Hi,

I can not get the path on initialize or creationComplete, if I wait for a user interaction it works.

Do you call the run method on initialize or by the default button click?

I have tried your Code and it works on button click in Mac OS only.

Updating to Extension Builder 2 right now. Maybe that will help.

Hi,

we installed Extension Builder 2.0, rebuilt our testcase and tried again. It still doesn't work.

Some additional Info:

Testing machines:

     Mac OSX Lion - Photoshop CS5 - 64Bit // not running

     Mac OSX Snow Leopard - Photoshop CS5 - 64Bit // not running

     Max OSX Snow Leopard - Photoshop CS5 - 32Bit // not running

     Windows XP SP3 - Photoshop CS5.1 - 32Bit // running smooth

Built on:

     Windows XP SP3 - FlashBuilder 4.6 - ExtensionBuilder 2.0

     Mac OSX Snow Leopard - Flash Builder 4 - ExtensionBuilder 1.5

We can not call app.path from the initialize or creationComplete event on Mac. It is null in that moment.

We can call app.path from a button Handler.

Code:

test.mxml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"

                layout="absolute"

                historyManagementEnabled="false" 

                applicationComplete="colorSync()"

                >

    <mx:Script>

        <![CDATA[

            [Bindable]

            private var hostName:String = HostObject.mainExtension;

            public function colorSync():void{

                AutoTheme.sync();

                testPhotoshop.run();

            }

        ]]>

    </mx:Script>

    <mx:VBox height="100%" width="100%" verticalAlign="middle" horizontalAlign="center">

        <mx:Button label="Run PS code" click="testPhotoshop.run()" enabled="{hostName.indexOf('photoshop') > -1}"/>

        <mx:Label id="myLabel"

                  text="has not been set yet"/>

    </mx:VBox>

</mx:Application>  

testPhotoshop.as:

package

{

    import com.adobe.csawlib.photoshop.Photoshop;

    import com.adobe.photoshop.*;

    import mx.core.Application;

    public class testPhotoshop

    {

        public static function run():void

        {

            var app: com.adobe.photoshop.Application = Photoshop.app;

            if(app.path)

                mx.core.Application.application.myLabel.text = app.path.nativePath;

            else

                mx.core.Application.application.myLabel.text = "app.path was null";

        }

    }

}

We still need this to work without user interaction.

Thank you for your help so far DBarranca.

Regards

Kevin

Thanks for the tip, I tried the following. This works fine on the Windows machine, but on Mac I still get errors.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"

                layout="absolute"

                historyManagementEnabled="false" 

                applicationComplete="applicationCompleteHandler()"

                >

    <mx:Script>

        <![CDATA[

            [Bindable]

            private var hostName:String = HostObject.mainExtension;

            private var timer : Timer = new Timer(5000,1);

            public function applicationCompleteHandler():void{

                AutoTheme.sync();

                timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerCompleteHandler);

                timer.start();

                try{

                    var jsxInterface : HostObject = HostObject.getRoot(HostObject.extensions[0]);

                    var jsGetPathFunc : String = " function getAppPath(){ try { return app.path.fsName; } catch (e){return 'JS Error: ' + e;} } ";

                    jsxInterface.eval(jsGetPathFunc);

                    myLabel2.text = jsxInterface.getAppPath();

                } catch (e : Error) {

                    myLabel2.text = "Error while calling JS: " + e.getStackTrace();

                }

            }

            private function timerCompleteHandler(event : Event) : void{

                testPhotoshop.run();

            }

        ]]>

    </mx:Script>

    <mx:VBox height="100%" width="100%" verticalAlign="middle" horizontalAlign="center">

        <mx:Button label="Run PS code" click="testPhotoshop.run()" enabled="{hostName.indexOf('photoshop') > -1}"/>

        <mx:Label id="myLabel"

                  text="has not been set yet"/>

        <mx:Label id="myLabel2"

                  text="has not been set yet"/>

    </mx:VBox>

</mx:Application>  

On Mac.

- MyLabel shows "app.path was null", after 5 seconds. When I click the button to call for testPhotoshop.run() manually, it shows the application's path (means it's working in general, just not at the event).

- MyLabel2 shows a JS-Error. I'm using a german Photoshop, so the error I'm getting is in german as well. It translates roughly into this: JS-Error: "I/O-Error: General Photoshop Error. The function may not be availible in this version of Photoshop."

I took a closer look at the javascript objects and app.path is null in javascript as well, at least when called from the applicationCompletehandler.

Any advice?

Btw. I know that the code looks strange, keep in mind that it is for testing purposes only.