Using an action for scanner in Photoshop

With CS6 I can use File\Import to initiate a scan but when I create an action and try to run it, I get an error message 'The command "Import" is not currently available'. The action works fine with CS5.5.
I stumped as to where to even start looking for a solution. Any ideas?
Update: I am using Silverfast and the old version works with CS5 & 6 while the new version of Silverfast works with neither. Looks like the problem lies with Silverfast.
Jerry

64 bit drivers are not going to work at all on a 32 bit system and I am running Win 7 32 bit.
From the Silverfast webs site:
Epson Perfection V750 Pro / GT-X900 (32bit)
Epson Perfection V750 Pro / GT-X900 (64bit)
As you can see, both sets of drivers are available and I have the correct ones installed or PS could not scan at all.

Similar Messages

How to use same actions for differ pop-up

Hi gurus,
I am using 2 popup in a view.same popup's having same buttons 'Yes', 'No'.when i use 1st one i have to create an action for that Yes button where i put my code for that particular Action.
But when i used 2nd one the action define for that is not acceptable with differ name.it takes only standard one.
Now my Query is : How to use same actions for differ pop-up buttons with in a similar view?Where i put my code.
Plz sugges me.
<b>Points will be sured.</b>
Sanket sethi

Hi,
Take one integer value attribute in the context of view
when you r performing action on POP1 set it's value to 1
when you r performing action on POP2 set it's value to 2
create one method which receives integer argument, say diaplay(int a)
In the action call display(wdContext.currentContextElement().get<intvariable>()) by passing the value in the context attribute
in display() method, Check the value of integer variable..
if it is 1 then perform action related to POP1
if it is 2 then perform action related to POP2
Regards
LakshmiNarayana

How to use same actions for differ pop-up buttons

Hi gurus,
I am using 2 popup in a view.same popup's having same buttons 'Yes', 'No'.when i use 1st one i have to create an action for that Yes button where i put my code for that particular Action.
But when i used 2nd one the action define for that is not acceptable with differ name.it takes only standard one.
Now my Query is : How to use same actions for differ pop-up buttons with in a similar view?Where i put my code.
Plz sugges me.
<b>Points will be sured.</b>
Sanket sethi

Hi ,
u can use the method SUBSCRIBE_TO_BUTTON_EVENT of the IF_WD_WINDOW interface ... to handle the event fired by the popup .....used this method after creating the popup window ...
regards
Yash

Would I use Dynamic Actions for this?

As part of my hiring action, I would like to trigger an email to the Org's chief once the employee record is created. Is this done via Dynamic Actions? If so, can someone give me a step-by-step on how to set that up?
Thanks!

