Introduction; About This Manual; Conventions In This Guide - Adobe 65014912 Manual

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Introduction

About this Manual

This manual provides an introduction to scripting Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 on Mac OS® and Windows®.
Chapter 1 covers the basic conventions used in this manual.
Chapter 2 covers a brief overview of scripting, how to execute scripts, and the Photoshop object model.
Chapter 3 covers Photoshop-specific objects and components and describes advanced techniques for
scripting the Photoshop application. Code examples are provided in three languages:
➤
AppleScript
➤
VBScript
➤
JavaScript
N : Separate Photoshop scripting reference information is provided for each of these languages
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through the Scripting Reference Manuals provided with this installation, or through the object browsers
available for each language. See
Photoshop's type library (VBS)" on page
Viewer, see the JavaScript Tools Guide.
Chapter 4 covers the Action Manager, which allows you to write scripts that target Photoshop
functionality that is not otherwise accessible in the scripting interface.
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information about outstanding issues.

Conventions in this Guide

Code and specific language samples appear in monospaced courier font:
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Several conventions are used when referring to AppleScript, VBScript and JavaScript. Please note the
following shortcut notations:
➤
AS stands for AppleScript
➤
VBS stands for VBScript
➤
JS stands for JavaScript
The term "commands" will be used to refer both to commands in AppleScript and methods in VBScript
and JavaScript.
When referring to specific properties and commands, this manual follows the AppleScript naming
convention for that property and the VBScript and JavaScript names appear in parenthesis. For example:
"The
display dialogs
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"Viewing Photoshop's AppleScript dictionary" on page 21
file shipped with Photoshop for late-breaking news, sample scripts, and
README
(
DisplayDialogs/displayDialogs)
22. For information about using the Extend Script Object Model
property is part of the Application object. "
and "Viewing
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