Error while creating a text layer, when 2+ artboards are available in the document

[lol87030884]

Hi, I have encountered a weird error while trying to generate a new text layer.

When a single artboard is available in the document, the script runs fine and create an empty text layer;

When 2 or more artboards are available in the document, the scripts generates the layer, but it then gets stuck while trying to convert it to a text one. The console says "The layer cannot contain text".

Pasting my code here, with comments.

#target photoshop


//this script attempts to create a text layer above the selected layer contained into an artboard.
//For some reason, it works on the first available artboard, but not on the other ones. The error is "The layer cannot contain text"


//get active PS document
var doc = activeDocument; 


//get active artboard 
var currentArtboard = getActiveArtboard();  


//create new art layer in the current artboard
var newLayer = currentArtboard.artLayers.add();


//trying to convert to text layer. Fails when 2+ artboards are available int the document
newLayer.name = "test";
newLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT; 


function getActiveArtboard() {  
    var key = false;
    var l   = doc.activeLayer;
    var p   = l.parent;


    try {  
        while (!key) {  
            doc.activeLayer = p;  
            var ref = new ActionReference();  
            ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));  
            key = executeActionGet(ref).getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("artboardEnabled"));  
            if (key) {  
                return p  
            }  
            p = p.parent;  
        } 


    } catch (e) {  
        alert('This layer is not contained within an artboard');  
        return undefined; 
    }  
}  

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

[jzavocki]

I got this error too when I was trying to use the specKing photoshop plug-in for measuring and design specifications plugin ... Bizzaro ... worked like 2 months ago *subscribing*

[nvkzNemo · Accepted solution]

var doc = activeDocument;


var currentArtboard = getActiveArtboard();


function makeTextLayer() {
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
    var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putClass(app.charIDToTypeID('TxLr'));
    desc.putReference(app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref);
    desc2.putString(app.charIDToTypeID('Txt '), "text");
    var list2 = new ActionList();
    desc2.putList(app.charIDToTypeID('Txtt'), list2);
    desc.putObject(app.charIDToTypeID('Usng'), app.charIDToTypeID('TxLr'), desc2);
    executeAction(app.charIDToTypeID('Mk  '), desc, DialogModes.NO);
    return doc.activeLayer
}


var newLayer = makeTextLayer();


newLayer.move(currentArtboard, ElementPlacement.INSIDE);


function getActiveArtboard() {
    var key = false;
    var l = doc.activeLayer;
    var p = l.parent;
    try {
        while (!key) {
            doc.activeLayer = p;
            var ref = new ActionReference();
            ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
            key = executeActionGet(ref).getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("artboardEnabled"));
            if (key) {
                return p
            }
            p = p.parent;
        }
    } catch (e) {
        alert('This layer is not contained within an artboard');
        return doc
    }
}

[lol87030884]

This is the correct workaround. There is a bug in the current javascript interface to create text layers, I guess.