Alchemist doesn't work for me

Photoshop
1

Every time I use alchemist the code it creates doesn’t work, maybe I’m doing something wrong,

anyway:
here I generated a code with alchemist that selects the “Test” level but when I go to use it it doesn’t work,
where is the error?




const batchPlay = require('photoshop').action.batchPlay,
  app = require('photoshop').app,
  uxp = require('uxp'),
  fs = require('fs'),
  fslocal = require('uxp').storage.localFileSystem,
  exeModal = require('photoshop').core.executeAsModal,
  core = require('photoshop').core,
  showAlert = require('photoshop').core.showAlert,
  entrypoints = require('uxp').entrypoints,
  shell = require('uxp').shell


document.getElementById("btnTest").addEventListener("click", test1);


async function test1() {
const batchPlay = require("photoshop").action.batchPlay;

const result = await batchPlay(
[
   {
      _obj: "select",
      _target: [
         {
            _ref: "layer",
            _name: "Test"
         }
      ],
      makeVisible: false,
      layerID: [
         6
      ],
      _options: {
         dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
      }
   }
],{
   synchronousExecution: false,
   modalBehavior: "fail"
});



}
2

just to be sure, are you using execute as modal?

3

no I’m not using as modal

for example if I put an alert it works
If I take it off it doesn’t work?


document.getElementById("btnTest").addEventListener("click", test1);


async function test1() {

  alert("ok")

const batchPlay = require("photoshop").action.batchPlay;
const result = await batchPlay(
[
   {
      _obj: "select",
      _target: [
         {
            _ref: "layer",
            _name: "Test"
         }
      ],
      makeVisible: false,
      layerID: [
         6
      ],
      _options: {
         dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
      }
   }
],{
   synchronousExecution: false,
   modalBehavior: "fail"
});

}
4

Maher Thank you
you made me think and I managed to make it work, I don’t know if it’s the best way to do it but it works for me.
here’s the script.


document.querySelector('#btnTest').addEventListener('click', () => {
    TestRun()
  })

async function Test() {

const batchPlay = require("photoshop").action.batchPlay;
const result = await batchPlay(
[
   {
      _obj: "select",
      _target: [
         {
            _ref: "layer",
            _name: "Test"
         }
      ],
      makeVisible: false,
      layerID: [
         6
      ],
      _options: {
         dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
      }
   }
],{
  synchronousExecution: false,
      modalBehavior: 'execute',
});
}

async function TestRun() {
  await require('photoshop').core.executeAsModal(Test, {
    commandName: 'Action Commands',
  })
}
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