Automating Adobe PhotoShop
Keywords: Adobe Photoshop Save As Sendkeysto
PhotoShop is a tricky program to automate. Sending keystrokes to it is problematic, since depending on the state of PhotoShop and which of the multifarious tool windows are open it can respond in different manners.So we've made a list of alternate ways to perform standard Adobe Menu functions.
The code below will send a File-Save As command to Adobe Photoshop 5.5.
mFileSaveAs=32 ; From the list below DesiredCommand=mFileSaveAs ; From the list below WinActivate("Adobe Photoshop") hwnd=DllHwnd("Adobe Photoshop") PostMessage=23 wmcmd=273 filesaveas=32 IntControl(PostMessage,hwnd,wmcmd,DesiredCommand,0)Use similar code, changing only the DesiredCommand variable for the other menu commands. The other commands, from Adobe PhotoShop 5.5 are...;File Menu mFileNew=10 mFileOpen=20 mFileOpenAs=21 mFileClose=31 mFileSave=30 mFileSaveAs=32 mFileSaveaCopy=33 mFileSaveforWeb=1695 mFileRevert=34 mFilePlace=1032 mFileImportSelectTWAINSource=48639 mFileImportTWAIN=48638 mFileExportgif89aexport=49151 mFileExportPathstoIllustrator=49150 mFileAutomateBatch=1180 mFileAutomateCondModeChange=62973 mFileAutomateContactSheetII=62972 mFileAutomateFitImage=62971 mFileAutomateMultiPagePDFtoPSD=62970 mFileAutomatePicturePackage=62969 mFileAutomateWebPhotoGallery=62968 mFileFileInfo=1137 mFilePageSetup=176 mFilePrint=178 mFileJumpAdobeIllustrator80=45311 mFileJumpAdobeImageReady20=45310 mFilePrefGeneral=2311 mFilePrefSavingFiles=2317 mFilePrefDisplayCursors=2312 mFilePrefTransparencyGamut=2313 mFilePrefUnitsRulers=2314 mFilePrefGuidesGrid=2315 mFilePrefPluginsScratchDisk=2316 mFilePrefMemoryImageCache=2304 mFilePrefColorRGBSetup=2340 mFilePrefColorCYMKSetup=2341 mFilePrefColorGrayscaleSetup=2342 mFilePrefColorProfileSetup=2343 mFileAdobeOnline=4006 mFileRecentlyused_1=9856 mFileRecentlyused_2=9857 mFileRecentlyused_3=9858 mFileRecentlyused_4=9859 mFileExit=36 ;Edit Menu mEditRedoUndoStateChange=101 mEditCut=103 mEditCopy=104 mEditCopyMerged=1107 mEditPaste=105 mEditPasteInto=1040 mEditClear=106 mEditFill=1042 mEditStroke=1043 mEditFreeTransform=2207 mEditTransformAgain=2217 mEditTransformScale=2201 mEditTransformRotate=2205 mEditTransformSkew=2202 mEditTransformDistort=2204 mEditTransformPerspective=2203 mEditTransformNumeric=2206 mEditTransformRotate180=2208 mEditTransformRotate90CW=2209 mEditTransformRotate90CCW=2210 mEditTransformFlipHorizontal=2211 mEditTransformFlipVertical=2212 mEditDefinePattern=1038 mEditPurgeUndo=2911 mEditPurgeClipboard=2912 mEditPurgePattern=2913 mEditPurgeHistories=2361 mEditPurgeAll=2915 ;Image Menu mImageModeBitmap=1006 mImageModeGrayscale=1007 mImageModeDuotone=1008 mImageModeIndexedColor=1009 mImageModeRGBcolor=1010 mImageModeCYMKColor=1011 mImageModeLABColor=1052 mImageModeMultichannel=1014 mImageMode8bitsChannel=1161 mImageMode16bitsChannel=1162 mImageModeColorTable=1045 mImageModeProfiletoProfile=1212 mImageAdjustLevels=1801 mImageAdjustAutoLevels=1808 mImageAdjustAutoContrast=1810 mImageAdjustCurves=1802 mImageAdjustColorBalance=1804 mImageAdjustBrightnessContrast=1803 mImageAdjustHueSaturation=1805 mImageAdjustDesaturate=1809 mImageAdjustReplaceColor=1806 mImageAdjustSelectiveColor=1807 mImageAdjustChannelMixer=3056 mImageAdjustInvert=1701 mImageAdjustEqualize=1702 mImageAdjustThreshold=1703 