Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Scripting Guide Scripting Photoshop CS3 28
VBS
Dim appRef
Set appRef = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application")
'Remember unit settings and set to values expected by this script
Dim originalRulerUnits
originalRulerUnits = appRef.Preferences.RulerUnits
appRef.Preferences.RulerUnits = 1 'value of 1 = psPixels
'Create a PDF option object
Dim pdfOpenOptionsRef
Set pdfOpenOptionsRef = CreateObject("Photoshop.PDFOpenOptions")
pdfOpenOptionsRef.AntiAlias = True
pdfOpenOptionsRef.Height = 100
pdfOpenOptionsRef.Width = 200
pdfOpenOptionsRef.Mode = 2 ' psOpenRGB
pdfOpenOptionsRef.Resolution = 72
pdfOpenOptionsRef.Page = 3
pdfOpenOptionsRef.ConstrainProportions = False
' open the file
Dim docRef
Set docRef = appRef.Open(“C:\\PDFFiles\MyFile.pdf”, pdfOpenOptionsRef)
'Restore unit setting
appRef.Preferences.RulerUnits = originalRulerUnits
JS
Note: The ExtendScript File object expects Universal Resource Identifier (URI) notation. Please see the
JavaScript Tools Guide for more information.
// Set the ruler units to pixels
var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS
// Get a reference to the file that we want to open
var fileRef = new File(“/c/pdffiles/myfile.pdf”)
// Create a PDF option object
var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions
pdfOpenOptions.antiAlias = true
pdfOpenOptions.height = 100
pdfOpenOptions.width = 200
pdfOpenOptions.mode = OpenDocumentMode.RGB
pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 72
pdfOpenOptions.page = 3
pdfOpenOptions.constrainProportions = false
// open the file
app.open( fileRef, pdfOpenOptions )
// restore unit settings
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits
