CC2018 Crashing With My Script

[IanBarber]

I am trying to run the Silver Efex Pro from a script. It used to work fine until I upgraded to CC2018 but now Photoshop crashes and I am baffled as to why.

Can anyone see any reason.

#target photoshop
cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };
//==================== sep ==============
function sep() {
  // Silver Efex Pro 2
  function step1(enabled, withDialog) {
    if (enabled != undefined && !enabled)
      return;
    var dialogMode = (withDialog ? DialogModes.ALL : DialogModes.NO);
    executeAction(sTID('com.niksoftware.sep2.ps'), undefined, dialogMode);
  };
  step1();      // Silver Efex Pro 2
};
sep.main = function () {
  sep();
};
sep.main();

[r-bin]

Manual call of Silver Efex Pro from the Filter menu does not cause a crash?

Try instead

executeAction (sTID ('com.niksoftware.sep2.ps'), undefined, dialogMode);

use

executeAction (sTID ('com.niksoftware.sep2.ps'), new ActionDescriptor (), dialogMode);

[IanBarber]

Using the following still crashes Photoshop. I just cannot see why this would be

1. executeAction (sTID ('com.niksoftware.sep2.ps'), new ActionDescriptor (), dialogMode); 

[r-bin]

You did not say, when you manually call a filter from the filters menu, does the crash happen or not?

[IanBarber]

r-bin  wrote

You did not say, when you manually call a filter from the filters menu, does the crash happen or not?

Manually calling from the filter menu appears to work ok

[r-bin]

OK.

Install, temporarily, the ScriptListener plugin.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/downloadable-plugins-and-content.html

Launch photoshop. Execute the filter call, close the photoshop, delete the ScriptListener plugin. And post here the file from the Desktop - ScriptingListenerJS.log.

[IanBarber]

This is the result.

// =======================================================

var idinvokeCommand = stringIDToTypeID( "invokeCommand" );

    var desc22 = new ActionDescriptor();

    var idcommandID = stringIDToTypeID( "commandID" );

    desc22.putInteger( idcommandID, -474 );

    var idkcanDispatchWhileModal = stringIDToTypeID( "kcanDispatchWhileModal" );

    desc22.putBoolean( idkcanDispatchWhileModal, true );

executeAction( idinvokeCommand, desc22, DialogModes.NO );

// =======================================================

var idcom.niksoftware.septwo.ps = stringIDToTypeID( "com.niksoftware.sep2.ps" );

    var desc23 = new ActionDescriptor();

    var iddRes = charIDToTypeID( "dRes" );

    desc23.putInteger( iddRes, 5104 );

    var idconf = charIDToTypeID( "conf" );

    desc23.putString( idconf, """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);

executeAction( idcom.niksoftware.septwo.ps, desc23, DialogModes.NO );

[r-bin]

Try to execute script

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();
    d.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "dRes" ), 5104 );
    d.putString( charIDToTypeID( "conf" ), "");
    executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "com.niksoftware.sep2.ps" ), d, DialogModes.ALL );

If ok then try

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();
    d.putString( charIDToTypeID( "conf" ), "");
    executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "com.niksoftware.sep2.ps" ), d, DialogModes.ALL );

If ok then replace in two scripts DialogModes.ALL to DialogModes.NO and run both scripts again

Report the results please.

[IanBarber]

var d = new ActionDescriptor();
    d.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "dRes" ), 5104 );
    d.putString( charIDToTypeID( "conf" ), "");
    executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "com.niksoftware.sep2.ps" ), d, DialogModes.ALL );

This loads Silver Efex but then causes Photoshop to Stop Responding, only way to close the app is to force quit

[r-bin]

I can not test anything since I do not have this filter.
In extreme cases, you can try to use that long line

d.putString (charIDToTypeID ("conf"), "... very lo ng strin ...

But it will probably call a filter with some predefined parameters, which is probably not desirable. And which can be dependent on the parameter of the current layer, for example its dimensions.

It's strange that it worked in CC2017. Is the version of the plugin the same?

[Geppetto Luis]

I found this solution

see if it's fine for your case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtBM81uzRc