Hi you can use code like this in table T588Z
Infotype
|0000 |    |          |06|101|P|P0000-MASSN='E9'| check Action Type
|0000 |    |          |06|102|P|P0000-MASSG='02'| check Reason for Action
|0000 |    |          |06|103|P|PSPAR-PERSG='4' | check Employee group
|0000 |    |          |06|104|W|PSPAR-PERSG='6' | check employee subgroup
|0000 |    |          |04|105|M|M0001           | call a feature
With this feature M0001 I think you can make it
M0001 Parameter Settings for Mail on Change to Infotype Record
   Object
     Feature
   Task
     This feature enables you to control who is sent a mail, the text sent,
     and the processing type used.
   Use
     The feature can be used for all master data infotypes for both employees
     and applicants.
   Note
     Decision field TCLAS enables you to control whether processing is
     carried out only for employees (TCLAS=A) or only for applicants
     (TCLAS=B).
   Procedure
     The return matrix of the feature has the following form: XXXXX ZZZZZ
     XXXXX Mail attribute
     o   IDTXT - Name of a standard text. The first line is used as a title,
                 therefore you should formulate the mail after the second
         line
                 of the standard text. The above variable is entered. You can
                 only activate the infotype fields that trigger a mail.
     o   RECV1 - Recipient 1 is the administrator for HR master data from the
                 Organizational Assignment infotype (0001) who is responsible
                 for the employee on today's date.
                 For applicants this is the personnel officer.
                 The user name contained in T526 is converted into an office
                 name. This conversion takes place for RECV2 and RECV3.
     o   RECV2 - Recipient 2 is the payroll administrator taken from
                 the Organizational Assignment infotype (0001) who is
                 responsible for the employee on today's date.
                 This field is not supported for applicants.
     o   RECV3 - Recipient 3 is for the Time Management administrator taken
                 from the Organizational Assignment infotype (0001) who is
                 responsible for the employee on today's date.
                 This field is not supported for applicants.
     o   SUBTY - You want the employee whose data is changed to receive an
         e-mail
                 Here you specify which subtype is to be used to read the
                 employee's infotype 0105 record, that is, in which subtype
         you
                 store the employee's mail name. The employee only
                 receives a mail if SUBTY is filled.
     o   OUTBX - The mail should be in the sender's outbox.
     o   DISTR - Distribution list that is stored in the general folders
                 in SAP-Office (Transaction SO04).
     o   NAME1 - If the infotype that triggers the mail is not the
                 Organizational Assignment infotype (0001), then the feature
                 specified is read.
                 You can define distribution lists and recipients in
                 this feature. The standard SAP system contains the
                 feature RCIEV, which can be used as an example.
     o   NAME2 - If the infotype that triggers the mail is the
                 Organizational Assignment infotype (0001),
                 then the feature specified will be read
                 using the new data contained in infotype 0001. New data
                 means data contained in an infotype record for infotype
                 0001 that has been changed after the mail was sent. You
                 can define a distribution list and a recipient in this
         feature.
                 The standard SAP system contains the feature RCNEW,
                 which can be used as an example.
     o   NAME3 - If the infotype that triggers the mail is the
                 Organizational Assignment infotype (0001),
                 then the feature specified here, will be
                 read using the old data contained in the infotype. Old
                 data means data prior to changing the infotype record that
                 triggered a mail to be sent. You can define distribution
                 lists and recipients in the feature. The standard SAP
                 system contains feature RCOLD, which can be used as an
                 example.
     You can give a mail a process. The recipient of the mail can start the
     transaction specified from the mail:
     o   TCODE - Transaction code
     o   PAINF - Infotype
     o   PASUB - Subtype
     o   PABEG - Begin date
     o   PAEND - End date
     o   PAFCD - Function code (OKcode)
     ZZZZZ 30-character value that is entered in the field.
     o   XXXXX = IDTXT: ZZZZZ is a standard text from SAPScript with the text
         ID PAMA (Transaction SO10)
     o   XXXXX = RECV1, RECV2, RECV3: ZZZZZ=X is the appropriate
         administrator who is to receive the mail
     o   XXXXX = SUBTY: ZZZZZ is 4-digit subtype for the infotype 0105
     o   XXXXX = OUTBX: ZZZZZ=X the mail is put in the sender's outbox
     o   XXXXX = TCODE: ZZZZZ=PA30, PA20, PB30 or PB20
     o   XXXXX = PAINF: ZZZZZ is the 4-digit number of an infotype
     o   XXXXX = PASUB: ZZZZZ is the 4-digit number of a subtype
     o   XXXXX = PABEG, PAEND: ZZZZZ= either an 8-digit date in the format
         YYYYMMDD, e.g. ZZZZZ=19950630 for "30.06.1995", or enter the name of
         a variable in inverted commas, e.g. ZZZZZ='P0001-ENDDA'. The
         following exist: P0001-BEGDA, P0001-ENDDA, P0002-BEGDA, P0002-ENDDA,
         Pnnnn-BEGDA, Pnnnn-ENDDA, nnnn is the number of the infotype that
         triggers the mail to be sent.
     o   XXXXX = PAFCD: ZZZZZ=COP Copy, ZZZZZ=DEL Delete, ZZZZZ=DIS
         Display, ZZZZZ=EDQ Lock/Unlock, ZZZZZ=INS Create, ZZZZZ=MOD Change
     By using the operation NEXTR, you will jump into the feature's
     subsequent line. The last line of an action is closed with commas (not
     NEXTR).

