AppleScript PhotoShop Resize Times Out?

Question

Hi all,
I've found what seems to be a pretty decent image resize applescript to use with photoshop cs3, but every time I try to use it, it just hangs on the sizing image dialog box. Anybody have any suggestions?
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS3"
activate
-- set parameters
set my_files to choose file with prompt "Choose some files" default location (path to desktop) with multiple selections allowed
set destination_folder to choose folder with prompt "Choose destination folder" default location (path to desktop)
set destination_path to destination_folder as string
set sizeofthumbnail to text returned of (display dialog "Set size of thumbnail" default answer "100")
set sizeofthumbnail to sizeofthumbnail as integer
set output_quality to text returned of (display dialog "Set quality of final output" default answer "60")
set output_quality to output_quality as integer
-- for each file
repeat with my_file in my_files
set original_extension to name extension of (info for my_file)
open my_file showing dialogs never
set my_doc to the current document
set original_name to the name of my_doc
set doc_width to width of my_doc
set doc_height to height of my_doc
if doc_width > doc_height then
set new_width to sizeofthumbnail
set new_height to round (doc_height * (new_width / doc_width))
else
set new_height to sizeofthumbnail
set new_width to round (doc_width * (new_height / doc_height))
end if
resize image my_doc width new_width height new_height resample method bicubic sharper
tell current document
export in live_folder as save for web with options {class:save for web export options, web format:JPEG, quality:target_quality}
close saving no
end tell
end repeat
end tell
-- finishing touches
tell application "Finder"
activate
open folder destination_folder
beep
end tell

Answer 1

I commented out the export line (I don't have CS3, only an old version of CS) and it seems to work fine. the problem, then, is with the export line, and (at a guess) the issue might be the odd way you've specified the document. instead of using the export command in a document tell block, try 'export current document in live_folder as...' and see if that helps.