Change value of "textKey" in Text Layer

Photoshop
1

Hi. I have a newbie question.

I’m trying to change the value of some text layer by batch play.
I have “layerID” of the target layer.

I can get this result if I change a value manually w/ alchemist listener is on.

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So, I made a function like this but it returns error :frowning:

await batchPlay(
    [{
        "_obj": "set",
        "_target": [
            {
                "_ref": "textLayer",
                "_enum": "ordinal",
                "_value": "targetEnum",
                "_id": parseInt(layerID)
            }
        ],
        "to": [{
            "_obj": "textLayer",
            "textKey": transString
            }],
        "_isCommand": false,
        "_options": {
            "dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"
        }
    }], {
        "synchronousExecution": true,
    });

How can I fix this?

2

I believe this is the problem:

If you want to change current active layer, you do it like:

            {
                "_ref": "textLayer",
                "_enum": "ordinal",
                "_value": "targetEnum"
            }

If you want to change a specific layer by ID:

            {
                "_ref": "textLayer",
                "_id": parseInt(layerID)
            }

Or by name, IIRC:

            {
                "_ref": "textLayer",
                "_name": "Layer name"
            }
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3

Thank you for your quick response!

I’ve tried the second one, but still crashing :frowning:
{
“_ref”: “textLayer”,
“_id”: parseInt(layerID)
}

4

What’s the error? You could check it in console

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5

Nothing is printed in debug console.
just error message box is appeared like this.

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it’s “could not complete your request because of a program error” in Korean version

6

Could you check the “Code” tab in Alchemist when you make the change? It generates the exact code to run with BatchPlay. See if that works

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7

Wow!
I found the reason thanks to your advice!
There should not “[”, “]” in the “to” section.

Thank you so much!!

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8

Wben i execute that code my text sometimes reduces size like 4x. Idk why it is inconsistent