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How «Wait until application launch» applescript? – Photoshop

How to write the code correctly?

I run the application Photoshop in the automator
I’m waiting for it to fully load
Then I press 10 times Tab and press Enter.

I’ve tried that:

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Looks like that part doesn’t work. Because Tab starts to click before the application is fully loaded. What’s wrong? Thanks!

repeat until application launch
delay 0.5 end repeat delay 0.5
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    This is the answer:

    tell application "Your app"
    launch
    activate
end tell

  2. 0

    I don’t know much about Photoshop, but I know that it has a loading screen. I tried the following code in Affinity Photo which is a similar product to Photoshop.

    tell application "Photoshop"
    launch
    set theBool to false
    repeat until theBool
        tell application "System Events" to ¬
            if menu item "Close" of ¬
                menu 1 of ¬
                menu bar item "File" of ¬
                menu bar 1 of ¬
                application process "Photoshop" exists then ¬
                set theBool to true
        delay 0.2
    end repeat
end tell

    The repeat until theBool checks if the loading screen is over by checking if some menu item exists which isn’t available when the loading screen is open. If the "Close" and the "File" don’t work in Photoshop, you may choose something else.

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    Most likely, the OP does not understand the main thing: GUI scripting (in this case, sending 10 tabs, and then Enter, that is, keystroke tab and keystroke return in AppleScript language) only works with the frontmost window. And the launch command launches an application without bringing its window to the front.

    The correct approach is 1) use the activate application "Photoshop" command 2) use the make new document command, 3) check if the new window exists, 4) send keystroke commands. In the Automator, the Run AppleScript action should be something like this:

    on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Photoshop"
        activate
        make new document with properties {name:"myNewDocument"}
        repeat until window "myNewDocument" exists
            delay 0.1
        end repeat
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        repeat 10 times
            delay 0.1
            keystroke tab
        end repeat
        keystroke return
    end tell
    return input
end run

    NOTE: not tested, because PhotoShop.app is not installed on my Mac. I am ready to correct my script, if needed. In general, the question is not quite clear.

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