks to the community I already have a script to set the setting setting "resize image during place" using the following script...

sTT = stringIDToTypeID; (ref = new ActionReference()).putProperty(sTT('property'), gP = sTT('generalPreferences')) ref.putClass(sTT('application')); (dsc1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(sTT('null'), ref); (dsc2 = new ActionDescriptor()).putBoolean(sTT('resizePastePlace'), false) dsc1.putObject(sTT('to'), gP, dsc2), executeAction(sTT('set'), dsc1); 

I would like to "upgrade" the function to set it back to what it previously was. Is it posible to also read this setting?

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

Does this help? 

var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var placeScale = applicationDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("generalPreferences")).getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("resizePastePlace"));
alert (placeScale);

[Marvin01]

Thanks! That works great!

I run a script that requires this setting to be off, but some users didn't like having this setting turned off in every day use, so now I can adjust the script to read it first and reset it to it's previous setting after the script is done.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

I would have thought that it would be as simple as changing false to true, but it is not that easy!

Script listener works, it is just a little more verbose.

[Kukurykus]

If you'd have asked it in original thread I would say to change false to true:

How change Photoshop Preferences by script (Resize Image During Place)

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

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@Kukurykus wrote:

If you'd have asked it in original thread I would say to change false to true:

How change Photoshop Preferences by script (Resize Image During Place)

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I didn't think of it at the time and had forgotten that I had even taken part in that original topic! :]

Ah, now I see, your original (correct) code below is not the same as posted above!

sTT = stringIDToTypeID;

(ref = new ActionReference()).putProperty(
  sTT("property"),
  (gP = sTT("generalPreferences"))
);
ref.putClass(sTT("application"));
(dsc1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(sTT("null"), ref);
(dsc2 = new ActionDescriptor()).putBoolean(sTT("resizePastePlace"), false);
dsc1.putObject(sTT("to"), gP, dsc2), executeAction(sTT("set"), dsc1);

And yes, both true and false work as expected... Mystery solved, thank you!

[Kukurykus]

Mine code from other thread and provided by user are same, aren't they?

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

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@Kukurykus wrote:

Mine code from other thread and provided by user are same, aren't they?

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No, they are not exactly the same, which explains why I couldn't simply change false to true and get a workable result in the code posted in this topic. I can change your original code from the other topic and get a workable result, which is the clue.

Forgetting minor differences such as single vs. double quotes, one example is a missing parentheses and semi-colon:

[Kukurykus]

It's same but with spaces instead of returns.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

There is a missing ); as indicated in the text search screenshot, this is not a word wrap issue.

Forgetting white space, there are 368 charcters in the original code, 357 characters in the copied code.

[Kukurykus]

No, there is no ';' in original code, but return character, while in pasted code a space character.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

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@Kukurykus wrote:

No, there is no ';' in original code, but return character, while in pasted code a space character.

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There is, there are at least two of them, you can see it in the screenshot and in the code that I copied from the original topic above and in the image below:

[Kukurykus]

You look at wrong spots. Compare culprits in both codes: ') r' & ') d'.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

I don't think that there is any point in discussing this further, I have stated the case multiple times... But again:

Your original code from the original topic works when swapping the false/true.

The code in this topic by the OP does not.

[Kukurykus]

Yes, it does work. You must do something wrong if it doesn't for you. That's the same code.

Change space characters to return characters in 2 spots I indicated and it'll work flawlessly.