Load selection

Thanks for that.

Basically what I was trying to do was load the selection of the stroke border onto the background image, if that makes sense?

I think I was going about it a long way round though because it was only a simple straight 10px border. I've now got rid of the stroke border layer and just made the selection directly onto the original image...

ShapeRef = Array(Array(10, 10), Array(10, 590), Array(590,590), Array(590,10))
newDocRef.Selection.Select ShapeRef
newDocRef.Selection.Invert()

Just another question while I'm here, I presume layer styles such as shadow, glow, bevel etc can only be done through script listener?

Thanks again,

Andy

If Im understanding you correctly then you are wanting to load selection from a layers transparency? Like command clicking in the layer's icon… The load selection in the DOM is from saved alpha channels so you will need to use scriptlistener to do this… This is made from the Plug-In's output but you should be able to call this from VB? Not sure if the Plug-In can output VB for you on a PC? I know it don't do AppleScript on Mac… Anyhow…

#target photoshop

var docRef = app.activeDocument;
docRef.activeLayer = docRef.layers[0]; 

selLayerTrans();

function selLayerTrans() {
     function cTID(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
     function sTID(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };
          var desc01 = new ActionDescriptor();
          var ref1 = new ActionReference();
          ref1.putProperty( cTID('Chnl'), cTID('fsel') );
          desc01.putReference( cTID('null'), ref1 );
          var ref2 = new ActionReference();
          ref2.putEnumerated( cTID('Chnl'), cTID('Chnl'), cTID('Trsp') );
          desc01.putReference( cTID('T   '), ref2 );
     executeAction( cTID('setd'), desc01, DialogModes.NO );
}