Remove All PathItems is Buggy

[wckdtall]

Just wanted to post this up in case others are experiencing the same thing. If you have vector layers in Photoshop and simply "app.activeDocument.pathItems.removeAll();" there are several results you may experience, based on what is selected. I have documented that below in my function.

The simplest workaround to avoid these errors is to deselect layers, made easy by this script. Javascript - deselect all layers

Begin Script:

function deselectLayers() {  

    var desc01 = new ActionDescriptor();  

        var ref01 = new ActionReference();  

        ref01.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );  

    desc01.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref01 );  

    executeAction( stringIDToTypeID('selectNoLayers'), desc01, DialogModes.NO );  

};

function psRemovePaths() {

/*

BY DEFAULT REMOVEALL PATHITEMS WILL

- With a single vector shape selected, it will delete itself with inconsistent results, sometimes deleting others.

- With all layers selected, it will delete just the vector masks

- With Multiple layers selected, it will delete all vector,

- With a raster layer selected, it will not delete anything

- With no layesr selected it will not delete anything.

WE MUST DESELECT LAYERS FIRST

*/

    deselectLayers();

    app.activeDocument.pathItems.removeAll();

}