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Inserted menu item ‘Save as’ in action, opens different folder

  • May 19, 2024
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When I do a manual 'save as' , the dialogue box opens to where the psd was originally opened from as expected.. 

however , when I run an action containing the step 'save as' (as an inserted menu item) , it opens the last folder used ..

Ive tried all the usual resetting pref etc , and both 'save to original file' and 'legacy save' are both checked .. 

i just don't understand why ctrl+sh+s should behave differently to the 'save as' step in an action ?

 

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    Stephen Marsh
    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    May 19, 2024

    @CanvasHut 

     

    I can't reproduce this result. I tested on an Intel Mac with Ps 25.7.0, File Handling Prefs set to "Save As to Original Folder" and "Legacy Save As" and got the same result from manually running Save As vs. Save As inserted into an action. If the open file has a backing path (i.e. has been previously saved), the default Save As location is to the same directory as the open file for both methods. EDIT: For a new unsaved file, the last Save As location in that session is remembered.

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      CanvasHutAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      May 19, 2024

      Thanks for reply , I'm on Ps 25.7 too but windows version .. ive tested on version 20.0.9 of ps and there's no issue there so 🤷🏻‍♂ 

      Stephen Marsh
      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      May 20, 2024

      oh ok yes , so such script a could 'save as' to original folder ?
      That's all I need it to do , (and with the original file name in the file field)

      Thanks


      @CanvasHut wrote:

      oh ok yes , so such script a could 'save as' to original folder ?
      That's all I need it to do , (and with the original file name in the file field)

      Thanks

       

      You can try this:

       

      #target photoshop

function s2t(s) {
    return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
}
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
try {
    var docPath = app.activeDocument.path;
} catch (e) {
    var docPath = '~/Desktop';
}
var docName = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
descriptor.putObject(s2t("as"), s2t("photoshop35Format"), descriptor);
descriptor.putPath(s2t("in"), new File(docPath + '/' + docName));
descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("lowerCase"), true);
executeAction(s2t("save"), descriptor, DialogModes.ALL);

       

      Instructions for saving the code and use:

       

      https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

       

        c.pfaffenbichler
        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        May 19, 2024

        Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Actions, Options Bar, …) visible and the Action fully expanded? 

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          CanvasHutAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          May 19, 2024

          Hey thanks , but there's nothing of interest to show in a screenshot everything normal and the save action doesn't expand as it's a menu command inserted (I have it at the start of every print action as I want to save the psd in case ps crashes on print , which is another issue in another thread 😆 )

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