I'm very new to photoshop scripting, so I appologize if this is such a newbie question, but my coding skills didn't take me very far unfortunately.
my goal is to have a script that saves as an Icon and close the document afterwards, photoshop doesn't support saving as Icon by default, but using This Plugin it gives me the option to do so (image has to be 8bit and no larger than 256x256)
I found the script below in the form, it does most of what I want, except that it saves as png, I want to change that so it saves as an Icon.ico
main();
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;
try{
var Path = decodeURI(activeDocument.path);
}catch(e){return;}
if(!Folder(Path).exists){
alert(Path + " Does not exist!");
return;
}
var Name = decodeURI(app.activeDocument.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var saveFile = File(Path + "/" + Name + ".png");
sfwPNG24(saveFile);
//Uncomment the line below if you want to close the document.
//app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
function sfwPNG24(saveFile){
var pngOpts = new PNGSaveOptions;
pngOpts.compression = 9;
pngOpts.interlaced = false;
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, pngOpts, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
and if possible, I want the script to also minimize photoshop after it's finished.
I should mention that after choosing to save as an icon, the plugin pops up this "Choose icon format" box (I always use standard ICO) so this has to be addressed in the script somehow
any help is appreciated, Thank you in advance.
1 Correct answer
@Stephen_A_Marsh So, I got things to run as smooth as possible with AHK, but all my attempts to make the script save the ICO in it's active location have failed unfortunately!
By @Mr.Turquoise
OK, try this (code updated):
main();
function main() {
if (!documents.length) return;
try {
// Use the previously saved directory path
var Path = activeDocument.path;
} catch (e) {
// If unsaved, prompt for the save path
alert('Unsaved file, save the file manually and run the script aga
Explore related tutorials & articles
13
Replies
I should mention that after choosing to save as an icon, the plugin pops up this "Choose icon format" box (I always use standard ICO) so this has to be addressed in the script somehow
any help is appreciated, Thank you in advance.
By @Mr.Turquoise
It appears that this second window is not captured in an action or the SL code, so it will always be presented. The following is test code, it seemed pointless to make it use variable paths and filenames.
// check should be in place for files over 256px longest canvas edge
var savedDisplayDialogs = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
saveICO("ICO Windows Icon/Favicon", new File("~/Desktop/theICON.ico"));
app.displayDialogs = savedDisplayDialogs;
app.beep();
function saveICO(as, In) {
var c2t = function (s) {
return app.charIDToTypeID(s);
};
var s2t = function (s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
descriptor.putString( s2t( "as" ), as );
descriptor.putPath( c2t( "In " ), In );
descriptor.putInteger( s2t( "documentID" ), 219 );
descriptor.putEnumerated( s2t( "saveStage" ), s2t( "saveStageType" ), s2t( "saveSucceeded" ));
executeAction( s2t( "save" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );
}
Thanks Stephen, the script seems to work as intended, although photoshop gives me the "error alarm sound" while the script is running, not sure what's going wrong in the background because the icon get's saved on the desktop as intended..
this second "standard icon" window is a real bummer.. I think I narrowed it down and I believe this is the part that corresponds with it..
// =======================================================
var idmodalStateChanged = stringIDToTypeID( "modalStateChanged" );
var desc256 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idLvl = charIDToTypeID( "Lvl " );
desc256.putInteger( idLvl, 0 );
var idStte = charIDToTypeID( "Stte" );
var idStte = charIDToTypeID( "Stte" );
var idexit = stringIDToTypeID( "exit" );
desc256.putEnumerated( idStte, idStte, idexit );
var idkcanDispatchWhileModal = stringIDToTypeID( "kcanDispatchWhileModal" );
desc256.putBoolean( idkcanDispatchWhileModal, true );
var idTtl = charIDToTypeID( "Ttl " );
desc256.putString( idTtl, """Save As""" );
executeAction( idmodalStateChanged, desc256, DialogModes.NO );
if it's not too much trouble, could you please test it on your machine, installing the "save as icon" plugin is really easy to install, you just place the file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Required\Plug-ins\File Formats
you can get it here
it seemed pointless to make it use variable paths and filenames.
it's actually crucial for me that the icon gets saved in the same folder as the original file.. I tried using lines from the first script into yours but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work..
@Stephen_A_Marsh So, I got things to run as smooth as possible with AHK, but all my attempts to make the script save the ICO in it's active location have failed unfortunately!
By @Mr.Turquoise
OK, try this (code updated):
main();
function main() {
if (!documents.length) return;
try {
// Use the previously saved directory path
var Path = activeDocument.path;
} catch (e) {
// If unsaved, prompt for the save path
alert('Unsaved file, save the file manually and run the script again!');
return;
}
var savedRuler = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
if (activeDocument.width.value < 257 && activeDocument.height.value < 257) {
var Name = decodeURI(activeDocument.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var saveFile = new File(Path + "/" + Name + ".ico");
saveICO("ICO Windows Icon/Favicon", saveFile);
// Uncomment the line below if you want to close the document.
//app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
} else {
alert("The canvas width or height must be under 256 px for ICO format!");
}
app.preferences.rulerUnits = savedRuler;
}
function saveICO(as, In) {
var c2t = function (s) {
return app.charIDToTypeID(s);
};
var s2t = function (s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
descriptor.putString(s2t("as"), as);
descriptor.putPath(c2t("In "), In);
descriptor.putInteger(s2t("documentID"), 219);
descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("saveStage"), s2t("saveStageType"), s2t("saveSucceeded"));
executeAction(s2t("save"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}
that worked beautifully, thank you so much. and the alerts were a nice touch, very professional 😉
just a small note for anyone who might ever need to use this in the future, just edit the width value from 256 to 257 so you could save icons that are 256
if (activeDocument.width.value < 256 && activeDocument.height.value < 256)
AdChoices