I found a function from c.pfaffenbichler here on the forum, which will search/replace text. The script works great if you have a flat document, but as soon as you create a group the script won't work anymore.
Here's the function:
function replaceText (searchText, replaceWith)
{ var actionDes1 = new ActionDescriptor(); var actionRef = new ActionReference(); actionRef.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), stringIDToTypeID("replace") ); actionRef.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "TxLr" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Al " ) ); actionDes1.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), actionRef ); var actionDes2 = new ActionDescriptor(); actionDes2.putString( stringIDToTypeID( "find" ), searchText ); actionDes2.putString( stringIDToTypeID("replace"), replaceWith ); actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "checkAll" ), false ); actionDes2.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Fwd " ), true ); actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "caseSensitive" ), false ); actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "wholeWord" ), false ); actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "ignoreAccents" ), true ); actionDes1.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), stringIDToTypeID( "findReplace" ), actionDes2 ); executeAction( stringIDToTypeID("replace"), actionDes1, DialogModes.NO );
};
replaceText ("test", "replaceWithStuff")
Here's the error I get:
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Error
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Error 8800: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.
- The object "in contents of all text layer" is not currently available.
Line: 21
-> executeAction( stringIDToTypeID("replace"), actionDes1, DialogModes.NO );
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OK
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Does anyone know how to work around this problem? I've tried a try/catch, the only thing that does is to suppress the error, but it won't replace the text :/