mImageAdjustPosterize=1704 mImageAdjustVariations=60141 mImageDuplicate=1134 mImageApplyImage=1153 mImageCalculations=1900 mImageImageSize=1030 mImageCanvasSize=1031 mImageCrop=1044 mImageRotate180=2993 mImageRotate90CW=2991 mImageRotate90CCW=2992 mImageRotateArbitrary=2994 mImageRotateFlipHorizontal=2996 mImageRotateFlipVertical=2997 mImageHistogram=1064 mImageTrap=1093 mImageExtract=64237 ;Layer Menu mLayerNewLayer=1099 mLayerNewAdjustmentLayer=2750 mLayerNewBackground=1950 mLayerNewLayerViaCopy=2970 mLayerNewLayerViaCut=2971 mLayerDuplicateLayer=1135 mLayerDeleteLayer=1100 mLayerLayerOptions=1102 mLayerAdjustmentOptions=1103 mLayerEffectsDropShadow=1391 mLayerEffectsInnerShadow=1392 mLayerEffectsOuterGlow=1393 mLayerEffectsInnerGlow=1394 mLayerEffectsBevelandEmboss=1395 mLayerEffectsColorFill=1399 mLayerEffectsCopyEffects=1396 mLayerEffectsPaste=1397 mLayerEffectsPastetoLinked=1398 mLayerEffectsClear=1380 mLayerEffectsGlobalAngle=1388 mLayerEffectsCreateLayer=1389 mLayerEffectsHideAll=1387 mLayerTypeRenderLayer=1222 mLayerTypeHorizontal=1223 mLayerTypeVertical=1224 mLayerRemoveLayerMask=1150 mLayerEnableDisableLayerMask=1159 mLayerAddMaskRevealAll=1157 mLayerAddMaskHideAll=1156 mLayerAddMaskRevealSelection=1158 mLayerAddMaskHideSelection=1168 mLayerGroupwithPrevious=2972 mLayerUngroup=2973 mLayerArrangeBringtoFront=2711 mLayerArrangeBringForward=2712 mLayerArrangeSendBackward=2713 mLayerArrangeSendtoBack=2714 mLayerAlignLinkedTop=1231 mLayerAlignLinkedVertCenter=1233 mLayerAlignLinkedBottom=1232 mLayerAlignLinkedLeft=1234 mLayerAlignLinkedHorizCenter=1236 mLayerAlignLinkedRight=1235 mLayerDistLinkedTop=1241 mLayerDistLinkedVertCenter=1243 mLayerDistLinkedBottom=1242 mLayerDistLinkedLeft=1245 mLayerDistLinkedHorizCenter=1247 mLayerDistLinkedRight=1246 mLayerMergeDown=1166 mLayerMergeLinked=1166 mLayerMergeVisible=1139 mLayerFlattenImage=1141 mLayerMattingDefringe=1037 mLayerMattingRemoveBlackMatte=2701 mLayerMattingRemoveWhiteMatte=2703 ;Select Menu mSelectAll=1017 mSelectDeselect=1016 mSelectReselect=1951 mSelectInverse=1018 mSelectColorRange=1152 mSelectFeather=1036 mSelectModifyBorder=1035 mSelectModifySmooth=1108 mSelectModifyExpand=1109 mSelectModifyContract=1110 mSelectGrow=1033 mSelectSimilar=1034 mSelectTransformSelection=1971 mSelectLoadSelection=1200 mSelectSaveSelection=1300 ;Filter Menu mFilterArtisticColoredPencil=39423 mFilterArtisticCutout=39422 mFilterArtisticDryBrush=39421 mFilterArtisticFilmGrain=39420 mFilterArtisticFresco=39419 mFilterArtisticNeonGlow=39418 mFilterArtisticPaintDaubs=39417 mFilterArtisticPaletteKnife=39416 mFilterArtisticPlasticWrap=39415 mFilterArtisticPosterEdges=39414 mFilterArtisticRoughPastels=39413 mFilterArtisticSmudgeStick=39412 mFilterArtisticSponge=39411 mFilterArtisticUnderpainting=39410 mFilterArtisticWatercolor=39409 mFilterBlurBlur=39167 mFilterBlurBlurMore=39166 mFilterBlurGaussianBlur=39165 mFilterBlurMotionBlur=39164 mFilterBlurRadialBlur=39163 mFilterBlurSmartBlur=39162 mFilterBrushAccentedEdges=38911 mFilterBrushAngledStrokes=38910 mFilterBrushCrosshatch=38909 mFilterBrushDarkStrokes=38908 mFilterBrushInkOutlines=38907 mFilterBrushSpatter=38906 mFilterBrushSprayedStrokes=38905 mFilterBrushSumie=38904 mFilterDistortDiffuseGlow=38955 mFilterDistortDisplace=38654 mFilterDistortGlass=38653 mFilterDistortOceanRipple=38652 