AS/CS3 open document without showing window

Question

Hi everyone,
I'm pretty new to scripting and mostly I've used Applescript to script InDesign.
In InDesign you can open a file without showing the window, which often speeds up the script.
I cannot figure out how to tell Photoshop to open a file without showing the window.
Is this possible?
thanks!

Answer 1

With CS4 you can also toggle the panels and set image zoom to .25% to speed up the script.
togglePalettes();
setZoom( .25 );
function setZoom( zoom ) {// as percent
   cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; // from xbytor
   var docRes = activeDocument.resolution;
   activeDocument.resizeImage( undefined, undefined, 72/(zoom/100), ResampleMethod.NONE );
   var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putEnumerated( cTID( "Mn  " ), cTID( "MnIt" ), cTID( 'PrnS' ) );
   desc.putReference( cTID( "null" ), ref );
   executeAction( cTID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
   activeDocument.resizeImage( undefined, undefined, docRes, ResampleMethod.NONE );
// your code here
togglePalettes();
If you where using javascipt you could also place all you code in a string and suspendHistory to speed it up a little more.