Creating a photoshop action to save a batch of images as patterns

Question

I am trying to use Photoshop actions to script about a thousand image files into PAT files. I am running into a problem with actions when it comes to defining a pattern. The program naturally selects the filename as the name of the pattern when doing it manually, but when I do this while recording an action Photoshop logs the filename used in creating the action and then uses that filename for all sripted patterns. Is there a way to alter that setting to select the current file's name instead?

Answer 1

You might want to move this thread to the general photoshop forum if tou want an action.  However your not going to be able to do create the action you want for when you record menu Edit>Define Pattern the "Pattern Name Dialog" will pop up and whatever is used in it will be recorded into the action.
Also Photoshop Scripting DOM does not have a interface for creating and nameing patterns.  However you should bne ale to write a script to do what you want using code generated with Photoshop Scriptlistner Plug-in and modifying the hard coded name to a variable you set with somthing like the active document name.
Before defining the patern you may be able to see if the name is all ready use for a pattern name so you can add something to the name to avoid duplicateing name.
ScriptListner Code difine pattern
// =======================================================
var idMk = charIDToTypeID( "Mk  " );
    var desc14 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref12 = new ActionReference();
        var idPtrn = charIDToTypeID( "Ptrn" );
        ref12.putClass( idPtrn );
    desc14.putReference( idnull, ref12 );
    var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
        var ref13 = new ActionReference();
        var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" );
        var idfsel = charIDToTypeID( "fsel" );
        ref13.putProperty( idPrpr, idfsel );
        var idDcmn = charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
        ref13.putEnumerated( idDcmn, idOrdn, idTrgt );
    desc14.putReference( idUsng, ref13 );
    var idNm = charIDToTypeID( "Nm  " );
    desc14.putString( idNm, "Pattern 5" );      <------ change "Pattern 5" to be a variable
executeAction( idMk, desc14, DialogModes.NO );