PseudoResources in Automation Plugin

[_Chris_A_Wells_]

My company has published a small automation plugin for Photoshop using the Adobe Photoshop 5.0 SDK. It currently works on my machine (Windows 2000) using Photoshop 7.<br /><br />I'm trying to modify the plugin so that it saves some data in the current document. The docs say that Pseudo Resources are the way to do this. Whenever I call addProc, I get no error, but countProc and getProc act as though I haven't added anything. Can anyone clue me in to what I've left out / done wrong in the following incantation?....<br /><br /><pre><br />#include <PIUtilities.h><br /><br />class PSPseudoResource_t : public PIUSuitePointer<ResourceProcs> {<br /> public:<br /> PSPseudoResource_t(SPBasicSuite* inSPBasic);<br />};<br /><br />PSPseudoResource_t::PSPseudoResource_t(SPBasicSuite* inSPBasic = NULL) :<br /> PIUSuitePointer <ResourceProcs> (<br /> inSPBasic,<br /> kPIResourceSuite,<br /> kPIResourceSuiteVersion<br /> ) {<br />}<br /><br />PSPseudoResource_t sPSPseudoResource(NULL);<br /><br /> *snip*<br /><br />SPAPI SPErr ENTRYPOINT(const char* const caller, <br /> const char* const selector, const void* const data) {<br /> const char* optionalSuiteIDs [] = {<br /> kPSBasicActionControlSuite,<br /> kPSChannelPortsSuite,<br /> kPIResourceSuite,<br /> NULL<br /> };<br /><br /> // This C++ object takes care of all dispatching.<br /> static PIUDispatch* dispatcher = new PIUDispatch (<br /> (char**) &optionalSuiteIDs,<br /> ADMAboutID,<br /> PIUAPI_None,<br /> Plugin::sExecute,<br /> PIUAPI_None,<br /> PIUAPI_None,<br /> PIUAPI_None,<br /> PIUAPI_None<br /> );<br /><br /> *snip*<br /><br /> #define MY_RES_TYPE 0x61746164<br /> int ret = 0;<br /> Handle h = NULL;<br /> char prbuff[1024] = "some_text";<br /> SPBasicSuite *sbs = &*sSPBasic;<br /> if (sbs != NULL) {<br /> h = sPSHandle->New(256);<br /> GlobalLock(h);<br /> strcpy(*h, prbuff);<br /> GlobalUnlock(h);<br /> PSPseudoResource_t new_sPSPseudoResource(sbs);<br /> sPSPseudoResource = new_sPSPseudoResource;<br /> // Returns 0<br /> ret = new_sPSPseudoResource->countProc(MY_RES_TYPE);<br /> if (ret == 0) {<br /> // Returns 0<br /> ret = new_sPSPseudoResource->addProc(MY_RES_TYPE, h);<br /> }<br /> // Returns 0<br /> ret = new_sPSPseudoResource->countProc(MY_RES_TYPE);<br /> // Returns NULL<br /> h = new_sPSPseudoResource->getProc(MY_RES_TYPE, 1);<br /> }<br /><br /> *snip*<br />}<br /></pre>

[Tom Ruark]

Try making a filter plug-in and adding your resources there. Make the filter plug-in scriptable so you can call it from your automation plug-in.