Active document parent directory anme

[Polycontrast]

Can a script get the active document parent directory name?

For instance, the script gets the directory name Summer Flowers when processing the jpg images in this directory.

|- Summer Flowers

|-- flower1.jpg

|-- flower2.jpg

|-- flower3.jpg

[Polycontrast]

This gets the name of the name of the parent folder of the active document. Also inserts the value %20 in the alert dialog displaying Summer%20Flowers rather than Summer Flowers. Can this %20 value be removed from the alert dialog?

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var parentFolder = doc.path.name

alert(parentFolder)

[Polycontrast]

ok found it. This replaces the %20 value. replace(/%20/g," ")

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var parentFolder = doc.path.name

alert(parentFolder.replace(/%20/g," "))

[SuperMerlin · Accepted solution]

You could use:-

alert(decodeURI(app.activeDocument.path.name));

[Polycontrast]

Thank you this works!

Is it possible to go up one more level to the Seasonal Flowers directory from the app.activeDocument?

I try using relative path to the Seasonal Flowers directory, but it did not work.

|- Seasonal Flowers

|-- Summer Flowers

|---flower1.jpg

|---flower2.jpg

|---flower3.jpg

[SuperMerlin]

Examples...

alert(decodeURI(app.activeDocument.path.name));

alert(decodeURI(app.activeDocument.path.parent.name));

alert(decodeURI(app.activeDocument.path.parent.parent.name));

[Polycontrast]

Thank you SuperMerlin! Super useful!