Programatically load/unload actions

[seanc67228472]

I've been struggling with this for the last day or so.

I want to be able to dynamically add an action set (seems I can do this with app.Load("...atn");

But then I cannot see a way to unload it (which I need to do).

I had a go at copying the .atn file into the presets folder (app data & program default) - but neither seem to enable me to use the Actions behind the scenes without explicitly calling the load.

I'm using C# but any alternatives considered at this stage.

Thanks!

[JJMack]

Look at Xtool it may have something.  I know its has a library function to clear out the Action Pallet I have used to empty it the load a collection of action sets. I'm quiye sure it has a deleteAction function.... As well as delete all action sets which I use.

// Clear out the Action Palette and load a new set of Action Sets

Stdlib.deleteAllActionSets(false); // Thanks to Xtools

for (var i=0;i<actionSetsNames.length;i++){ loadActionSet(new File(actionSetsPath + actionSetsNames + ".atn"));} // Load Action Sets

[seanc67228472]

Thanks - I really appreciate this.

It's a a shame there's nothing obviously out-of-the-box when working with the Photoshop application object via the .Net environment.

I'll take a good look though:  the reference doc (http://ps-scripts.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ps-scripts/xtools/docs/Stdlib.pdf ) indicates DeleteActionSet/Step methods so will be good to see how they work.

[SuperMerlin · Accepted solution]

This may help...

#target photoshop;
var actionList =getActionSets();
for(var d in actionList){
    var str = decodeURI(actionList);
    //modify to match layerset name to find
    if(str.match( /^Set to find/i)) unLoadAction(actionList);
    }
////////////// Functions
function getActionSets(){
var aSets=[];
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('ASet'), 1);
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var Count = desc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("count")) + 1;
for(var t=1; t<=Count; t++){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('ASet'), t);
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var actName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID('Nm  '));
aSets.push(actName);
}
return aSets;
};
function unLoadAction(aSet){
var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); 
var ref = new ActionReference(); 
ref.putName( charIDToTypeID( "ASet" ), decodeURI(aSet)); 
desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); 
executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Dlt " ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
};

[seanc67228472]

Great responses - really impressed with the speed of knowledge sharing on my first question!

Linked to the above i found this previously (Help with an action refreshing script )...

Specifically the code: which aligns to what you posted.

function delAction(aName) { 

    var idDlt = charIDToTypeID( "Dlt " ); 

    var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor(); 

    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); 

    var ref1 = new ActionReference(); 

    var idASet = charIDToTypeID( "ASet" ); 

    ref1.putName( idASet, aName ); 

    desc1.putReference( idnull, ref1 ); 

    executeAction( idDlt, desc1, DialogModes.NO ); 

}