Background saving via script? CS6/CC?
Any suggestions out there for getting script to save a file, in the background?
When you have your preferences set ON to Edit > Preferences > File handling > Save In Background, and you save a file by selecting File > SaveAs ... the file saves in the background so you can continue working. Great!
...BUT...
When you do that same action via script... activeDocument.saveAs() I get an annoying progress bar, which inhibits being able to work while the save is running. This makes an autosave script that is supposed to silently run, saving files in the background every few minutes while I work, kinda useless.
Any ideas on how to turn that progress bar dialog off? So Photoshop behaves the same as if I selected SaveAs in the menu??
I Do have app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO; but it seems to do no good.
suggestions welcome.
Thanks for the reply Davide,
Yes, I've noticed when I run the save process via ANY other way, (regular action run, DOM ExtendScripted, Action Manger scripted, AS3 CS6) - it always has the progress bar.
This just seems to be one of those things that I just can't do automatically the same way as if you just pushed "Cntrl-S". Save in Background - is a great feature. Now if only it could be done through automation... Anyone else have any luck?
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Does anyone know if it will be possible in cs6 to script the background save and continue working or will it tie up photoshop until the script is done. Also, is there any code that could release photoshop while a script is running? Any help would be...helpful.
Save in Background does not work when saving via script...?? right? is there a setting you can have to make it save in background?
When you have your preferences set ON to Edit > Preferences > File handling > Save In Background, and you save a file the normal way, File > SaveAs ... the file saves in the background so you can continue working. Great!
... BUT....
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Background saving bug CS6 (stalls)
Background saving bug CS6
Problem:
1. Was Editing a rather large and complex file, 16bit, 1,6GB
2. Pressed ctr+s to save the progress
3. Immediately launched a 3rd party plugin, Niksoft Define 2 (I mean with two keyboard shortcuts in a row, within seconds of each other)
4. Plugin started
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6. No progress on the background saving after the plugin exited, and not able to save as a new file because PS said it was already saving the file. After 20 minutes still no progress. Taskmanager showed PS using 0% CPU and no disk i/o activity even though it stated it was saving.
Workaround
1. Duplicated the entire psb to a new file inside photoshop.
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The original PS version with bg save had this fault and to my knowledge there was no easy work around apart from a very laborious process of Scripts/Export layers to files. Any duplication and resave of the document did not work as it was held in a queue behind the first file stuck on 0%
The next version of PS, CC and possibly first release of 2014, had a work around as suggested by someone else, by simply duplicating the file and saving. This would then jump the queue of the first file which was stuck on 0%.
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This is a very serious problem which has gone on a bit too long. I am prompted to write this because it happened to me again last night whilst working on a 6gb 32bit render layer file, costing me a fair bit of time and effort on a commercial job.
I always use bg save and 10mins recovery, when the problem occurs I am able to use PS as if nothing has happened but unfortunately cannot save, I am thus forced to force quit the application. Unfortunately in this instance the force quit is not seen by PS as a crash and therefore offers no file recovery. What I think we need is the following:
The ability to force abort a save of the stuck file so that we can save another.
The ability to access background saved files even if PS has not actually crashed, this would have saved me last night.
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In my project I have to make certain calculation and then get the data plotted in the given report template. I am using automated script for this. My script is doing all the calculations and then it not selecting and drag-dropping the selected channels on the report template. Its saving the blank report template.
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Any help will be deeply appreciated. Thanks
Solved!
Go to Solution.Hi LaxG,
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Like Brad mentioned it is much easier, that you have a stored template of your report with all setings and customisations already done.
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The script within Acrobat is finished and working. I thought, the InDesign script is finished ,too. But I was wrong -.-
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/06/30/from-msi-to-wix-part-17-windows-installer-automation-interface-part-2.aspx
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