Specifications

Adobe Photoshop CS6
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ActionReference
This object provides information about what the action is refering to. For example, when referring to the
name of something you might use keyName. The reference would also need to know what name you are
referring to. In this case you could use classDocument for the name of the document or classLayer for the
name of the layer. It can be used for low-level access into Photoshop.Contains data associated with an
ActionDescriptor
.
Properties
Methods
Property Value type What it does
typename
string
Read-only. The class name of the referenced Action
object.
Method Parameter type Returns What it does
getContainer
()
ActionReference
Gets a reference contained in this
reference.
Container references provide
additional pieces to the reference.
This looks like another reference,
but it is actually part of the same
reference.
getDesiredClass
()
number
Gets a number representing the
class of the object.
getEnumeratedType
()
number
Gets the enumeration type.
getEnumeratedValue
()
number
Gets the enumeration value.
getForm
()
ReferenceFormType
Gets the form of this action
reference.
getIdentifier
()
number
Gets the identifier value for a
reference whose form is identifier.
getIndex
()
number
Gets the index value for a
reference in a list or array.
getName
()
string
Gets the name of a reference.
getOffset
()
number
Gets the offset of the object’s
index value.
getProperty
()
number
Gets the property ID value.