A lot of Layer Opacitiy

Hello,
I am new in scripting and my question is determined very simply. Unfortunately I can not find a solution.
I would like to solve the following problem. In Photoshop I have many layers. The number is always different.
I want to generate the Opacitiy the layers from 0% to 100%. So, the top layer is 0% and the last layer is 100%. In addition, all levels to "Lighting" (Layer Mode)
Does anyone have a tip for me?
many thanks
Kenny

If you are new to this I think you may want to try this with Document Object Model code and not jump into Action Manager code immediately.
Edit: Even though AM code might run considerably faster.
Are all the Layers top-level or are Groups involved?
Edit:
For top-level Layers something like this would suffice to change the Opacity.
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var theFraction = 100 / (myDoc.layers.length - 1);
for (var m = 0; m < myDoc.layers.length; m++) {
var thisLayer = myDoc.layers[m];
thisLayer.opacity = theFraction * m
But mind that this assumes there are just plain Layers, so for example no Background Layer.
Regarding editing the BlendMode select "Adobe Photoshop … Object Library" in ESTK’s Help > Object Model Viewer and check out "BlendMode".

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"Karen J" <karen@don'tmailmeredsea.co.nz> wrote in
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> Hi - I am working on a webpage that requires 39
thumbnails to show 39
> large images when clicked and to also show some text on
mouseover - take a
> look.
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> have.
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> show/hide layers and image swaps seems very laborious to
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> mention the page is getting far too heavy........
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- all thoughts
> much appreciated.
>
> Also, any other issues spotted around this site please
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newbiejane wrote:
> I'm so new Dreamweaver. I can only create static
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