Save as in predefined folder with all dialogModes

[Innotex Nico Tanne]

var saveDialog = new ActionDescriptor();
saveDialog.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("saveAs"), true);
saveDialog.putString(stringIDToTypeID("as"), "TIFF");
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("save"), saveDialog, DialogModes.ALL);

I need help, is it possible to open the save as dialog in a predefined folder? i have a variable directoryPath with the path in which save as should open. but i have not found a working solution 😞 can anyone help me 🙏

[Stephen Marsh]

I'm not very good with AM code.

Here is the raw SL recording:

var idsave = stringIDToTypeID( "save" );
    var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idas = stringIDToTypeID( "as" );
        var desc10 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idbyteOrder = stringIDToTypeID( "byteOrder" );
        var idplatform = stringIDToTypeID( "platform" );
        var idIBMPC = stringIDToTypeID( "IBMPC" );
        desc10.putEnumerated( idbyteOrder, idplatform, idIBMPC );
        var idsaveTransparency = stringIDToTypeID( "saveTransparency" );
        desc10.putBoolean( idsaveTransparency, true );
    var idTIFF = stringIDToTypeID( "TIFF" );
    desc9.putObject( idas, idTIFF, desc10 );
    var idin = stringIDToTypeID( "in" );
    desc9.putPath( idin, new File( "~/Documents/myFile.tif" ) );
    var iddocumentID = stringIDToTypeID( "documentID" );
    desc9.putInteger( iddocumentID, 862 );
    var idlowerCase = stringIDToTypeID( "lowerCase" );
    desc9.putBoolean( idlowerCase, true );
    var idsaveStage = stringIDToTypeID( "saveStage" );
    var idsaveStageType = stringIDToTypeID( "saveStageType" );
    var idsaveSucceeded = stringIDToTypeID( "saveSucceeded" );
    desc9.putEnumerated( idsaveStage, idsaveStageType, idsaveSucceeded );
executeAction(idsave, desc9, DialogModes.NO);

I started hacking at it:

var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idas = stringIDToTypeID("as");
desc9.putPath(stringIDToTypeID("in"), new File("~/Documents/"));
var idlowerCase = stringIDToTypeID("lowerCase");
desc9.putBoolean(idlowerCase, true);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("save"), desc9, DialogModes.ALL);

Hope this helps!

[Innotex Nico Tanne]

Thank you very much! But unfortunately that doesn't work either 😞

[Stephen Marsh]

Thank you very much! But unfortunately that doesn't work either 😞

By @Innotex Nico Tanne

How so? Both work for me when I change ~/Desktop to say ~/Documents.

As @Lumigraphics wrote, this can be done with standard DOM code which is more accessible as you will find more examples and people who know DOM vs AM coding.

[r-bin · Accepted solution]

How so? Both work for me when I change ~/Desktop to say ~/Documents.

By @Stephen Marsh

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In Dialog Modes.ALL neither the script nor the similar Action works for me. I think it can't be fixed, because the bug is 100 years old, at least for Windows

UPD.

But it could be done like this https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/is-it-possible-to-save-png-file-witho...

[Innotex Nico Tanne]

Thank you so much! I

changed the code to save Tiff and now all works fine 👍🙏

[Stephen Marsh]

I originally tested the code I posted on a Mac, which works correctly. I just tested in Windows and it doesn't work.

[Lumigraphics]

Why use AM code for this? What you want can be done with regular ScriptUI.

[Innotex Nico Tanne]

do you have an example for me? I want  to save a tif to a defined Path with all dialogs and not as a copy.