Accessing the photoshop api from...

I should maybe ask this in scripting.. but it's some ways related to the SDK. I dont want to crosspost.. if the feature exist, it's very likely that SDK developpers are aware of this (ps: i havent downloaded the sdk since the beta)



I had the opportunity to show a bit our project to Mike Downey from Adobe at FITC/Toronto as it's related in some way to Apollo. We use realbasic for this application (flash/html/css/javascript) and we also use Realbasic, even with all the imperfections the software has, to create visual tools to call some Applescript.



That's how i implemented the fake palette i mentionned here or in scripting forum. To me, there was a huge benefit compared to implementing a dialog with the SDK (wich doesnt support developping a palette anyway).



What i would be really happy to see is an integration like it has been done with jsfl in flash (extensibility). Kind of a way for us to really have a common language for intranet, production tools and final release (web or cd). (leverage the skills like Adobe say to sell Apollo)



So in extensibility in case some of you are not aware of the feature, you can create a window that has a flash content in it and there is a mecanism to call the javascript api of flash (authoring environnement). By exemple, you can have a window in flash authoring environnement that behave like other windows (ie. dockable and all)... that has a flash interface and communicated with a database.. so you can have a script that connect to a database and then create shapes in the authoring environnement... It's a very great tool for integrated production environnement..



So, Mike Downey mentionned to me that i was present in CS3!? (when i told him that i would have been great to have Apollo/Flash being able to access the Photoshop Api) Is it true? Where is it documented? I remember seing it mentioned in the SDK survey... Or maybe it's just possible to do it via external command..so it's not integrated in a window of photoshop)?



Sorry if it's not clear... but i would be really happy to hear more about that... It would be great to have this even if it's not Applescript compatible (i could use xml tools in the api of flash)...
Accessing the photoshop api from...
Well.. i finally have found the feature in the sample folder of javascript scripting of cs3. You really can have a flash interface to call you scripts.



That will be a HUGE improvement for javascript scripter and i would not be surprised that it will encourage people to develop more tools.



The big minus for me, unless it's something i havent found yet, it looks like the dialog is only available from calling the script.. so the dialog is modal... really not as cool as Flash extensibility integration, but that's a start. :(



I repost this on Scripting forum as i now know it's related to scripting...



I still have hope for something more advanced... the ''KnowHow'' thing (wich i havent tried yet) http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/knowhow/) is really a good exemple of palette/feature integration that i wish was possible in photoshop...