get Pattern ID

[Joachim Hiller]

Hi,

is there a way to retrieve the ID of a pattern besides the name?

function getAllPatterns() {
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putEnumerated(cTID("capp"), cTID("Ordn"), cTID("Trgt"));
    var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
    var List = desc.getList(sTID('presetManager'));
    var patterns = [];
    var list = List.getObjectValue(4).getList(charIDToTypeID('Nm  '));
    for (var i = 0; i < list.count; i++) {
        var str = list.getString(i);
        // $.writeln('str: ' + str);
        patterns.push(str);
    }
    return patterns;
};
getAllPatterns();

Kind Regards

Joe

[SuperMerlin · Accepted solution]

You can get them from the pat files I.E.

var patFolder = Folder("/C/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)/Presets/Patterns");
var pattern = patFolder.getFiles( "*.pat")[0];
alert(getPatterns(pattern).join("\n"));
function getPatterns(file){
  file.open("r");
  file.encoding = 'BINARY';
  var str = file.read();
  file.close();
  var patterns=[];
  //Thanks to X for the regex
  var re = /(\x00\w|\x00\d)(\x00\-|\x00\w|\x00\s|\x00\d)+\x00\x00\$[-a-z\d]+/g;
  var parts = str.match(re);
  for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
    var p = parts;
    var sp = p.replace(/\x00/g, '').split('$');
     patterns.push([[sp[0]], [sp[1]]]);   
     }
 return patterns;
};

[Joachim Hiller]

Thanks SuperMerlin​,

there is no way to get the ID's of all loaded patterns?

[SuperMerlin]

Not that I know of.

[greless · Accepted solution]

if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
 //ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("layerEffects")); 
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var layerDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("currentToolOptions"));   
 layerDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("pattern"));        
checkDesc2 (layerDesc);
};
//////
////// based on code by michael l hale //////
function checkDesc2 (theDesc) {
var c = theDesc.count;
var str = '';
for(var i=0;i<c;i++){ //enumerate descriptor's keys
  str = str + 'Key '+i+' = '+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getKey(i))+'/'+typeIDToCharID(theDesc.getKey(i))+': '+theDesc.getType(theDesc.getKey(i))+':'+getValues (theDesc, i)+'\n';
  };
alert("desc\n\n"+str);
logInfo(str);
};
////// check //////
function getValues (theDesc, theNumber) {
        var key = theDesc.getKey(theNumber);  
        var type = theDesc.getType(key);  
switch (type) {
case DescValueType.ALIASTYPE:
return theDesc.getPath(key);
break;
case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE:
return theDesc.getBoolean(key);
break;
case DescValueType.CLASSTYPE:
return theDesc.getClass(key);
break;
case DescValueType.DOUBLETYPE:
return theDesc.getDouble(key);
break;
case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE:
return (typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getEnumerationValue(key))+"_"+typeIDToCharID(theDesc.getEnumerationType(key)));
break;
case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE:
return theDesc.getInteger(key);
break;
case DescValueType.LISTTYPE:
return theDesc.getList(key);
break;
case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE:
return (theDesc.getObjectValue(key)+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getObjectType(key))+"_"+typeIDToCharID(theDesc.getObjectType(key)));
break;
case DescValueType.RAWTYPE:
//return theDesc.getReference(theDesc.getData(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.REFERENCETYPE:
return theDesc.getReference(key);
break;
case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE:
return theDesc.getString(key);
break;
case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE:
return (theDesc.getUnitDoubleValue(key)+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getUnitDoubleType(key))+"_"+typeIDToCharID(theDesc.getUnitDoubleType(key)));
break;
default: val =  theDesc.getType(key).toString();
break;
};
};
function logInfo(Txt){  
var file = new File(Folder.desktop + "/style2.txt");  
file.open("w", "TEXT", "????");  
file.seek(0,2);  
$.os.search(/windows/i)  != -1 ? file.lineFeed = 'windows'  : file.lineFeed = 'macintosh';  
file.writeln(Txt);  
file.close();  
};

[r-bin]

The pattern can be set in the pattern adjustment layer using only the pattern name, and then you can read the ID from this pattern adjustment layer.

And why do you need it?

[Joachim Hiller]

I first tried the name, but there were problems with the included  patterns.

For the supplied pattern would be another approach necessary as self-created. Thats my Problem

function createPatternFill(name, scale) {

  try {

  //does not work because the name is localized

  // alert(localize("$$$/Presets/Patterns/" + name));


  //included  Pattern
  //German Version
  alert(localize("$$$/Presets/Patterns/" + "Rechts-diagonale Linie 1"));

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
  var ref = new ActionReference();
  ref.putClass( sTID('contentLayer') );
  desc1.putReference( cTID('null'), ref );
  var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
  var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
  desc3.putUnitDouble( cTID('Scl '), cTID('#Prc'), scale );
  var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();

  //included  Patterns
  desc4.putString( cTID('Nm '), localize("$$$/Presets/Patterns/" + name) );

    //for all others
  desc4.putString( cTID('Nm '),  name );


  // desc4.putString( cTID('Idnt'), "bf565312-67b6-1177-9181-9d5762aa7056" );
  desc3.putObject( cTID('Ptrn'), cTID('Ptrn'), desc4 );
  desc2.putObject( cTID('Type'), sTID('patternLayer'), desc3 );
  desc1.putObject( cTID('Usng'), sTID('contentLayer'), desc2 );
  executeAction( cTID('Mk '), desc1, DialogModes.NO );
  }

  catch (e){

  alert(e + "\n" + e.line);
  }

}