Hierarchy of layers

Help, I am looking for a script that would read the layer
names and hierarchy of layers in PS and Illy to recreate post
import into Fl. Currently the timeline view will not show full
hierarchy only the top level. And, I am not using any speical
effects or blends to my layers or groups only flat images or paths.
I am dealing with 200 layers! Manually recreating the layering
would be very time consuming. Thanks :-)

Actually, the "tree" you see on the right panel isn't a layers tree at all. OCGs (aka "layers") in a PDF file are in a simple 1-level stack, but you can define groups of layers, which Acrobat displays using the tree style. While there's no grouping or ungrouping tool in the user interface in Acrobat, you can do it via JavaScript by writing arrays of arrays into the doc.OCGOrder object. To quote the Acrobat SDK:
The simplest order array is a flat array of OCG objects. In this case, the listed OCGs are displayed in the UI as a flat list in the same order. If a subarray is present in the order array and the first element of the array is a string, the string will be listed with the rest of the array nested underneath it. If the first element of the array is not a string, the entire array will appear nested underneath the OCG preceding the subarray.

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Moving a layer group should not incure a performance hit (init a set of layers vs recursive)

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1. If I have just 2 layers in a layer group. Selecting both of them and ctrl-dragging them around is smooth and responsive.
2. If you have however select the layer group which contains just these 2 layers, the performance is obviously and terribly impacted. The drag is slow and choppy. With just 2 it is unbearable with regards to workflow but with a large layer group the performance it is utterly unusable. I am now looking to test what occurs in older versions.
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I'm just not seeing a difference in performance between dragging a single layer around, multiple individually selected layers together, or a whole group of layers (where the group is what's selected in the Layers panel).
I tested on both Photoshop CS6 and CC. I'm on Windows 8.1. And I can honestly say I've never seen the layers panel scroll slowly.
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Why not post a copy of a specific test image on which you can reproduce the issue, and that you'd like others to test with. I'll be happy to drag layers and groups around in it and report back.
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Where do I place a function, at the lowest level, so I can call it from any other container above it?
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