Specifications

Adobe Photoshop CS6
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Application
The Adobe Adobe Photoshop CS6 application object, which is the root of the object model and provides
access to all other objects. This object provides application-wide information, such as application defaults
and available fonts. It provides many important methods , such as those for opening files and loading
documents.
To access the properties and methods, you can use the pre-defined global variable
app. For example:
var docRef = app.documents.add(800, 600, 72, "docRef", NewDocumentMode.RGB);
The properties and methods of the Application object are also available at the top level; you can omit
references to the
Application object altogether. For example:
var docRef = documents.add(800, 600, 72, "docRef", NewDocumentMode.RGB);
This usage can be somewhat ambiguous; for clarity, it is recommended that you use an explicit reference
to
app.
Properties
Property Value type What it is
activeDocument
Document
Read-write. The frontmost document.
Setting this property is equivalent to clicking an
open document in the Adobe Photoshop CS6
application to bring it to the front of the screen.
Tip: If there is no open document, accessing this
property throws an exception.
backgroundColor
SolidColor
Read-write. The default background color and color
style for documents.
build
string
Read-only. Information about the application.
colorSettings
string
Read-write. The name of the current color settings,
as selected with Edit > Color Settings.
displayDialogs
DialogModes
Read-write. The dialog mode for the application,
which controls what types of dialogs should be
displayed when running scripts.
documents
Documents
Read-only. The collection of open documents.
This is the primary point of access for documents
that are currently open in the application. The array
allows you to access any open document, or to
iterate through all open documents.
fonts
TextFonts
Read-only. The fonts installed on this system.
foregroundColor
SolidColor
Read-write. The default foreground color (used to
paint, fill, and stroke selections).
freeMemory
number
Read-only. The amount of unused memory
available to Adobe Photoshop CS6.