Problem in copying wagetype into IT0008 using Dynamic Action for IT0015

Hi All,
My requirement is based on the Number/ Unit the user enters on the IT0015 screen in the PA30 transaction ,I have created a dynamicaction that will fetch the corresponding wage type from a table T511K and display the screen of IT0008 where the BEGDA would be the Date of Origin of IT0015 and a new record should be added to the already existing wagetypes of IT0008.
I have already created the dynamic action and the BEGDA is getting correctly fetched from the IT0015's Date of Origin. However, I am in doubt as to how to add the corresponding wage type from table T511K in the already existing wagetypes of IT0008. Please help me. Points would be rewarded.
If possible could you please provide the code for it.
Regards,
Rahul Agrawal.

Rahul Technically speaking this can be achieved by any way but would like to share you the nature of wage types which comes in IT0015 and IT008 completely differs functionally along with Respective infotypes Ie The wage types in 15 will be a irregular wage type and in IT0008 Regular wage type and IT0015 have Time constraint 2 and IT0008 have TC 1
So would like you to check once with your functinal before going to the development

Using probe action module after Healthy Detectors

Hi
I want to run a Power-shell script after Condition Detector for Healthy, Warning or Critical States. Is it possible to use a probe action module
after my Healthy Detectors?
Actually when I use Probe Action for this purpose, the script runs properly but state changing happens after 3 or 4 intervals and I get this error
in event viewer even if I don't have any state changing :
Event ID:5500
"Frequent state change requests caused the incoming state change request to be dropped due to it being older than the currently recorded state
change for this monitor. This could also be due to an invalid configuration for this monitor. Affected monitor: Instance: All Management Servers Resource Pool Watcher Instance ID: 5A93A06F-1018-16F9-D0F6-8F25180020E0 Management Group:
SCOM2-Test Request generated time: 2014-08-12T15:23:33.7119190+04:30 Requested state: Success Recorded time: 2014-08-12T15:23:35.2620741+04:30 Recorded state Success"
My Regular Detection for example for warning state is like this:
<RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="Warning">
   <Node ID="FinalScript">
      <Node ID="WarningDetector">
   <Node ID="MyQuery">
</Node>
   </Node>
   </Node>
</RegularDetection>
What's the problem with monitor's changing states?
Thanks
Alireza

Consider using a script in your notification workflow, maybe as a command channel script or in a connected processing system like Orchestrator. This way you can query alert history to understand lifecycle, and formulate some sort of "closed alert description"
in your notification based on that.
Jonathan Almquist | SCOMskills, LLC (http://scomskills.com)

Best bang-for-buck video card for hi-end Photoshop work..?

When I bought my rig 3 or 4 years ago, I was told that when it comes to 2D performance, all modern video cards are created equal. That the price differences really only affect the 3D side of things.
So I bought a NVIDIA GeForce GT 240.
Why this thing has a fan, I have no idea. Like I said, even when I bought it it was considered "bottom-of-the-heap". Anyhoo, long story short, the fan died on me a couple of days ago. I can now keep the card from overheating through a house fan pointed at the open case. Naturally, I can't keep this going forever. I need to buy a new card.
The good news is that I don't need ANY 3D performance (unless vector logos count). I only use my computer for hi-res Photoshop work (at 1920x1200+ resolution with PSD files that sometimes reach 5 or 6GB) and full-screen video playback. No games are being played on this rig whatsoever.
The bad news, however, is that money is an issue. I can't just go buy the latest $300 card, especially not to put on a 3 or 4 year old rig. The Core i7 920 CPU and 10GB of ram (on Windows 7 64) will keep me going for a couple of years more, but I don't expect to still be using this rig much further beyond that.
I just want to keep using my Adobe suite and play movies in hi-res on this thing. That's it.
I've been told to look into the NVIDIA Quadro series, but that appears to me out of my price range. I'd like to keep it under $150. Or even $100 if at all possible. Other cards quoted to me are the GT630 and R7-250 (which is apparently a rebranded Radeon HD 7770).
What would you guys recommend that would be the best bang for my buck in this scenario? I'd hope most of today's cards - even the cheapest ones - are at least a step up from the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. Right?
If anyone has any advice...

