Application in Photoshop DOM
The Adobe Photoshop application.
Instance Properties
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| activeDocument | Document | The frontmost document |
| arguments | Array | (read only) |
| backgroundColor | SolidColor | |
| colorSettings | Object | Name of selected color settings' set |
| displayDialogs | DialogModes | Whether or not Photoshop displays dialogs |
| documents | Array | (read only) |
| foregroundColor | SolidColor | |
| freeMemory | Number | (read only) Amount of unused memory available to Adobe Photoshop |
| name | String | (read only) The application's name |
| parent | Object | (read only) |
| path | File | (read only) The full path of the location of the Photoshop application |
| preferences | Preferences | (read only) |
| scriptingVersion | String | (read only) The version of the Scripting interface |
| serialNumber | String | (read only) The serial number of Photoshop |
| typename | String | (read only) |
| version | String | (read only) The version of Adobe Photoshop application |
Instance Methods
| name | returns | description |
|---|---|---|
| alert(msg) | (none) | Display an alert dialog. |
| beep() | (none) | Invoke a system beep. |
| charIDToTypeID(charID) | Number | Convert from a four character code to a runtime ID |
| confirm(msg) | Boolean | Display a confirmation dialog. |
| doAction(action,from) | (none) | Play an action from the Actions Palette. |
| executeAction(eventID,[descriptor],[displayDialogs]) | ActionDescriptor | Play an ActionManager event. |
| executeActionGet(reference) | ActionDescriptor | Obtain an action descriptor. |
| open(doc,[as]) | Document | Open the specified document. |
| purge(target) | (none) | Purges one or more caches. |
| stringIDToTypeID(stringID) | Number | Convert from a string ID to a runtime ID. |
| typeIDToCharID(typeID) | String | Convert from a runtime ID to a character ID. |
| typeIDToStringID(typeID) | String | Convert from a runtime ID to a string ID. |
Description
An instance of this object is the default scope in which scripts are run.