// Copyright 2007
// Written by Jeffrey Tranberry
// Photoshop for Geeks Version 1.0

/* 
Description:
This script demonstates how to work with strings
Also demonstates how to ask Photshop
for the document name and current layer name as
well as set variables to strings
*/

// enable double clicking from the 
// Macintosh Finder or the Windows Explorer
#target photoshop

// Make Photoshop the frontmost application
// in case we double clicked the file
app.bringToFront();


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//         MAIN          //
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// Have Photoshop display an alert box with a
// simple string in it. 
alert("Hello, Photoshop World!");


// Have Photoshop display an alert box with a
// formatted string in it
alert("Hello, Photoshop World!\nWelcome to Photoshop For Geeks\n\nApril 4th, 2007");


// Have Photoshop display an alert box with a
// formatted string in it, but this time on
// multiple lines so it's readable
alert("Hello, Photoshop World!\n" +
"Welcome to Photoshop For Geeks\n\n" +
"April 4th, 2007");


// Have Photoshop display the name and version the application
alert(app.name + " " + app.version);


// You must have a document open for the follow
// commands to work.

// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active document object in it.
// Application object Pg. 51
alert(app.activeDocument);


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the document name as a string
// Document property Pg. 87
alert(app.activeDocument.name);


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active document name as a string
// but slice off the last four characters
alert(app.activeDocument.name.slice(0,-4));


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active document name as a string
// but slice off the last four characters
// and the first four characters
alert(app.activeDocument.name.slice(4,-4));


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active layer object in it
// Document object property Pg. 87
alert(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name);


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active layer name as a string
// artLayer property Pg. 57
alert(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name);


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active document name as a string
// but slice off the last four characters
// and append or add the layer name to the end
// of the string
alert(app.activeDocument.name.slice(4,-4) + app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name);


// Have Photoshop display an alert box that
// displays the active document name as a string
// but slice off the last four characters
// and append or add the layer name to the end
// of the string with an underscore added between
// the two strings
alert(app.activeDocument.name.slice(4,-4) + "_" + app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name);


// Set up some variables
var clientName = "BirdingWeekly"
var authorName = "CMarble"
var fileType = ".jpg"

// Concatenate the variables with a subset of the document name
alert(authorName + "_" + clientName + "_" + app.activeDocument.name.slice(4,-4) + fileType);