Trevor Dennis wrote:
There was an article on Tom's Hardware yesterday, announcing that nVidia are stopping driver support for it's older cards.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-eol-graphics-card,26304.html
This goes back to the 300 range and earlier cards, but also includes the Geforce 405 from the 400 range.
Be that as it may, my GT 240 is still being listed as supported in last week's 335.23 driver release. And that's the driver that fried it. This "1 driver for all our cards" thing is really for the birds. There's no way for product owners to know what the latest, safest driver for their card is. I don't think NVIDIA thought this thing through when they announced they'd be going with a "single driver for all" model.
I don't think NVIDIA realizes what a huge potential lawsuit could be headed their way from other owners like myself (but not me, I'm not very letigious) who saw their cards get physically damaged by drivers that were supposed to be compatible with them.
I see you recommending I stay under $100, which was my original plan, but then you said I should definitely get a Quadro. When I checked, Quadro cards were more expensive than the GeForce line. Did I misunderstand? Were you saying NOT to touch the Quadros?
On other forums, they tell me to push for the new GTX 750, swearing its 2D performance makes it worth the price, despite the fact that it's clearly a GAMING card, and I don't game.
I'm so confused.

Using report action

I wanted to know if there are any performance impact due to the use of report actions. I am using report action to record the request and response message when an unexpected condition is in encountered in a service callout. My message flow has multiple service callout and as a result I have quiet a few report actions.
Is it is better to use Log action than a report action ? Where does the output of a log action end up ?
Rahul Phadnis

Is it is better to use Log action than a report action ? Depends on our use case. If you can putup with sifting through your webLogic log file, then Log action could also be used.Would recommend to use log action for administration(more of technical nature) than for business logic.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13159_01/osb/docs10gr3/operations/reporting.html#wp1046607 -- Reporting framework is very simple and straight forward as documented above. Theoretically there will be slight degradation in performance due to extra layers of code for reporting but practically that should be negligible. Performance of built in reporting provider does suffice for most of the use cases.
Where does the output of a log action end up ?In the server log for the domain.
Manoj

How can I extract cursor coordinate in Adobe Photoshop for use in Action script?

What I want to do in Photoshop (version CC, but I think this applies to any version) is label a point using count tool under my mouse's current position, and label it multiple times (for different labels). I have an action that essentially does this:
(1) Add to count (under one label) (2) Switch to second label (3) Add to count (under second label) (4) Switch to third label (5) Add to count (under third label)
And the problem is that I need to be able to have a variable in the action script that uses the cursor's current position (X and Y numbers) on the canvas to set these three points when the macro is activated. Currently I am only able to record the script using constant X, Y values (the same point is labeled over and over when I play the recorded action). I am able to extract the code for the action for editing (via xbytor2's suggestion in this forum:https://forums.adobe.com/thread/696989) and I see where the variable can go, I just don't know what exactly to put in place of the constant X, Y values that will let Photoshop input the mouse's current coordinates...
Any ideas? Much appreciated!!

You could use the pen tool set to path and create a single dot, then run the script to get the cursor positions and use that in your script.
var strtRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
var strtTypeUnits = app.preferences.typeUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS;
var doc = activeDocument;
var workPath = doc.pathItems.getByName("Work Path");
var pos = workPath.subPathItems[0].pathPoints[0].leftDirection;
$.writeln("x = " + pos[0] + " y = " + pos[1]);
doc.pathItems.getByName("Work Path").remove();
app.preferences.rulerUnits = strtRulerUnits;
app.preferences.typeUnits = strtTypeUnits;

Open multiple PDFs in Photoshop at specific size for use with Actions

I am having a bit of a roadblock with batch Automate in Photoshop. I'd like to open multiple PDFs at 630p x 630p, 72 dpi in greyscale. I have 2000 files to do this on. If files are already open, the rest of my action works, does a few things, then saves for web as PNG. It is just the open which is not working. It tries to give all files the same filename. Taking the filename out of the Action is not an option. Scan of msg boards say that this feature stopped working around CS3. Any ideas? Much appreciated.

