Script to open the last closed file.

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
February 19, 2020
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Hello! How to recover "open" only the last closed document.
It's possible?
Thanks.

Actions and scripting

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Correct answer SuperMerlin

You could try....

#target photoshop;
app.bringToFront();

var f = File(recentFilePaths()[0]);
if(f.exists) open(f); else alert("Sorry " + f.fsName + " does not now exit");

function recentFilePaths(){
var names = [];
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr"), stringIDToTypeID("recentFiles") );
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var desc = executeActionGet(ref).getList(stringIDToTypeID("recentFiles"));
for(var a = 0;a<desc.count;a++){
    names.push(desc.getPath(a));
    }
return names;
};

tokureditAuthor

Inspiring

Man, that's all I need! SuperMerlin you were phenomenal. How nice to know that you still go to and share your knowledge with this modified community. Eternally grateful.

SuperMerlinCorrect answer

Inspiring

You could try....

#target photoshop;
app.bringToFront();

var f = File(recentFilePaths()[0]);
if(f.exists) open(f); else alert("Sorry " + f.fsName + " does not now exit");

function recentFilePaths(){
var names = [];
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr"), stringIDToTypeID("recentFiles") );
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var desc = executeActionGet(ref).getList(stringIDToTypeID("recentFiles"));
for(var a = 0;a<desc.count;a++){
    names.push(desc.getPath(a));
    }
return names;
};

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

You would most likely have to write a script to keep track of what was last closed. So you would run the script to close the file, then it would write the file's info to a csv file, which could then be accessed to open it with a different script.

tokureditAuthor

Inspiring

This is a topic never addressed, never seen in any community.
Interesting your idea Chuck Uebele, but I would never be able to do it alone, I know the least about scripting, it would be a great impolite of me to abuse your kindness to achieve this!
A good alternative would be:
If I open a file and then close it, it has been registered in the menu list "Open Recent". I would only need the first item on that list.

I entered this modified script: It didn't work for me: Window 10 Photoshop 21.0.0

#target photoshop
app.bringToFront();
var maxFiles = 1;
var recentItems = [];
var len = recentFiles.length;
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
    recentFile = recentFiles;
    if (recentFile.exists)
    {
        recentItems.push(recentFile);
        if (recentItems.length == maxFiles+1)
        {
            break;
        }
        app.open (File(recentItems));
    }
}

Source:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/script-for-quot-open-recent-quot/td-p/7378756?page=1