Quick zoom in photoshop cs3?

The zoom-in and zoom-out animations are too slow for me. Is there a way to quicken the zooms so they match the speed of using the navigator's zoom increase/decrease functions?
Thanks,
Nick

Which version of the SDK are you using? My guess is that you are using CS6 or earlier SDK and the version number of that suite is newer and CS3 does not expose the suite version you are asking for.
Try changing the version of sPSActoinDescriptor to use kPSActionDescriptorSuitePrevVersion. Make sure you check for NULL for all functions before using them. If I remember correctly only the PutInteger64 and GetInteger64 routines are for version 3. You could also add in two versions of the sPSActoinDescriptor and try to acquire the new version and if that fails try to acquire the old version.
If that doesn't work you can try using the CS3 SDK.

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BOILERPLATE TEXT:
Note that this is boilerplate text.
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such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CS6", but something like CS6v.13.0.6) and of Bridge,
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the type of file you were working on,
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what error message(s) you receive,
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etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster).
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themrkik wrote:
I have attempted to reset of Adobe Photoshop by doing the CTRL+ALT+SHIFT while loading and allowing complete reset.
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Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
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Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 2 GB
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