Open opens images the same size and resolution they are saved. If you want the images to be a particular size you need to do that in the action.
If you download my crafting actions package. You will find the there are over a dozen scripts I wrote to be used with in action. One is a plugin script that would be particularly helpful to you to do the resize you want to do. The first three steps would be Step 1 menu File>Automate>AspectRatioSelection.... You would set in a 1 to 1 Aspect ratio. Centered, rectangle. replace, selection and 0 feather. In its dialog. Those settings will be recorded into the Actions step. Step 2 menu Image Crop. that will make you image square. Step 3 menu File>Automate>Fit Image... In the Fit image dialog you would set 630 in the width and height fields. These settings will be recorded into the actions step. When the action is played no dialog will be displayed. The recorded settings will be used.
Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 10, 2014 Added Conditional Action steps to Action Palette Tips.
Contains
Action Actions Palette Tips.txt
Action Creation Guidelines.txt
Action Dealing with Image Size.txt
Action Enhanced via Scripted Photoshop Functions.txt
CraftedActions.atn Sample Action set includes an example Watermarking action
Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file.
More then a dozen Scripts for use in actions
Example
Download

I used to use PS "actions" are they in PSE 8 for Mac?

I have been using an old version of Photoshop for Mac. Under the Windows heading there was an Actions option where I could "record" some actions to edit photos and the"play" it to perfrom the same actions on different photos.
In PSE 8 for Mac I see that under Guided Edit there is an Action player with 4 presets, none of which suit my purposes. It says that I can add (from where I don't know) or create my own actions sets by referring to the Help menu. When I search the help menu for " Create Action set" I get 15 topics and none of them seem to be about creating actions sets.
I'd like to be able to record a set of acttions such as OPEN FILE- SIZE IMAGE-UNSHARP MASK-SAVE-CLOSE- and then play it back.
Help appreciated.
thanks,
Rob

When you save an action from photoshop 7, you should be able to
choose the place for saving (i.e. desktop).
The default place for saving actions is very often in the ps7 application folders.
Something like: Applications>Photoshop 7>Presets>Photoshop Actions.
As far as what actions from ps7 work in pse8, try to record steps in your
action that are available in pse8. Something like unsharp mask will work,
but not a command such as convert to cmyk. There are alot of commands
that are not on the pse8 menus that do work such as a layer mask or trim.
It would be good idea to test your actions in pse8, before installing a whole bunch and
finding that half of them don't work.
You could make test action for this purpose. In ps7, record an action
such as Image>Trim.
Name this action set Test (you can name the actual actions anything you want)
and put it in your pse8 photo creations>photo effects folder.
Then delete (move to your desktop) the MediaDatabase.db3 and start pse7
(this will take a while to rebuild the effects panel).
The Test action should be visable in the effects panel after selecting
photo effects and show all. It wiil just be a black thumbnail named Test.
From now on when you want to test an action, just replace the Test action
with another action named Test, but with the action steps your testing
and no need to delete any files (database).
By testing your actions in this way, you avoid the hassle of making a
xml file and a png thumbnail for an action that may not work.
When installing actions that have been tested, you also need a xml file
and a png thumbnail file in addition to the action. (look at xml and png
files already in the photo effects folder for examples).
You don't have worry about the jpeg files, as elements generates these itself.
It's a good idea to delete (move to desktop) the the MediaDatabase.db3
and the ThumbDatabase.db3 anytime you install actions other than the Test action.
After you start pse8 and everything works, you can delete those files from your desktop.
There is also an action player in pse8 under guided edit>automated actions.
As tempting as it may be to test actions with the actions player, i would avoid that.
One very good reason is that some of commands that are in pse8 don't work with
the actions player, for example, any of the transform commands.
In addition to texaschicksblog mentioned above, you may also want to read this pdf:
http://www.camner.net/files/actions_in_PSE_8_for_mac.pdf
Hope some of this helps.
MTSTUNER

How does one transfer CS5 actions for use with CS6?

