Script Editing Copyright 2003 - JMA - All Rights Reserved |
Sometimes, it becomes necessary to edit a script. PSP 8 offers two ways to do this, through the built in Script Editor or via a Text file by editing the Python code itself. Unless you fancy yourself a programmer, I would stay away from the Python code. As a programming language it has a lot of merit. As a means for editing PSP 8 scripts, well....let's just say that I would like to concentrate on my images and not learning another programming language. As such, I will limit the discussion to the built in Script Editor |
The script Editor is activated by clicking the Edit Selected Script button on the Scripts toolbar. When the button is activated, it displays the Scripts Command panel shown below. |
The Script commands panel contains three columns. The first column contains check boxes. When the box is checked, that step in the script is executed. When the box is unchecked, that step is skipped duing playback. When a script is recorded, PSP 8 checks all the boxes for you because it assumes that you plan on executing all the steps. The second column contains the command mode and the drop dowm list that is used to change the state of that mode. When a script is first recorded PSP 8 sets all the modes to Default or Silent depending on the action. YOu can Edit the running mode by clicking the arrow on the right side of the box and selecting from the list either Default, Interactive or Silent. In the Default mode PSP8 will execute the command as it would normally do when selected manually from the respective toolbar. In Interactive mode, PSP8 will open all dialog windows that are activated by the script commands and allow you to set or change the default vaklues. In Silent mode, the script executes to the end without any intervention. The third column contains the actual command. There is only one change that can be made to this column from within the built in Script Editor. You can DELETE the step. If you want to do anything fancier than that, you must do it through a Text Editor using the Python Language. |
In comparison, the Python code that represents only the first two steps of the script is shown below. You make the choice. |
