How to stop recording state with JSX code?

[raxby]

I write a  jsx to record  action.But when i execute the code, the actions panel's state is still recording,so i want to stop recording.Here's the jsx code:

    cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
    sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };
    var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var ref1 = new ActionReference();
    ref1.putClass(cTID('Actn'));
    desc1.putReference(cTID('null'), ref1);
    var ref2 = new ActionReference();
    ref2.putName(cTID('ASet'), "culture");
    desc1.putReference(cTID('At  '), ref2);
    var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc2.putString(cTID('Nm  '), "action1");
    desc2.putInteger(cTID('FncK'), 0);
    desc1.putObject(cTID('Usng'), cTID('Actn'), desc2);
    executeAction(sTID('make'), desc1, DialogModes.NO);

[Geppetto Luis]

eventually replace this

DialogModes.NO

with this DialogModes.All

[raxby]

Sorry,you may not understand what I mean.

[r-bin]

Do you just want to create an empty action? If so, then in principle it is possible, but difficult. It is not clear why this is necessary.

[raxby]

Hi r-bin

Thanks for your reply.I don't want to create an empty ,the jsx file has some AM code after  making an action.My ultimate intention is to convert AM code to action.I don't know if that's possible, or if there's any other way.But if i use this way which is making an action through

jsx,how to stop recording mode will be a problem.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

What advantage or benefit is there in converting AM code into an action compared to recording an action the regular way? Is this meant to be an interactive/variable user driven process controlled from a script?

Perhaps look into xtools for inspiration:

xtools / v2.3

ActionDescriptorToJavascript.jsx

ActionDescriptorToXML.jsx

ActionEvalDemo.jsx

ActionFileBrowser.jsx

ActionFileFromSLCode.jsx

ActionFileFromXML.jsx

ActionFileToJavascript.jsx

ActionFileToXML.jsx

ActionLister.js

ActionSetRunner.js

ActionsPaletteToFiles.jsx

ActionToJavascript.jsx

ActionToXML.jsx

[raxby]

Thank you for your reply. It may be helpful to me.

[r-bin · Accepted solution]

ling54k 

My ultimate intention is to convert AM code to action.I don't know if that's possible, or if there's any other way.

Maybe this will help.

Using the ActionMaker object, you can create an Action from any AM code.

It is enough to use a.executeAction() in the script instead of executeAction().

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function ActionMaker(set_name, act_name)

    {

    try {

        this.set_name = set_name;

        this.act_name = act_name;

        this.data = new Array();

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e);  }

    }

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

ActionMaker.prototype.executeAction = function(event, desc)

    {

    try

        {

        this.data.push([event, desc]);

        executeAction(event, desc, DialogModes.NO);

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e);  }

    }

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

ActionMaker.prototype.load = function()

    {

    try {

        var file = new File(Folder.temp.fsName + "\\" + "tmp.atn");

        var len = this.data.length;

        var l0 = (len>>24) & 0xFF;

        var l1 = (len>>16) & 0xFF;

        var l2 = (len>>8 ) & 0xFF;

        var l3 = (len    ) & 0xFF;

        file.open("w");

        file.encoding = "BINARY";

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0,0,0,16)); // dword version

        file.write(string_to_bin(this.set_name));  // unicode set name

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));        // byte  set is expanded

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0,0,0,1));  // dword number of actions in action set

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0,0));      // word  index of action

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));        // byte  shift key needed for keyboard shortcut

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));        // byte  ctrl key needed for keyboard shortcut

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0,0));      // word  color index

        file.write(string_to_bin(this.act_name));     // unicode action name

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));           // byte  action is expanded

        file.write(String.fromCharCode(l0,l1,l2,l3)); // dword number of items in action

        for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)

            {

            file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));        // byte  item is expanded in the Actions palette

            file.write(String.fromCharCode(1));        // byte  item is enabled

            file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));        // byte  dialogs should be displayed

            file.write(String.fromCharCode(0));        // byte  options for displaying dialogs

            file.write("long");

            file.write(typeIDToCharID(this.data[i][0])); // charID of event

            file.write(String.fromCharCode(0,0,0,0));    // dword len and dictionary name

            if (this.data[i][1] && this.data[i][1].count)

                {

                file.write(String.fromCharCode(0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF)); // long -1 if have descriptor

                file.write(this.data[i][1].toStream().substr(4));

                }

            else

                {

                file.write(String.fromCharCode(0,0,0,0));

                }

            }

        file.close();

        app.load(file);

        file.remove();

        function string_to_bin(x)

            {  

            try {

                var d = new ActionDescriptor();

                d.putString(0, x);

                return d.toStream().substr(34);

                }

            catch (e) { alert(e); }       

            }

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e);  }

    }

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

var a = new ActionMaker("SET", "ACTION");

    // Some AM Code. Use a.executeAction() instead of executeAction()

    // ctrl-j

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();

    a.executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("copyToLayer"), d, DialogModes.NO);

    // cteate mask

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();

    d.putClass(stringIDToTypeID("new"), stringIDToTypeID("channel"));

    var r = new ActionReference();

    r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("channel"), stringIDToTypeID("channel"), stringIDToTypeID("mask"));

    d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("at"), r);

    d.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("using"), stringIDToTypeID("userMaskEnabled"), stringIDToTypeID("hideAll"));

    a.executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("make"), d, DialogModes.NO);

    // hide layer

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();

    var list = new ActionList();

    var r = new ActionReference();

    r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));

    list.putReference(r);

    d.putList(stringIDToTypeID("null"), list);

    a.executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("hide"), d, DialogModes.NO);

    // show layer

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();

    var list = new ActionList();

    var r = new ActionReference();

    r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));

    list.putReference(r);

    d.putList(stringIDToTypeID("null"), list);

    a.executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("show"), d, DialogModes.NO);

    // ctrl-j

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();

    a.executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("copyToLayer"), d, DialogModes.NO);

    // delete mask

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();

    var r = new ActionReference();

    r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("channel"), stringIDToTypeID("channel"), stringIDToTypeID("mask"));

    d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r);

    a.executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("delete"), d, DialogModes.NO);

a.load(); // load action

[raxby]

Wow, that's great.Thanks in advance!