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Report · Oct 31, 2022

hi every body why script for photoshop worked fine , and suddenly without understanding I have an error on line 80

var topFolder = (Folder.selectDialog("Select the top level folder."))
var fileandfolderArray = scanSubFolders(topFolder,/\.(psd)$/i);

var fileList = fileandfolderArray[0];

for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
var myFile = fileList[i];
   
app.open(myFile);
// check whether layer of a certain name exists in photoshop;

if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var theLayer = checkForLayerName("<< Doubleclick to change etiquette");

if (theLayer == true) {//alert ("layer of the name exists");
						app.doAction("update pdf", "Actions par défaut");
						while (app.documents.length > 0) { 
var docName = fileList[i].name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var outputFolder = Folder(doc.path);

var newFile = new File(decodeURI(outputFolder) + "/" + docName + ".png");

app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerUpdateAllModified"));

exportOptions = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
exportOptions.format = SaveDocumentType.PNG;
exportOptions.PNG8 = false; // false = PNG-24
exportOptions.transparency = true; // true = transparent
exportOptions.interlaced = false; // true = interlacing on
exportOptions.includeProfile = true; // false = don't embedd ICC profile
doc.exportDocument(newFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, exportOptions);

doc.close(SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES);

						}
  
} 
	else {
		app.doAction("close", "Actions par défaut");
		}
}
}
alert("Done processing files!")

function scanSubFolders(tFolder, scanMask){
    var subFolders = new Array();
    var allFiles = new Array();
    subFolders[0] = tFolder;
    for (var j = 0; j < subFolders.length; j++){    
        var procFiles = subFolders[j].getFiles();
        for (var i = 0; i< procFiles.length; i++){
            if (procFiles[i] instanceof File ){
                if(scanMask == undefined) allFiles.push(procFiles[i]);
                if (procFiles[i].fullName.search(scanMask) != -1) allFiles.push(procFiles[i]);
        }else if (procFiles[i] instanceof Folder){
            subFolders.push(procFiles[i]);
            scanSubFolders(procFiles[i], scanMask);
         }
      }
   }
   return [allFiles,subFolders];
};
////// collect layers //////
function checkForLayerName (theString) {
// get number of layers;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID('property'), stringIDToTypeID('numberOfLayers'));
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var theNumber = applicationDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("numberOfLayers"));
// process the layers;
var theLayers = new Array;
for (var m = 0; m <= theNumber; m++) {
try {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), m);
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var layerSet = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection")));
var isBackground = layerDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("background"));
// if group collect values;
if (layerSet != "layerSectionEnd" /*&& layerSet != "layerSectionStart" && isBackground != true*/) {
var theName = layerDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('name'));
if (theName == theString) {return true};
var theID = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('layerID'));
var theIndex = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('itemIndex'));
theLayers.push([theName, theIndex, theID])
};
}
catch (e) {};
};
return false
};

Report · Oct 31, 2022

You use indexes when accessing a layer. The peculiarity of working with layer index is that only the background layer can have a zero index. If the background layer is not in the document, then the indexes always start from one.

Before looping through layers, you need to add a check to see if the document has a background layer and change the variables in the loop definition accordingly.

Report · Oct 31, 2022

i have reboot computer, now work ^^

Report · Oct 31, 2022

Reboot cannot fix a bug in the code.

Report · Nov 01, 2022

i m sorry i don t know what you mean with your drawing?

about reboot, i have no explain... now it work

Report · Nov 01, 2022

Above i explained what's wrong: you're getting an error because one of the documents doesn't have a background layer. The peculiarity of layer indexing in ActionManager is that only the background layer can have index 0. That is, an attempt to execute the loop:

for (var m = 0; m <= theNumber; m++) {
try {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), m);
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
}

will throw an error.

Try this:

var topFolder = (Folder.selectDialog("Select the top level folder."))
var fileandfolderArray = scanSubFolders(topFolder, /\.(psd)$/i);

var fileList = fileandfolderArray[0];

for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
    var myFile = fileList[i];

    app.open(myFile);
    // check whether layer of a certain name exists in photoshop;

    if (app.documents.length > 0) {
        var theLayer = checkForLayerName("<< Doubleclick to change etiquette");

        if (theLayer == true) {//alert ("layer of the name exists");
            app.doAction("update pdf", "Actions par défaut");
            while (app.documents.length > 0) {
                var docName = fileList[i].name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
                var doc = app.activeDocument;
                var outputFolder = Folder(doc.path);

                var newFile = new File(decodeURI(outputFolder) + "/" + docName + ".png");

                app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerUpdateAllModified"));

                exportOptions = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
                exportOptions.format = SaveDocumentType.PNG;
                exportOptions.PNG8 = false; // false = PNG-24
                exportOptions.transparency = true; // true = transparent
                exportOptions.interlaced = false; // true = interlacing on
                exportOptions.includeProfile = true; // false = don't embedd ICC profile
                doc.exportDocument(newFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, exportOptions);

                doc.close(SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES);

            }

        }
        else {
            app.doAction("close", "Actions par défaut");
        }
    }
}
alert("Done processing files!")

function scanSubFolders(tFolder, scanMask) {
    var subFolders = new Array();
    var allFiles = new Array();
    subFolders[0] = tFolder;
    for (var j = 0; j < subFolders.length; j++) {
        var procFiles = subFolders[j].getFiles();
        for (var i = 0; i < procFiles.length; i++) {
            if (procFiles[i] instanceof File) {
                if (scanMask == undefined) allFiles.push(procFiles[i]);
                if (procFiles[i].fullName.search(scanMask) != -1) allFiles.push(procFiles[i]);
            } else if (procFiles[i] instanceof Folder) {
                subFolders.push(procFiles[i]);
                scanSubFolders(procFiles[i], scanMask);
            }
        }
    }
    return [allFiles, subFolders];
};
////// collect layers //////
function checkForLayerName(theString) {
    // get number of layers;
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID('property'), stringIDToTypeID('numberOfLayers'));
    ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt"));
    var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
    var theNumber = applicationDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("numberOfLayers"));

    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID('property'), stringIDToTypeID('hasBackgroundLayer'));
    ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt"));
    var offset = executeActionGet(ref).getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("hasBackgroundLayer")) ? 0 : 1;
    // process the layers;

    var theLayers = new Array;
    for (var m = offset; m <= theNumber; m++) {
        try {
            var ref = new ActionReference();
            ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), m);
            var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
            var layerSet = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection")));
            var isBackground = layerDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("background"));
            // if group collect values;
            if (layerSet != "layerSectionEnd" /*&& layerSet != "layerSectionStart" && isBackground != true*/) {
                var theName = layerDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('name'));
                if (theName == theString) { return true };
                var theID = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('layerID'));
                var theIndex = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('itemIndex'));
                theLayers.push([theName, theIndex, theID])
            };
        }
        catch (e) {};
    };
    return false
};

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