Thanks, Stephen, this is much help. I'll troubleshoot it further.
By @code_seeeeeker
You're welcome! Try this, it alerts all layers and also writes to a log text file on the desktop.
Modifications could be made to only report on the Illustrator smart object layers that don't match the document colour mode.
/*
Check all vector smart objects for RGB or CMYK mode.jsx
Stephen Marsh
v1.0 - 11th March 2025
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/smartobject-in-photoshop/td-p/15195068
Info: Saves the color mode of all vector smart object layers to a text file on the desktop
*/
#target photoshop
// Check if there is an active document
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
// Single history stage undo
app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Undo Script", "main()");
function main() {
// Set the variables
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var docName = doc.name
var colorMode = doc.mode;
var docColorMode = "Document Color Mode = ";
// Determine the document color mode
switch (colorMode) {
case DocumentMode.GRAYSCALE:
docColorMode += "Grayscale";
break;
case DocumentMode.RGB:
docColorMode += "RGB";
break;
case DocumentMode.CMYK:
docColorMode += "CMYK";
break;
case DocumentMode.LAB:
docColorMode += "Lab";
break;
}
// Array to store the layer information
var layerInfo = [];
// Traverse all layers in the document
traverseLayers(app.activeDocument, layerInfo);
// Output the layer information to an alert
if (layerInfo.length > 0) {
alert("Info:" + "\r" + docColorMode + "\r\r" + layerInfo.join("\r\r"));
} else {
alert("Info:" + "\r" + docColorMode + "\r\r" + "No vector smart object layers found!");
}
// Output the layer information to a text file
var outputText = docName + "\r\r" + docColorMode + "\r\r";
if (layerInfo.length > 0) {
outputText += layerInfo.join("\r\r");
} else {
outputText += "No vector smart object layers found!";
}
writeToFile(outputText, "~/Desktop/SmartObjectInfo.txt");
}
} else {
alert("A file must be open to run this script!");
}
// End of script notification
alert("A text file 'SmartObjectInfo.txt' has been saved to the desktop with the color mode of all Adobe Illustrator smart object layers.");
///// Functions /////
function traverseLayers(parent, layerInfo) {
for (var i = 0; i < parent.artLayers.length; i++) {
processLayer(parent.artLayers[i], layerInfo);
}
for (var j = 0; j < parent.layerSets.length; j++) {
traverseLayers(parent.layerSets[j], layerInfo);
}
}
function processLayer(layer, layerInfo) {
if (layer.kind == LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT) {
var mySO = getSmartObjectName(layer);
if (mySO.found && /\.ai$/.test(mySO.fileRef)) {
// Convert the vector smart object to a linked PDF file to check the color mode
placedLayerConvertToLinked(layer, "~/Desktop/_temp-VectorToDelete.pdf");
// Undo the action to revert the vector smart object
executeAction(charIDToTypeID("undo"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
// Set the path to the temporary vector file
var tempVectorFile = File("~/Desktop/_temp-VectorToDelete.pdf");
// Read the binary data of the temporary vector file
if (tempVectorFile) {
var binaryData = readBinaryFile(tempVectorFile);
if (binaryData !== null) {
var searchString = "_ColorModel: 1"; // %AI9_ColorModel: 2 for CMYK
var found = searchInBinaryData(binaryData, searchString);
if (found) {
layerInfo.push("Layer Name = " + layer.name + "\rSmart Object Color Mode = RGB");
} else {
layerInfo.push("Layer Name = " + layer.name + "\rSmart Object Color Mode = CMYK");
}
}
}
// Delete the temporary vector file
tempVectorFile.remove();
}
}
}
function writeToFile(content, filePath) {
var file = new File(filePath);
file.open("w");
file.encoding = "UTF8";
file.write(content);
file.close();
}
function getSmartObjectName(layer) {
try {
var smartObject = {
found: false,
fileRef: '',
linked: false,
};
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(charIDToTypeID("Prpr"), stringIDToTypeID("smartObject"));
ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), layer.id);
var so = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("smartObject"));
smartObject.found = true;
smartObject.linked = so.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("linked"));
smartObject.fileRef = so.getString(stringIDToTypeID("fileReference"));
return smartObject;
} catch (e) {
return {
found: false,
fileRef: '',
linked: false,
};
}
}
function placedLayerConvertToLinked(layer, theTempFile) {
var s2t = function (s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var reference = new ActionReference();
reference.putIdentifier(s2t("layer"), layer.id);
descriptor.putReference(s2t("null"), reference);
descriptor.putPath(s2t("using"), new File(theTempFile));
executeAction(s2t("placedLayerConvertToLinked"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}
function readBinaryFile(tempVectorFile) {
if (!tempVectorFile.exists) {
return null;
}
tempVectorFile.open("r");
tempVectorFile.encoding = "BINARY";
var binaryData = tempVectorFile.read();
tempVectorFile.close();
return binaryData;
}
function searchInBinaryData(binaryData, searchString) {
var regex = new RegExp(searchString, "g");
return regex.test(binaryData);
}
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