Problems with selection.fill/pathItem.fillPath -- Ps CS6, JSX, Windows

Question

Hi all,
First post here
I've started lately to play around with extended javascript (jsx) scripting on Photoshop CS6 (using 32-bit version on Windows 7 Ultimate).
I've had much trouble with 'fill' commands.
This one here gives me an
Error 1200: Internal error
Line: 5
->  app.activeDocument.selection.fill( myColor );
var myColor = new SolidColor();
app.documents.add( 100, 100, 72, "tmp", NewDocumentMode.RGB, DocumentFill.TRANSPARENT );
app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll();
app.activeDocument.selection.fill( myColor );
I read somewhere that giving all the parameters to the fill method could solve it, but it gave me the same result.
I've also tried the fillPath method from PathItem, but it gave also an internal error (1200).
var myColor = new SolidColor();
var docRef = app.documents.add(500, 700, 72, "Simple Line")
var lineArray = new Array()
lineArray[0] = new PathPointInfo
lineArray[0].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT
lineArray[0].anchor = Array(100, 100)
lineArray[0].leftDirection = lineArray[0].anchor
lineArray[0].rightDirection = lineArray[0].anchor
lineArray[1] = new PathPointInfo
lineArray[1].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT
lineArray[1].anchor = Array(150, 200)
lineArray[1].leftDirection = lineArray[1].anchor
lineArray[1].rightDirection = lineArray[1].anchor
lineArray[2] = new PathPointInfo
lineArray[2].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT
lineArray[2].anchor = Array(100, 200)
lineArray[2].leftDirection = lineArray[2].anchor
lineArray[2].rightDirection = lineArray[2].anchor
var lineSubPathArray = new Array()
lineSubPathArray[0] = new SubPathInfo()
lineSubPathArray[0].operation = ShapeOperation.SHAPEXOR
lineSubPathArray[0].closed = true
lineSubPathArray[0].entireSubPath = lineArray
var myPathItem = docRef.pathItems.add("A Line", lineSubPathArray)
myPathItem.fillPath(myColor, ColorBlendMode.NORMAL, 100, true, 0.0, true, true)
This example only works if there is not parameters at all given to fillPath (it's filling with black).
Does anyone know how I could work around this? Is it a known bug?
Thanks all!

Answer 1

Hello Michael L Hale,
Michael L Hale wrote:
… But it is really not that useful to use the defalut because it doesn't work with all Photoshop methods or properties. For example
myColor = new SolidColor();
backgroundColor = myColor;
will throw the same internal error message …
understand fun?
//MakeNewDocFillWithBGColor.jsx
var Syntax = false;
var docRef = app.documents.add(300, 300, 72, null, NewDocumentMode.RGB, DocumentFill.TRANSPARENT);
var selRef = app.activeDocument.selection;
var myAlert = null;
try {
    myColor = new SolidColor();
    backgroundColor = myColor;
    Syntax = true;
    selRef.fill( backgroundColor, ColorBlendMode.NORMAL, 100, false );
    myAlert = "No No No";
catch (e) {
    $.sleep (999);
    if (Syntax == false) {
        var MakeSyntax = true;       
        myColor = new SolidColor();
        backgroundColor.rgb.hexValue = myColor.rgb.hexValue;
        selRef.fill( backgroundColor, ColorBlendMode.NORMAL, 100, false );
        myAlert = "Script runs, if MakeSyntax == "+MakeSyntax;
alert(myAlert,"Have Fun")
greetings