Web view in script

[strattonbrazil]

Is it possible to use the scripting functionality in photoshop to open a web page or create a custom canvas I could create my own widgets on?  I'd like to just create a simple non-model panel in photoshop that gets events like creation/deletion of new layers and be able to draw and receive events on a canvas or html page to make a more dynamic interface like a mini-spreadsheet.  I also want it to be non-modal so artists can leave it open as they work in photoshop. 

I've heard ScriptUI behaivior is really different across platforms.  I heard making a window (dialog or palette) in Windows, for example, will be modal while only one of them is modal on OS X. 

[Paul Riggott]

I don't think you will have much luck with ScriptUI (ExtendScript). Maybe you could do something with Flex and create your own version of a Configurator panel.

[strattonbrazil]

Thanks, I wasn't familiar with that tool.  I tried a simple panel I made in Configurator 3.0 and when it came time to export to my photoshop plugin, I get a "Cannot export the panel to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 bit)\Plug-ins\Panels".  It doesn't say why.  Is there an output log or something? 

[Michael_L_Hale]

It is most likely a user permission issue. Either:

Run Configurator as adim

Export to a folder your account can write to

Export as extension and use Extension Manager to install.

[strattonbrazil]

Thank you.  I changed the permissions and it seems to not throw that error anymore.  On a side not, the "Export Panel as a CS Extension" in the file menu is disabled.  Is there a reason this option is sometimes disabled? 

[Michael_L_Hale]

The only time I have seen the export panel menu items disabled is when there isn't an open panel or the panel is not set up correctly. There are a couple of required fields in the CS Extension Attributes section on the right. You can't export an extension until you have entered info in those fields such as Author.