Scripting text causes mac and pc to run out of memory

[Ekim Wahs]

Once I set the contained quotes to single quote instead of double quotes in order for the script to run, I have not had a problem running your script with Faux Bold and Small Caps on the original type layer. Are you updated to 10.0.1? Do you get out of memory error if you save without going through save for web?

Mike Shaw
Photoshop QE

[Rob Stemm]

Mike,

I’m running Photoshop CS2 Version 9.0.2. I’ve tried saving without going through Save for Web and this doesn’t seem to help. I’ve also tried changing the quotes and removing many of the declared variables outside of the for loop. Below is some optimized code for the above as well as moving the loop into a main function. I’ve removed all instances of “‘s in the array. Is this just a problem with CS2? I’ve even tried using a different font and setting the faux bold / small caps on the actual text layer instead of through script.

Any other ideas. Thanks for your suggestions.

Rob

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var defaultRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

//POINTING TO THE PATH WHERE THE FILES SHOULD BE SAVED
var cPath = Folder.selectDialog(“Select a folder for the output files”);

//ARRAY OF TEXT TO POPULATE TEXTITEM
var textArray = [
“Sample Text test 1”,
“here is some more text you would like”,
“This is an example of a quote”,
“Hope everything is going well”,
“Id like some dinner now”,
“Time is of the essance”,
“Do we need to go on?”,
“Me This is me in quotes”,
“Colorado is a great state”,
“Do you like to rock climb?”
]

//ARRAY OF FILE NAMES
var fNameArray = [
“01”,
“02”,
“03”,
“04”,
“05”,
“06”,
“07”,
“08”,
“09”,
“10”
]

var AD = app.activeDocument;

var TextLayer = AD.activeLayer;

var txtRef = TextLayer.textItem;
txtRef.fauxBold = true;
txtRef.capitalization = TextCase.SMALLCAPS;

var newName = “”;

function myMainApp()
{

//LOOP THAT DOES ALL OF THE WORK
for(var a=1;a<=textArray.length;a++) { try { txtRef.contents = textArray[a-1]; newName = fNameArray[a-1]; saveMyFile(cPath,AD,newName); } catch(e) { alert("Error Caught: " + e); } } alert("I'm Done :)"); } function saveMyFile(toWhere,file,name) { toWhere = new File(toWhere+"/"+name+".png"); saveOptions = new PNGSaveOptions(); file.saveAs(toWhere, saveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE); } myMainApp(); app.preferences.rulerUnits = defaultRulerUnits; Rob Stemm

[Ekim Wahs]

OK I see the slow down when using Faux Bold in CS2. If I just use small caps is seems to be going OK. Unfortunately I have not found a work around for you in CS2. CS3 looks to be handling this much better than CS2.

Mike Shaw
Photoshop QE

[Rob Stemm]

Thanks for your help. Looks like I finally have to go for the upgrade.

Rob

Rob Stemm