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Asked: 2026-06-13T22:06:54+00:00

I wrote a quite big script for Photoshop CS5.1 on my 64bit Vista machine.

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I wrote a quite big script for Photoshop CS5.1 on my 64bit Vista machine. Now when I run the very same script on my new 64bit Windows 7 machine, Adobe ExtendScript Tool complains about activeDocument (no such element) in this simple script:

#target photoshop
var pDoc = app.activeDocument;
alert("Done!");

I have tried both and without #target and choosing the target in the ExtendedScript Tool.
Is there something I have missed, or do I need to install something more. I only installed the 64bit version of Photoshop. Is it so that the 32bit Photoshop has the script extensions?

I don’t see why I need to install both 32bit and 64bit versions if I’m only going to use the 64bit version.

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  1. Editorial Team

    SOLVED
    The mystery is solved. It is embarrassing simple if you interpret the error message more careful. Of course I can’t get an activeDocument if there are no documents in Photoshop, duh!?!
    I interpreted it as the statement activeDocument wasn’t recognised, but of course if I have no document there is no such element (as a photoshop document) to give me. I’m used to C++ and would expect the reuslt to be a NULL value or similar if there is a problem to get the document… excuses, excuses 😉

    Well, if someone else should get into the same problem, here is the answer on my expense 😀
    I will uninstall the 32bit version now…

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