I'm working on a Photoshop script in JavaScript using ExtendScript. My script allows some user input, and I'd like to save it between uses. That is, I'm looking for a way to save a simple string or numeric value under a particular key so that I'll be able to access it on subsequent uses of the script. Simply put, I want to save a preference for my script. How do I do that?
Even better would be to be able to save at least some preferences on a per-document basis. Is that possible? That is, can I store an arbitrary bit of data with a document?
You can use put/get custom options to save preference parameters that persist across Photoshop launches:
const kMyFlag = app.stringIDToTypeID( "myFlag" );
const kMyNumber = app.stringIDToTypeID( "myNumber" );
const kMySettings = "mySettings";
function saveSettings()
{
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putBoolean(kMyFlag, true);
desc.putInteger(kMyNumber, 42);
// "true" means setting persists across Photoshop launches.
app.putCustomOptions( kMySettings, desc, true );
}
function getSettings()
{
var desc = app.getCustomOptions( kMySettings );
return [desc.getBoolean( kMyFlag ), desc.getInteger( kMyNumber )];
}