RE: Applescript and Photoshop 6.0 and 5.5
RE: Applescript and Photoshop 6.0 and 5.5
- Subject: RE: Applescript and Photoshop 6.0 and 5.5
- From: "Goodman, Steve" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:25:33 -0500
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> I have a simple script that opens up an image in Photoshop
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> 6.0. I found that if
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> Applescript opens up Photoshop 6.0 via the "tell
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application" command
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> then Photoshop opens up but the menu text items don't show up. Also
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> if I try to open Photoshop 5.5 then Applescript won't open
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the app at
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> all saying the Dictionary is missing. Has anyone seen this occur
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> when working with Photoshop 6.0 or 5.5?
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> Thanks,
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> -Neil
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There is a bug in 6 with "launching" it with applescript. You
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must tell the
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finder to open it in order to get the menus to show up. Your
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5.5 error may
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just be a reinstall of the app to fix it. I have never seen
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that particular
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error before. I do recall someone having that same error
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recently on the
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list though.
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Anyone remember the topic or the solution?
Kerry Lanz sent me this off list pertaining to the problems with launching
PhotoShop 6 in AS....
"There is a discussion (on the Adobe forums and MacFixit) about conflicts
between Photoshop and the Nvidia video card drivers. I moved them to the
disabled folder and restarted. That fixed the problem on my iMac."
Steve Goodman
Vertis Advertising Production Services
phone 314.432.8800, ext. 479
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