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be9em0t
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Jun 8, 2021 3:32 PM UTC
Question

Scripting guide - copy blocked

Adobe Scripting documentation is amazing. It's like the '90 all over again.

 

Specifically, I'm wondering how [abuse removed] adobe employee must be to:

- provide documentation in PDF format (ever heard of the web? name one other documentation that comes as a PDF)

- lock that PDF from COPYING!?! Seriously?

 

 

    21 replies

    Magicant1983
    Participant
    May 26, 2024 8:34 PM UTC

    AGREED! 100% Why do you all feel the need to intrusively take over my phone's photo management feature after taking a screenshot that has ZERO to do with a pdf file. Absolutely not. Your manager also crawls compared to Samsung. Get your app out of my photos until I tell you to. I downloaded it to access pdf files. Trust me, NO ONE is talking about Adobe photo file manager (because it isn't any good).

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    J453
    Legend
    Jun 8, 2021 3:59 PM UTC

    Strange. Shouldn't be locked. I'll get the web team to fix that. I've attached a copy you can copy from. Thanks for the report.

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      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Jun 23, 2021 11:27 AM UTC

      Another user lamenting the fact that the PDF files are secured from copy here:

       

      Scripting guide - copy blocked

       

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        defaulto7htgf3j9k4i
        Participant
        Jun 23, 2021 11:08 AM UTC

        The photoshop-vbs-ref-2020.pdf document seems perfect with the sample scripts provided.
        However, the pdf document has been saved as a SECURE pdf so the examples can't be copied and pasted to another document to allow these examples to be run. SO are these examples available somewhere else as surely in this day and age we are not expected to type them out?

        Clive

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        JJMack
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        JJMackCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        Jun 8, 2021 3:57 PM UTC

        I download PDF manuals from many manufacturer  for Products I buy so I can search through them with my computer. I'm not always online and online documentation is only better if it is kept up to date.  Photoshop is changing all the time documentation is never up to date and Photoshop scripting rarely gets a change so '90 documentation should be good. It can be copied however,.  you can not edit it or even copy paste from it which is a pain. Many time I wanted to copy information in the documents.

         

        You may to find old version of Adobe scripting  documents on the web that are not locked with a password the you can copy and paste from. The information is most likely correct.

         

        I know I copied script code out of old CS6 Photoshop Javascript reference.

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