Layer Renaming in script

Hai I am creating a Photoshop panel using Adobe configurator4 and i want to do buttons which have name already defined eg Silo, Retouch, Skin etc to rename both single or multiple layer which are selected . There are many script which will open its own window but i dont want that . One i got from this link its for illustrator but it runs in photoshop" https://forums.adobe.com/message/2639824 But its will rename all the layer even if its not selected or it will rename only the layers which are visible. I am not good in Scripting . For now i have created a action script which is simple and connected to the button in Adobe Configurator4 but it will rename only one Can you please help me

You obviously don't know this, but if you option (alt) double click on the layer name, the Layer Properties dialog comes up, allowing you to name the layer in a modal dialog. I also find it easier to rename layers this way. A shortcut can also be set up to bring up Properties.
The History of this was that in Photoshop 6 they made it necessary to rename layers only in the layer properties dialog. But they had too many complants, and in 7 the default went back to the way it is now - renaming using the tiny text in the layers panel- so both methods are now available with the Option modifier.

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main();
function main(){
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Actions ignoring modal control for layer renaming, Photoshop CS6

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L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\EXAMPLE01.DBF EXAMPLE YES 34359721984 80
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\SYSAUX01.DBF SYSAUX YES 34359721984 1280
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\SYSTEM01.DBF SYSTEM YES 34359721984 1280
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\UNDOTBS01.DBF UNDOTBS1 YES 34359721984 640
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\UNDOTBS02.DBF UNDOTBS2 YES 629145600 12800
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS01.DBF USERS
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS02.DBF USERS
L:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\ORACOMPTA\USERS03 USERS
8 ligne(s) sélectionnée(s).
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ORA-01525: échec du changement de noms de fichier de données
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******************** QUOTE ********************************************
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Instance ORACLE lancée.
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i·ro·ny
/ˈīrənē/
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
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I have psd files with many layers each with different names
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In photoshop I could make an action that would do this for me, but it seems that there are no easy ways in Indesign to do this.
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Thanks for the information so far, but I've been looking at the links you added and haven't found anything about the scripting of layer comps...
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It seems a bit strange (or I am looking on the wrong places) but there is no way to access layer comps in Indesign.
Do I have to change the file in PhotoShop and save to get the result I need? Looks a bit strange that there isn't a more logical way then...
The reason I want to script this, is because when there are 100 PSD's on one page and they should al get the same Layer Comp... you have to do this manually for every image.
I like to use this feature to build texture-atlasses and have a dynamic result, but at this moment it would take at least 10 seconds for every picture... for 3 pages, and that for 7 files (and even more in the future).
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