JavaScript, why methods .selectEllipse(), .selectColumn(), .selectPolygon() and etc don't work?

[Fillmore30814878t9ab]

This question is a duplicate of my question on stackoverflow, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78704383/photoshop-javascript-why-docref-selection-selectellipse...

I automate Photoshop using JavaScript, so here is my code:

var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits
originalRulerUnits = Units.PIXELS

displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO

var fileRef = new File( "C:\\Users\\...\\Desktop\\...\\...\\test.png" );
app.open( fileRef );
var docRef = app.activeDocument;

So this code works fine, but next when I'm trying

docRef.selection.selectEllipse(
{top: 50, left: 70, bottom: 140, right: 100},
SelectionType.EXTEND
);

or 

docRef.selection.selectColumn(90);

with or without await keyword, or

docRef.selection.selectEllipse({top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 100, right: 100});

and etc., nothing happens?

I've found these methods in Adobe documentation:
https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/classes/selection/#selectall but they aren't present in photoshop-javascript-ref-2020.pdf , neither in photoshop-scripting-guide-2020.pdf ( https://github.com/Adobe-CEP/CEP-Resources/tree/master/Documentation/Product%20specific%20Documentat... )

I'm using Photoshop 25.0.0, but those Instruments (-Elliptical Marquee Tool; -Single Column Marquee Tool; -Polygonal Lasso Tool; -Rectangular Marquee Tool) were in Photoshop for many years, and for example methods like .select()

var shapeRef = [ [x2, y2], [width, y2], [width, height], [x2, height] ];
docRef.selection.select(shapeRef, selectionType.EXTEND);

or 

.selectAll()

method works fine.

So what am I doing wrong?

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

Legacy ExtendScript/Action Manager code (.jsx) isn't compatible with the new UXP/BatchPlay code (.psjs). It's one or the other.

[Fillmore30814878t9ab]

So, do I understand correctly that these new methods (selectColumn, selectEllipse and so on) will only work for UXP/BatchPlay code (.psjs)? And not in .jsx?

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Yes, exactly. 

Because, as you said yourself, these methods can be found in the UXP reference - and not in the Javascript reference.

[Fillmore30814878t9ab]

Thank you very much, now I've got it.