Save as PCX

Question

I'm currently work with an old script I found here on the forums. Originally found here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/488255
I've toyed with it a bit but to no avail, since I have no idea what I am doing.
Basically I want one of the output options to be .PCX format.
#target photoshop
function main(){
var LSets = activeDocument.layerSets.length;
var ArtLayers = activeDocument.artLayers.length;
var NoOfLayers = activeDocument.layers.length;
var Back = hasBackground();
var hasTop = false;
var selLayers =getSelectedLayersIdx();
var selGroups=[];
if(LSets>0){
    for(var s in selLayers){
   if(isLayerSet(selLayers[s])) selGroups.push(selLayers[s]);
if(activeDocument.layers[0].typename == 'ArtLayer') hasTop = true;
var win = new Window('dialog','Layer Saver');
g = win.graphics;
var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0.99, 0.99, 0.99, 1]);
g.backgroundColor = myBrush;
win.p1= win.add("panel", undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:"black"});
win.p1.preferredSize=[500,20];
win.g1 = win.p1.add('group');
win.g1.orientation = "row";
win.title = win.g1.add('statictext',undefined,'Layer Saver');
win.title.alignment="fill";
var g = win.title.graphics;
g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Georgia","BOLDITALIC",22);
win.g5 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g5.orientation = "column";
win.g5.alignChildren='left';
win.g5.spacing=0;
if(LSets == 0){
win.g5.rb1 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save selected layers');
win.g5.rb2 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save selected layers along with the top layer');
win.g5.rb3 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save selected layers along with background layer');
win.g5.rb4 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save all layers');
win.g5.rb5 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save all layers along with the top layer');
win.g5.rb6 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save all layers along with background layer');
win.g5.rb3.enabled=Back;
win.g5.rb6.enabled=Back;
win.g5.rb4.value=true;
}else{
win.g5.rb1 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save selected layerSets');
win.g5.rb2 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save selected layerSets along with the top layer');
win.g5.rb3 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save selected layerSets along with background layer');
win.g5.rb4 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save all layerSets');
win.g5.rb5 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save all layerSets along with the top layer');
win.g5.rb6 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Save all layerSets along with background layer');
win.g5.rb3.enabled=Back;
win.g5.rb6.enabled=Back;
win.g5.rb2.enabled=hasTop;
win.g5.rb5.enabled=hasTop;
if(selGroups.length <1){
    win.g5.rb1.enabled=false;
    win.g5.rb2.enabled=false;
    win.g5.rb3.enabled=false;
win.g5.rb4.value=true;
win.p2 = win.add("panel", undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:"black"});
win.p2.preferredSize=[500,20];
win.p2.st1 = win.p2.add('statictext',undefined,'Output details');
win.p2.st1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", "Bold", 18);
win.g10 =win.p2.add('group');
win.g10.orientation = "row";
win.g10.alignment='left';
win.g10.et1 = win.g10.add('edittext');
win.g10.et1.preferredSize=[350,20];
win.g10.bu1 = win.g10.add('button',undefined,'Select Folder');
win.g10.bu1.onClick=function(){
var Folder1 = Folder(app.activeDocument.path);
outputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select the output folder",Folder1);
if(outputFolder !=null){
  win.g10.et1.text =  decodeURI(outputFolder.fsName);
win.g12 =win.p2.add('group');
win.g12.orientation = "row";
win.g12.alignment='left';
win.g12.cb1 = win.g12.add('checkbox',undefined,'Merge Visible Layers?');
win.g12.cb2 = win.g12.add('checkbox',undefined,'Trim Layer');
win.g15 =win.p2.add('group');
win.g15.orientation = "row";
win.g15.alignment='left';
var Options= ["Layer/Group Name","FileName + Sequence No.","FileName + Layer/Group Name ","User Defined with Sequence No."];
win.g15.st1 = win.g15.add('statictext',undefined,'Save Options..');
win.g15.dd1 = win.g15.add('dropdownlist',undefined,Options);
win.g15.dd1.selection=0;
win.g15.et1 = win.g15.add('edittext');
win.g15.et1.preferredSize=[150,20];
win.g15.et1.hide();
win.g15.dd1.onChange=function(){
  if(this.selection.index==3){
      win.g15.et1.show();
      }else{
          win.g15.et1.hide();
win.g18 =win.p2.add('group');
win.g18.orientation = "row";
win.g18.st1 = win.g18.add('statictext',undefined,'Save as :');
var Types = ["PNG","PCX","PSD","PDF","TIF","JPG"];
win.g18.dd1 = win.g18.add('dropdownlist',undefined,Types);
win.g18.dd1.selection = 0;
win.g18.alignment='left';
win.g20 =win.p2.add('group');
win.g20.orientation = "row";
win.g20.bu1 = win.g20.add('button',undefined,'Process');
win.g20.bu1.preferredSize=[200,35];
win.g20.bu2 = win.g20.add('button',undefined,'Cancel');
win.g20.bu2.preferredSize=[200,35];
win.g20.bu1.onClick=function(){
    if(win.g10.et1.text == ''){
        alert("No Output Folder has been Selected!");
        return;
    if(win.g15.dd1.selection.index==3){
        if(win.g15.et1.text ==''){
            alert("No FileName Has Been Entered!");
            return;
    win.close(1);
Process();
win.center();
win.show();
function Process(){
if(LSets == 0){
//Process layers only
if(win.g5.rb1.value){//Save selected layers
for(var b in selLayers){
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(b,lName));
    dupLayers();
    if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
     if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save selected layers
if(win.g5.rb2.value){//Save selected layers along with the top layer
for(var b in selLayers){
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    activeDocument.activeLayer= activeDocument.layers[0];
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]),true);
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(b,lName));
    dupLayers();
    if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save selected layers along with the top layer
if(win.g5.rb3.value){//Save selected layers along with background layer
    for(var b in selLayers){
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-1];
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]),true);
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(b,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save selected layers along with background layer
if(win.g5.rb4.value){//Save all layers
selectAllLayers();
selLayers =getSelectedLayersIdx();
for(var b in selLayers){
     selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(b,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save all layers
if(win.g5.rb5.value){//Save all layers along with the top layer
selectAllLayers(1);
selLayers =getSelectedLayersIdx();
for(var b in selLayers){
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[0];
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]),true);
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(b,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save all layers along with the top layer
if(win.g5.rb6.value){//Save all layers along with background layer
selectAllLayers();
selLayers =getSelectedLayersIdx();
    for(var b in selLayers){
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-1];
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selLayers[b]),true);
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(b,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save all layers along with background layer
    }else{
//Process LayerSets Only
if(win.g5.rb1.value){//Save selected layerSets
    for(var g in selGroups){
        selectLayerByIndex(Number(selGroups[g]));
        var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
        var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(g,lName));
        dupLayers();
            if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
   }//End Save selected layerSets
if(win.g5.rb2.value){//Save selected layerSets along with the top layer
    for(var g in selGroups){
        selectLayerByIndex(Number(selGroups[g]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    activeDocument.activeLayer= activeDocument.layers[0];
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selGroups[g]),true);
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(g,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save selected layerSets along with the top layer
if(win.g5.rb3.value){//Save selected layerSets along with background layer
    for(var g in selGroups){
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selGroups[g]));
     var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
    activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-1];
    selectLayerByIndex(Number(selGroups[g]),true);
    var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(g,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save selected layerSets along with background layer
if(win.g5.rb4.value){//Save all layerSets
    for(var g =0;g<LSets;g++){
         activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layerSets[g];
         var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
         var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(g,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save all layerSets
if(win.g5.rb5.value){//Save all layerSets along with the top layer
    activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[0];
    var TopIDX =getSelectedLayersIdx();
     for(var g =0;g<LSets;g++){
         activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layerSets[g];
         var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
         selectLayerByIndex(Number(TopIDX[0]),true);
         var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(g,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save all layerSets along with the top layer
if(win.g5.rb6.value){//Save all layerSets along with background layer
         for(var g =0;g<LSets;g++){
         activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layerSets[g];
         var lName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
         selectLayerByIndex(0,true);
         var saveFile= File(outputFolder+ "/" + getName(g,lName));
    dupLayers();
        if(win.g12.cb1.value){
        try{activeDocument.mergeVisibleLayers();}catch(e){}
    if(win.g12.cb2.value){
         try{activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT,true,true,true,true);}catch(e){}
    SaveDOC(saveFile);
    app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
    }//End Save all layerSets along with background layer
function getName(seq,lName){
seq = zeroPad((Number(seq)+1), 3);
var dName = decodeURI(activeDocument.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var Name ='';
switch (Number(win.g15.dd1.selection.index)){
    case 0: Name += lName; break;
    case 1: Name += dName +"-"+seq; break;
    case 2: Name += dName +"-"+ lName; break;
    case 3: Name += win.g15.et1.text + "-"+seq; break;
    default :break;
return Name;
function SaveDOC(saveFile){
    switch(Number(win.g18.dd1.selection.index)){
        case 0 : SavePNG(File(saveFile+".png")); break;
        case 1 : SavePCX(File(saveFile+".pcx")); break;
        case 2:  SavePSD(File(saveFile+".psd")); break;
        case 3:  SavePDF(File(saveFile+".pdf")); break;
        case 4:  SaveTIFF(File(saveFile+".tif")); break;
        case 5:  SaveJPG(File(saveFile+".jpg"),12); break;
        default : break;
main();
function hasBackground() {
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr"), charIDToTypeID( "Bckg" ));
   ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ),charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ),charIDToTypeID( "Back" ));
   var desc =  executeActionGet(ref);
   var res = desc.getBoolean(charIDToTypeID( "Bckg" ));
   return res   
function getSelectedLayersIdx(){
      var selectedLayers = new Array;
      var ref = new ActionReference();
      ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
      var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
      if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){
         desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));
          var c = desc.count
          var selectedLayers = new Array();
          for(var i=0;i<c;i++){
            try{
               activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );
            }catch(e){
               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );
       }else{
         var ref = new ActionReference();
         ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));
         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
         try{
            activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);
         }catch(e){
            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));
      return selectedLayers;
function isLayerSet(idx) {        
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putIndex(1283027488, idx);
   var desc =  executeActionGet(ref);
   var type = desc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection"));
   var res = typeIDToStringID(type);
   if(res == 'layerSectionStart') return true;
       return false;  
function dupLayers() {
    var desc143 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref73 = new ActionReference();
        ref73.putClass( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn') );
    desc143.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref73 );
    desc143.putString( charIDToTypeID('Nm  '), activeDocument.activeLayer.name );
        var ref74 = new ActionReference();
        ref74.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
    desc143.putReference( charIDToTypeID('Usng'), ref74 );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Mk  '), desc143, DialogModes.NO );
function selectLayerByIndex(index,add){
add = (add == undefined)  ? add = false : add;
var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), index);
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), ref );
       if(add) desc.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" ), stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" ), stringIDToTypeID( "addToSelection" ) );
      desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), false );
   try{
    executeAction(charIDToTypeID("slct"), desc, DialogModes.NO );
}catch(e){}
function selectAllLayers(layer) {//does not select background layer
if(layer == undefined) layer = 0;
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-1];
if(activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer)
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-2];
var BL = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[layer];
    var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref3 = new ActionReference();
        ref3.putName( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), BL);
    desc5.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref3 );
    desc5.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelectionContinuous') );
    desc5.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('MkVs'), false );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc5, DialogModes.NO );
function zeroPad(n, s) {
   n = n.toString();
   while (n.length < s)  n = '0' + n;
   return n;
function SavePNG(saveFile){
pngSaveOptions = new PNGSaveOptions();
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, pngSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function SavePCX(saveFile){
pcxSaveOptions = new PCXSaveOptions();
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, pcxSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function SaveTIFF(saveFile){
tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();
tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;
tiffSaveOptions.layers = true;
tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW;
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function SavePSD(saveFile){
psdSaveOptions = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
psdSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
psdSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true; 
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, psdSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function SavePDF(saveFile){
pdfSaveOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, pdfSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function SaveJPG(saveFile, jpegQuality){
jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgSaveOptions.quality = jpegQuality; //1-12
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true,Extension.LOWERCASE);
I purely guessed that this was the line of script to save as a PCX file but it didn't work upon execution. It isolates a group to save but then just stops.
function SavePCX(saveFile){
pcxSaveOptions = new PCXSaveOptions();
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, pcxSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
I've been looking everywhere for an answer, but it seems like not one has ever had to have a script like this. I'm running CS6 of that helps.

Answer 1

c.pfaffenbichler wrote: Where in the documentation did you find the class PCXSaveOptions? I can’t find it in ESTK’s Object Model Viewer.
I'm not familiar with this coding whatsoever, so I just guessed based on PNG's save function. I copy pasted and guessed hoping it would work.
c.pfaffenbichler wrote:
I guess you should record a PCX-save with ScriptingListener.plugin and then use the resulting Action Manager-code wrapped in a function.
I used the recommended plugin and got this in the log:
var idsave = charIDToTypeID( "save" );
    var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idAs = charIDToTypeID( "As  " );
    desc2.putString( idAs, """PCX""" );
    var idIn = charIDToTypeID( "In  " );
    desc2.putPath( idIn, new File( "Y:\\RSP001.pcx" ) );
    var idDocI = charIDToTypeID( "DocI" );
    desc2.putInteger( idDocI, 314 );
    var idsaveStage = stringIDToTypeID( "saveStage" );
    var idsaveStageType = stringIDToTypeID( "saveStageType" );
    var idsaveBegin = stringIDToTypeID( "saveBegin" );
    desc2.putEnumerated( idsaveStage, idsaveStageType, idsaveBegin );
executeAction( idsave, desc2, DialogModes.NO );
I have no clue what I am looking for.