I'm using a swf in an ExtendScript for Photoshop.  I've written this with CS3 on WinXP and it worked no problem.  Now with Win7 and CS4, I'm getting the error: Error #2067: The ExternalInterface is not available in this container. ExternalInterface requires Internet Explorer ActiveX, Firefox, Mozilla 1.7.5 and greater, or other browsers that support NPRuntime. Any ideas on what I can look for to correct this?  Is there some special ActiveX plugin for IE8 that I need?  I've  checked to make sure activeX control was inabled in my browser. ... View more

Spent a lot of time trying to get fillPath() to work in a UI.  Looked to be simple in the scripting guide but no luck.  The sample script colorselector.jsx with the Bridge SDK claimed to have paths used in it.  I couldn't find it.  Maybe Adobe can't get it to work either.  Tried a half-baked second approach to use a group and change the bg color.  My main intent is to create a visual model of a print with borders that can be adjusted with sliders for the user to get a good idea of that they're going to get.  Made a black group and a white group and got it to work in CS3.  Went to work and tried it on CS4 and it completely fell apart.  The stack order was different than CS3 and I could only get one color to show instead of the two I had in CS3.  Can't figure out why Adobe made this much of a change with the scripting to cause this much change.  We're having big issues with CS4 and custom XMP templates along with Flash extendscript interface due to some limit our company (I think) is placing on the use of ActiveX.  So as Adobe is moving more towards the use of Flash/flex with their other programs, this is causing problems in companies like mine that have tight controls on program interaction. Don't know if someone from Adobe actually reads these forums, but just want to vent and let them know that there maybe some bugs in their products. ... View more

I'm trying to learn how to make a flash element in a photoshop UI.  I've managed to get one loaded and shown, but I can't seem to get extend script to send the swf file a function. my fla file is a simple box that I'm trying to move with a button in the UI.  I made it so if you click on the box it moves, and that works, but I can't get it to move with the button in the extendscript UI. My fla code is: import flash.events.* import flash.display.* import flash.external.ExternalInterface myBox2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,moveBox,false,0,true); function moveBox(event:MouseEvent){ myBox2.x += 5; } ExternalInterface.addCallback("moveBox3",moveBox3); function moveBox3(n){ myBox2.x += n; }; My Extendscript code is: #target photoshop var res = "dialog { \ fp: FlashPlayer { preferredSize: [550, 400] }, \ btn: Button {text: 'move box'}\ }"; var w = new Window (res,"Flash test"); w.margins = [0,0,0,0]; w.onShow = function () { var mySWFFile =  app.path + '/Presets/Scripts/flashtest.swf' var movieToPlay = new File (mySWFFile); try { this.fp.loadMovie (movieToPlay); this.fp.playMovie (); } catch(e){alert(e)} } w.btn.onClick = function(){ w.fp.invokePlayerFunction("moveBox3,10"); } w.show() Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? ... View more

I'm trying to create an XML object and add children to it.   I can create the object, add one descendant per descendant, but when I try and add more that one child at the same level, they all get placed in the same node.  Here's a little test I did: var myXML = new XML() myXML = XML('<rootnode></rootnode>')  //this created the root node fine. myXML.firstChild[0] = "Dave"  //This creates a child node fine with the contents "Dave" myXML.firstChild[1] = "Sam"  //This adds Sam to the node Dave is in rather than creating a new child. myXML.firstChild[0].secondChild = "Betty" // This creates a child node fine under the first child. myXML.firstChild[1].secondChild = "Betty" //this will generate an error as there is not a second child. Using insertChildAfter or insertChildBefore or appendChild don't seem to do anything either. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? ... View more