Will Applescript work with Photoshop CC2014?

Question

I am trying to write an applescript that will take the FileInfo>keywords and append it to the FileInfo>description but I'm not having any luck. Has anyone been able to do something similar?

Answer 1

It should work on a Mac.  You may want to search the Photoshop Scripting forum.  Though most use javascript to support Mac and PC.
Here is a simple javascript wrote to save and restore the foreground and background color swatches  to be user in actions so the action could mess with the color and restore the user colors.    The document metadata field  instructions is used as as scratch pad. You should be able to see how mete data is addressed in javascript
/* ======================================================================================
// 2009  John J. McAssey (JJMack)  http://www.mouseprints.net/
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware.
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
// This script is designed to be used by a Photoshop Action twice
// A good pratice to use when creating an actions that use this scipt is for the action
// not to do a save or play some other action between its two useages of this Script.
// The first time this script is used by an action Photoshops Current Forground
// and Background Colors are saved into the document's meta-data Info Instructions field.
// The second time this script used by the action the script retreives what was
// saved in the meta-data during the first usage and these colors are set.
// and the saved data is removed from the document's meta-data Info Instructions field.
// ===================================================================================== */
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/SaveAndRestoreColors/About=JJMack's SaveAndRestoreColors.^r^rCopyright 2009 Mouseprints.^r^rRun twice script utility for action.^rNOTE:Don't play other actions between runs!^r^rFirst Run records Photoshops foreground and background swatch colors.^rSecond Run restores the recorded colors and removes the recording.</about>
<category>JJMack's Action Run Twice Utility</category>
</javascriptresource>
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
  if (app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorf>") == -1 ){ // no footprint fisrt useage
  //alert("first");
  // Retreive Document information for Foot Print
  saveforeColor = new SolidColor;
  saveforeColor.rgb.red = app.foregroundColor.rgb.red;
  saveforeColor.rgb.green = app.foregroundColor.rgb.green;
  saveforeColor.rgb.blue = app.foregroundColor.rgb.blue;
  savebackColor = new SolidColor;
  savebackColor.rgb.red = app.backgroundColor.rgb.red;
  savebackColor.rgb.green = app.backgroundColor.rgb.green;
  savebackColor.rgb.blue = app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue;
  // put footprint in metadata info instructions
  app.activeDocument.info.instructions = app.activeDocument.info.instructions + "<Colorf>" + saveforeColor.rgb.red + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.green + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorf>" + "<Colorb>" + savebackColor.rgb.red + "," + savebackColor.rgb.green + "," + savebackColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorb>";
  //alert( "Saved ="  + "<Colorf>" + saveforeColor.rgb.red + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.green + "," + saveforeColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorf>" + "<Colorb>" + savebackColor.rgb.red + "," + savebackColor.rgb.green + "," + savebackColor.rgb.blue + "</Colorb>");
  else {
  //alert("second");
  // Retreive saved information
  colorfOffset = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorf>") + "<Colorf>".length;
  colorfLength = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("</Colorf") -colorfOffset;
  saveforeColor = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(colorfOffset, colorfLength);
  colorbOffset = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("<Colorb>") + "<Colorb>".length;
  colorbLength = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("</Colorb") -colorbOffset;
  savebackColor = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(colorbOffset, colorbLength);
  //alert("Colorf = " + saveforeColor + " Colorb = " + savebackColor );
  // Restore Colors
  app.foregroundColor.rgb.red = saveforeColor.substr(0,saveforeColor.indexOf(","));
  saveforeColor = saveforeColor.substr(saveforeColor.indexOf(",") + 1,saveforeColor.length);
  app.foregroundColor.rgb.green = saveforeColor.substr(0,saveforeColor.indexOf(","));
  saveforeColor = saveforeColor.substr(saveforeColor.indexOf(",") + 1,saveforeColor.length);
  app.foregroundColor.rgb.blue = saveforeColor ;
  app.backgroundColor.rgb.red = savebackColor.substr(0,savebackColor.indexOf(","));
  savebackColor = savebackColor.substr((savebackColor.indexOf(",") + 1),savebackColor.length);
  app.backgroundColor.rgb.green = savebackColor.substr(0,savebackColor.indexOf(","));
  savebackColor = savebackColor.substr(savebackColor.indexOf(",") + 1,savebackColor.length);
  app.backgroundColor.rgb.blue = savebackColor ;
  // Remove footprint from metadata info instructions
  before = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(0,app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexO f("<Colorf>"));
  afterOffset = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.indexOf("</Colorb>") + "</Colorb>".length;
  after = app.activeDocument.info.instructions.substr(afterOffset, app.activeDocument.info.instructions.length - afterOffset);
  //alert ("before = " + before + " after = " + after);
  app.activeDocument.info.instructions = before + after;
else { alert("You must have at least one open document to run this script!"); }