Recording an action and then getting its javascript file to read

[vishalanand965]

Hi,guys i use photoshop CS2 and i know how to record an action,and i want to perform an action and then view its generated javascript,im interested in learning about functions and data memebers which were used while an action was performed,so i followed photoshops guide but its little confusing.

OK,im attaching two screenshots of pdf which i followed,first one shows how to install scripting listener which i did,then in second screenshot it teaches to create an action and in end asks to go to "C:\ScriptingListener.log" path to view the script which was formed when the action is done,and unfortunately i didnt found this scripting listener log file,i want it.please help me locate it.

[Loic.Aigon]

Are you using the specific version plugin ?

Installing and using the ScriptingListener plug-in

[JJMack]

If you install the correct scriptlistener plug-in into CS2 when you use CS2 everything that can be recorded in an action will be recorder in two log files on your desktop.  Everything you do not just what you record when you record an action. One log file is recorder with JavaScript Photoshop steps the other in VBS Steps. ScriptingListenerJS.log and ScriptingListenerVB.log on your desktop.  You may want to see if the Clean SL script posted in this forum will work in cs2. Action manager code is not very readable IMO you may find the script useful if it works in CS2.  CS2 is very old released in 2000. Clean SL

[dominique filiol]

Bonjour

ScriptingListenerJS.log is not safe on the desktop with cs2 but in C: \ if my memory is good ???

[JJMack]

You memery is better than mine many 18 year old memory are gone. All I remember about CS2 Script is that Selection Bounds did not work correctly.  I had to program around that bug.   That bug was fixed in CS3.

[SuperMerlin]

It can not create the file in C\ on some OS's so you have to create an empty file with the correct name, then it can write to it.

[Chuck Uebele]

Yes, we had a lot of issues with it writing the log file to the C drive at work, as that was locked to the users, so even if we had a file on the C drive, it would not write to that file, as we didn't have permission. It was much better when the log file was changed to the desktop.

[vishalanand965]

how to change log files to desktop sir?

[JJMack]

Newer Photoshop version's Plug-in Scriptlistener version create the logs files  on your desktop. CS2 is 18 years old. 

If you want to use CS2 you could add permission to the C:\ that allows your usere Id full access permissions. Edit C: permission add you user ID and give it full control

[vishalanand965]

Thank you very very much

[Chuck Uebele]

You can't change the location of the log file. That's something Adobe did in a later version - I'm not sure which one. maybe CS5 or CS6. To use Script listener, I had to use it on my own computer then bring the code to work. It was a royal PIA!

[vishalanand965]

Thanks guys for enlightening me~