Can you script Placing a PSD as a SmartObject?

[BrianC]

Hi guys I'm new to scripting PS (not to scripting in general) and I've been doing quite well scripting away a HUGE time sink project, but I'm caught on one thing:

is it possible to script placing a PSD as a SmartObject layer? I can OPEN a file as a smart object but that's not what I need.

Is this possible at all? I'm on CS6.

Thanks!

[pfaffenbichler]

Yes.
Code: Select all////// place //////
function placeScaleRotateFile (file, xOffset, yOffset, theXScale, theYScale, theAngle) {
// =======================================================
var idPlc = charIDToTypeID( "Plc " );
    var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
    desc5.putPath( idnull, new File( file ) );
    var idFTcs = charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" );
    var idQCSt = charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" );
    var idQcsa = charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" );
    desc5.putEnumerated( idFTcs, idQCSt, idQcsa );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
        var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc6.putUnitDouble( idHrzn, idPxl, xOffset );
        var idVrtc = charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" );
        var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
        desc6.putUnitDouble( idVrtc, idPxl, yOffset );
    var idOfst = charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" );
    desc5.putObject( idOfst, idOfst, desc6 );
    var idWdth = charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc5.putUnitDouble( idWdth, idPrc, theYScale );
    var idHght = charIDToTypeID( "Hght" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc5.putUnitDouble( idHght, idPrc, theXScale );
    var idAngl = charIDToTypeID( "Angl" );
    var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );
    desc5.putUnitDouble( idAngl, idAng,theAngle );   
    var idLnkd = charIDToTypeID( "Lnkd" );
    desc5.putBoolean( idLnkd, true );
executeAction( idPlc, desc5, DialogModes.NO );
return app.activeDocument.activeLayer;
};

[BrianC]

Thanks! The un-readability of that makes me nervous but I guess if it's wrapped up in a function, it should be fine!

[pfaffenbichler]

If you don’t like it record it yourself with ScriptingListener.plugin and use that.

Edit: In Photoshop many operations are inaccessible via the Document Object Model and necessitate using Action Manager code.
This may look confusing at first (to me it still does) but it usually offers better performance to boot.