mFilterDistortPinch=38651 mFilterDistortPolarCoordinates=38650 mFilterDistortRipple=38649 mFilterDistortShear=38648 mFilterDistortSpherize=38647 mFilterDistortTwirl=38646 mFilterDistortWave=38645 mFilterDistortZigZag=38644 mFilterNoiseAddNoise=38399 mFilterNoiseDespeckle=38398 mFilterNoiseDustScratches=38397 mFilterNoiseMedian=38396 mFilterPixelateColorHalftone=38143 mFilterPixelateCrystallize=38142 mFilterPixelateFacet=38141 mFilterPixelateFragment=38140 mFilterPixelateMezzotint=38139 mFilterPixelateMosaic=38138 mFilterPixelatePointillize=38137 mFilterRender3DTransform=37887 mFilterRenderClouds=37886 mFilterRenderDifferenceClouds=37885 mFilterRenderLensFlare=37884 mFilterRenderLightingEffects=37883 mFilterRenderTextureFill=37882 mFilterSharpenSharpen=37631 mFilterSharpenSharpenEdges=37630 mFilterSharpenSharpenMore=37629 mFilterSharpenUnsharpMask=37628 mFilterSketchBasRelief=37375 mFilterSketchChalkCharcoal=37374 mFilterSketchCharcoal=37373 mFilterSketchChrome=37372 mFilterSketchConteCrayon=37371 mFilterSketchGraphicPen=37370 mFilterSketchHalftonePattern=37369 mFilterSketchNotePaper=37368 mFilterSketchPhotocopy=37367 mFilterSketchPlaster=37366 mFilterSketchReticulation=37365 mFilterSketchStamp=37364 mFilterSketchTornEdges=37363 mFilterSketchWaterPaper=37362 mFilterStylizeDiffuse=37119 mFilterStylizeEmboss=37118 mFilterStylizeExtrude=37117 mFilterStylizeFindEdges=37116 mFilterStylizeGlowingEdges=37115 mFilterStylizeSolarize=37114 mFilterStylizeTiles=37113 mFilterStylizeTraceContour=37112 mFilterStylizeWind=37111 mFilterTextureCraquelure=36863 mFilterTextureGrain=36862 mFilterTextureMosaicTiles=36861 mFilterTexturePatchwork=38660 mFilterTextureStainedGlass=36859 mFilterTextureTexturizer=36858 mFilterVideoDeInterlace=36607 mFilterVideoNTSCColors=36606 mFilterOtherCustom=36351 mFilterOtherDitherBox=36350 mFilterOtherHighPass=36349 mFilterOtherMaximum=36348 mFilterOtherMinimum=36347 mFilterOtherOffset=36346 ;View Menu mViewNewView=1001 mViewPreviewCYMK=2801 mViewPreviewCyan=2802 mViewPreviewMagenta=2803 mViewPreviewYellow=2804 mViewPreviewBlack=2805 mViewPreviewCMY=2806 mViewPreviewMacintoshRGB=2811 mViewPreviewWindowsRGB=2812 mViewPreviewUncompensatedRGB=2813 mViewGamutWarning=1106 mViewZoomIn=1004 mViewZoomOut=1005 mViewFitonScreen=1192 mViewActualPixels=1190 mViewPrintSize=1191 mViewHideShowEdges=1015 mViewHideShowPath=1193 mViewHideShowRulers=1002 mViewHideShowGuides=2920 mViewSnaptoGuides=2930 mViewLockGuides=2940 mViewClearGuides=2950 mViewHideShowGrid=2960 mViewSnaptoGrid=2962 ;Window Menu mWindowCascade=8195 mWindowTile=8196 mWindowArrangeIcons=8197 mWindowCloseAll=8198 mWindowHideShowTools=1194 mWindowHideShowNavigator=1163 mWindowHideShowInfo=1055 mWindowHideShowOptions=1111 mWindowHideShowColor=1046 mWindowHideShowSwatches=1119 mWindowHideShowBrushes=1025 mWindowHideShowLayers=1098 mWindowHideShowChannels=1021 mWindowHideShowPaths=1065 mWindowHideShowHistory=1199 mWindowHideShowActions=1170 mWindowHideShowStatusBar=9986 mWindowOpenFilefirst=63463 mWindowOpenFilesecond=63462 mWindowOpenFilethird=63461 ;HelpMenu mHelpHelpTopics=10258 mHelpHowtoUseHelp=8962 mHelpAboutPhotoshop=1 ;mHelpAboutPlugin ... hundreds all different mHelpColorManagement=7500 mHelpExportTransparentImage=7501 mHelpResizeImage=7502
Article ID: W14402Filename: Problems Sending Keystrokes to Adobe Photoshop.txt