initialize photoshop

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#1

hi,

i am developing an app which runs photoshop in background. while running an app, i want to check whether photshop is open, if not then open it and copy one file to photoshop folder.

any idea???

#2

Hi,

In plain AppleScript this checks whether an application is running


if application "Adobe Photoshop CS3" is not running then
	-- do something
end if

But the first

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"

block launches Photoshop anyway

#3

Not since 10.5, and the introduction of application objects. There are a couple of samples in the release notes.

#4

thanks shane and stefan,

if i want to create application compatible with cs2,cs3,cs4,cs5, is there any way that if the application is not opened then dialog box will appear to open the same…

thanks

#5

You can get the name of the installed Photoshop version with this ASOC code


set photoshopPath to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace's absolutePathForAppBundleWithIdentifier_("com.adobe.Photoshop")
 set installedPhotoShopApp to photoshopPath's lastPathComponent()

Instead of specifying the application by name it’s also possible to use the bundle identifier


tell application id "com.adobe.photoshop"
#6

thanks a ton stefan…

one more thing, is it possible that when user run my application and if the photoshop is not open he will get a message to open photoshop

#7

you can do it this way automatically


if application id "com.adobe.photoshop" is not running then
	launch application id "com.adobe.photoshop"
end if
#8

thanks stefan,

its not opening photoshop.

i have placed this script in my main appdelegate file that is

on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)

if application id “com.adobe.photoshop” is not running then

launch application id “com.adobe.photoshop”

end if

end applicationWillFinishLaunching_

anyhtnig wrong?

#9

on my machine it works fine.
I have CS3. Maybe Adobe has changed the name of the bundle identifier in later versions

#10

how to find the right bundle identifier

#11

while PS is running


tell application "System Events" to set bundleIdentifier to bundle identifier of (1st process whose name contains "photoshop")
display dialog bundleIdentifier
#12

PS: this is the Cocoa way to check for an running application and launch it if necessary


set runningPhotoShops to current application's NSRunningApplication's runningApplicationsWithBundleIdentifier_("com.adobe.Photoshop")
        if runningPhotoShops's |count|() as integer = 0 then
            current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace's launchAppWithBundleIdentifier_options_additionalEventParamDescriptor_launchIdentifier_("com.adobe.Photoshop", current application's NSWorkspaceLaunchDefault, missing value, missing value)
        end if
#13

hi stefan,

i am scripting photoshop with the xcode interface. i want to make it compatible for all the version of photoshop. currently i have photoshop cs4 installed. therefore, i have to right tell application “Adobe Photoshop CS4” otherwise it gives error. how to rectify it, please suggest.

thanks

#14

try it like in post #7

#15

thanks stefan it worked…

you have made my day…

one more thing… is it possible to copy a file from project to photoshop system folder… becoz i need to copy color paper file to photoshop folder so that my photoshop action can use that file.

pls suggest.

thanks again

#16

Of course it’s possible.

You can use the Finder, the shell cp command or copyItemAtPath_toPath_error_() method of NSFileManager.

I have no idea what photoshop system folder means but consider that the name of the Photoshop folder in /Applications depends on the version number

#17

thank you stefan,

i just want to move one file from path “” to other path “”

can u pls explain bit more…

it will be of great help

#18

move or copy, this is a difference.
Something like this:


set success to current application's NSFileManager's defaultManager's copyItemAtPath_toPath_error_("/source/path", "/destination/path", missing value) as boolean
if not success then
     -- do some error handling
end
#19

hi stefan,

thank you for your reply.

i want to copy this file during installation of my application, so this script will do?

#20

move : moveItemAtPath_toPath_error_()
copy : copyItemAtPath_toPath_error_()