Photoshop scripting

Okay, I'll give it a try.
Here's the script. It creates buttons with a dark and a light background. You'll need an additional action within photoshop that sets the color of the button. But if you can understand this script, you'll be able to figure that out. Good luck.



var aColors = new Array(3);
// sos blue
var aColor = new Array(3);
aColor[0] = "B2C3CC";
aColor[1] = "94B6C2";
aColor[2] = "C8DDE5";
aColors[0] = aColor;

// mystic green
var aColor = new Array(3);
aColor[0] = "A3BFB9";
aColor[1] = "88B6AB";
aColor[2] = "C5E3DD";
aColors[1] = aColor;

// havana brown
var aColor = new Array(3);
aColor[0] = "D0B5A0";
aColor[1] = "C59978";
aColor[2] = "EDD2BB";
aColors[2] = aColor;


var aDarkBGBtns = new Array(
"button 1"
, "button 2"
, "button 3"
);

var aLightBGBtns = new Array(
"button 1"
, "button 2"
, "button 3"
);

function OpenButton(mtype){
var fileRef = new File("e:/testdir/button_" + mtype + ".psd");
open (fileRef);
fileRef = null;
}

function CloseDoc(){
activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}

function SetText(txt){
activeDocument.layers["text"].textItem.contents = txt;
}

function SetBackGroundColor(clr){
var backColor = new SolidColor;
backColor.rgb.hexValue = clr;
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers["background"];
activeDocument.selection.selectAll;
activeDocument.selection.fill(backColor);
}

function SetButtonColor(clr){
var newColor = new SolidColor;
newColor.rgb.hexValue = clr;
doAction("color_"+clr,"SOS");
}

function SaveDoc(text,color,mtype,type){
var saveOpt = new GIFSaveOptions();
saveOpt.colors = 128;
saveOpt.transparency = true;
saveOpt.palette = Palette.LOCALADAPTIVE;
text = text.replace(" ","_");
if (type==0){
var newFile = new File("//testdir/test/" + color + "_" + text + "_" + mtype + ".gif");
} else {
var newFile = new File("//testdir/test/" + color + "_L_" + text + "_" + mtype + ".gif");
}
activeDocument.saveAs(newFile,saveOpt,true,Extension.LOWERCASE);
}

function DoButton(mtype,text,color,bgcolor,type){
OpenButton(mtype);
SetText(text);
SetBackGroundColor(bgcolor);
SetButtonColor(color);
SaveDoc(text,color,mtype,type);
CloseDoc();
}

function DoButtons(text,color,bgcolor,type){
DoButton("normal",text,color,bgcolor,type);
DoButton("down",text,color,bgcolor,type);
DoButton("over",text,color,bgcolor,type);
}

var btnColor = "";
var bgColorDrk = "";
var bgColorLght = "";
var subArr = new Array();
for (var j=0; j < aColors.length; j++){
subArr = aColors[j];
btnColor = subArr[0];
bgColorDrk = subArr[1];
bgColorLght = subArr[2];
for (var i=0; i < aDarkBGBtns.length; i++){
DoButtons(aDarkBGBtns[i],btnColor,bgColorDrk,0);
}
for (var i=0; i < aLightBGBtns.length; i++){
DoButtons(aLightBGBtns[i],btnColor,bgColorLght,1);
}
}

i will try out with that ...............

thanks for that

abhi

Oh dear lord...all i see are letters mixed with numbers..

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Enter at your own risk ;)

okkey

abhi

I know javascript well, but I did not know you can use javascript to script in Adobe Photoshop. Why not XML?

Scripting in Photoshop was available for the mac for a long time afaik. With the release of Photoshop 7 it now is available for windows as well. You can also use VB-script.
In order to use the scripting functionality, you'll need an optional plugin. That can be downloaded from the adobe site.

Why not XML? Because XML is a mere way of describing data, not programming it.