CS6 installation, which was uneventful, has transferred none of my actions from my copy of CS5. The CS5 actions are located in the actions folder of the APPLICATION/PHOTOSHOP CS5/PRESETS/ACTIONS. The "actions" folder in application support/adobe in my library is empty, and has always been so.
Only the CS6 default actions are located in the same folder for CS6.
I use imac i7, lion.
Note that i also have CS3 and CS4 on my machine. This due to recent upgrade to CS5 and recent upgrade to LION, and my general paranoia.
Must i load each action into CS6, one at a time?
thanks to any and all.
vince

Re: how does one transfer CS5 actions for use with CS6?
On a Mac - There are multiple ways to do this. I have done them both ways. In order to do this you need to know where you have your actions stored, and you can move them all at once if you have them stored in the same location.
1. You can load an action ONE AT TIME into your actions palette by:
     A. Open up the action palette and click on the little arrow with 4 little horizontal lines next to it on the upper right corner of the actions palette.
     B. Select "Load Actions" and a Finder window will open up and you can search your computer through this window for your actions.
     C. Click on the action from the Finder window then click 'Open' at the bottom right of the finder window.
     D. To save these so that they appear every time you open up your actions palette, go back to the little arrow at the top right of the actions palette and when the drop down window opens- click on 'Save Actions'. It will select the location where the          actions are currently stored as the place to save them. If you want to change that path, you can do it at this time in the little path window. I just leave it, since I keep all my actions stored in the same file.
2. TO MOVE MULTIPLE ACTION SETS AT ONCE
     A. Open up CS6 (or CS5) and move the Photoshop workspace it to the right side of your computer screen so you can see your desktop on the left side.
     B. Open up your Finder search window from your dock (the square blue head icon thingy for those who are new to photoshop). Move this to the left side of your screen so you can see the Photoshop work space on the right and the Finder window          on the left. In the Finder window, navigate to the file where all your actions are stored, select all the actions in the file (command+A will select everything in the file if you are actively inside the open file) or you can select multiple files           individually by continuously holding down the command key and clicking on the different actions you want to move.
     C. With the Photoshop workspace visible on the right, and the actions palette open so you can see that the actions actually transferred - In the Finder window, click the selected actions you want to load and drag them over to the Photoshop           workspace. I did this without an image open, I just dragged them onto the empty workspace. The actions should all appear immediately in the actions palette that is open.
     D. To save these so that they appear every time you open up your actions palette, go back to the little arrow at the top right of the actions palette and when the drop down window opens click on 'Save Actions'. It will select the location where the           actions are stored as the place to save them. If you want to change that path, you can do it at this time in the little path window. I just leave it, since I keep all my actions stored in the same file.
I hope this helps.
and I hope there are no typos.

Photoshop plugin for Scanner

Hi!
I am using brother 4 in 1 which has function of scanner, printer, photocopy and fax.
The problem I am having is on Photoshop is it doesn't allows me to scan the document that I need to print, email or keep in the hard disk.
Is there any plugin available for scanner?
Thnx

You posted to the forum for the Software Developers Kit -- for people writing plugins.
You probably want the Photoshop General forum.
And your scanner driver would come with the scanner, or from the scanner manufacturer.

Resize Photoshop actions for blogging

I found this really useful set of actions for doing quick resize with watermark using Photoshop actions. You can always do a batch inside photoshop.

I have working knowledge of photoshop and looking for this type of effects for my blog on blogging tips and I found it here .Thank you for the tips.

How to use the "Actions" in Photoshop Elements 11

I am wanting to use the "Actions" in Photoshop Elements 11. But when I get the actions box up, it is only showing a small list of effects to use. The tutorials I have checked into all show a very long list of actions. When I click on the little arrow and click on "load actions", I am getting nothing. Everything is blank. It says "No items match your search." Please help!

To use the existing actions, try the following:
1. Open one of the Action Sets, in this example Special Effects is the Action Set, by pressing the small arrow beside the set name.
2. Then click on the name of the Action, in this example Faded Ink is the Action name.
3. Then press the Play button to run the action.

Using an action for scanner in Photoshop

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for