Event Script manager - Closed document - event

[natrev]

Hi EveryOne!

I need call one script when active document close. I add that script into Event Script manager with Closed document event.

The Script will working after document close. I just want run the script before close document event.

Please suggest me any other alternate solution or advice.

-yajiv

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I would recommend setting up the Script to do whatever and then close the active image, then assigning it the default close-shortcut (cmd-W on a Mac).

[SuperMerlin]

Another option would be to open the document again apply your script and close the document.

If you don't know what the last document was you could try:-

app.open(app.recentFiles[0]);

For some reason the Recent File list is not always updated maybe smeone might know why?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

As there are more than one way to close an open document your approach seems much more reliable.

[natrev]

Hi Chris and SuperMerlin,

Thanks for the reply. Its a good approach. unfortunate its not working properly for huge files size.

Its take too much time to open and execute the script. Is it possible to create "BeforeClose" user event type in Photoshop?

-yajiv

[SuperMerlin]

Sorry not that I know of, the close event is after it has occured.

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

Sorry, I can't help.

I create a listener for many things, like a listener for color samplers creation.

The idea of the listener is to perform something immediately after it has been listened/triggered.

But using the 'close' activeDocument listener, it means that it will run when it was just closed = you cannot do anything to something that doesn't exist anymore.

But I agree that Adobe should do an exception in this special event, because if you want to ensure that a team doesn't close anything before doing something, it should have this option to run something before.

Here is the code I use to create that listener:

// close activeDocument listener
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "photoshop"){
    var myCloseDocScript = new File(Folder.desktop +"/myCloseDocScript.jsx");
    try {
        if (File(myCloseDocScript).exists) {
            app.notifiers.add("Cls ", myCloseDocScript);
        }
    }catch(e){}
}

[JJMack]

I do not use the bridge most of the time. I use windows and always have the scriptlistener installed in all versions of Photoshop.  I control what the scriptlisenter can record, extract what I need to extract and clear the scriptlistener javascript  log with a DOS bat file I run in a small window when I need some action manager script code.

@Echo Off

:loop

CLS

rem Display Log File Size

Dir "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log" /T:W /4 | find "%ScriptingListenerJS.log"

rem Display Log Attributes  R read only Locked no R log is Unlocked

Attrib "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"

Rem If timeout is use the above display lines will refresh over time else you need to use enter or number

	CHOICE /C 123456 /N /T 300 /D 6 /M "Enter:1 to Lock, 2 to Unlock, 3 to Edit, 4 to Clear, 5 To Exit :"
	Echo %ERRORLEVEL%
	if %ERRORLEVEL%==6 goto timeout
	if %ERRORLEVEL%==1 goto one
	if %ERRORLEVEL%==2 goto two
	if %ERRORLEVEL%==3 goto three
	if %ERRORLEVEL%==4 goto four
	if %ERRORLEVEL%==5 goto five
	goto loop

:timeout

goto loop

:one

	Attrib +R "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
	goto loop

:two

	Attrib -R "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
	goto loop

:three

        Rem inline command use CMD independate command use start

	CMD /C notepad "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
rem	Start notepad "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
	goto loop

:four

Rem If the script log file is unlocked not read only  this echo will clear it

	Echo. > "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScriptingListenerJS.log"
	goto loop

:five

EXIT