Can't set the value of textItem.contents

Question

I am trying to write a script that will update the value of a text layer in Photoshop.

I have a layer stored in a variable myLayer which I log out so I know it is an ArtLayer with a type of LayerKind.TEXT and has a textItem object associated that has a string value in place. All as I would expect.

The documentation says that textItem.contents is read-write so I thought myLayer.textItem.contents = "Hello World" should update the value but when I try this I get General Photoshop Error occurred. This functionality might not be available in this version of Photoshop.

Can anyone advise on what I'm missing?

I am using Photoshop CC 2014 and the CC 2014 Javascript Reference

Thankyou in advance for you help :)

Answer 1

Its hard to see whats going wrong when there is no code example. This works for me.

Tested in PS CC 2014 Mac OSX

// needs a Photoshop document with only one textlayer
var d = app.activeDocument;
var l = d.artLayers[0];
if(l.hasOwnProperty ("textItem")){
    $.writeln("yes");
    l.textItem.contents = "Hello World";
}

Answer 2

This works in CS2: (Assuming the active layer (mylayer) is a text layer)

var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myLayer= srcDoc.activeLayer;

var text = myLayer.textItem.contents;
myLayer.textItem.contents = "Hello World";