Adobe PatchPanel Preview 2

This product is a first glimpse at combining the dynamic control of ActionScript with the power of Adobe’s Creative Suite. Similar to Adobe’s ExtendScript environment for the Creative Suite, PatchPanel provides developers deep access into controlling the Creative Suite through independently-created scripts.

PatchPanel provides the necessary link between the Flex development environment and the Creative Suite’s internal controls, allowing existing ActionScript developers the ability to apply their skills toward enhancing the creative process, as well as inviting a new generation of creative minds to explore the flexibility and automation possible with ActionScript.

PatchPanel is a Flex library and set of services that make it possible for Shockwave Flash (SWF) files to work as Adobe Creative Suite CS3 and CS4 plug-ins. Flex developers can include this Flex library in their projects in order to create Flash plug-ins that access the ExtendScript Document Object Model (DOM) of Creative Suite applications through ActionScript objects. Please note that PatchPanel is the temporary internal name of this technology. The final name will be established at a later date.

Enhancements:

• This version includes Adobe SwitchBoard 1.1.37.
• Fixed: Photoshop CS4 crashes when launched with PatchPanel CS4 AdobeOwl.dll
• Fixed: Cannot retrieve Selection.Bounds in Photoshop.
• Fixed: Missing constructor for ExtendScripts UnitValue.
• Fixed: SwitchBoard.Client.init() always returns true.

Requirements:

• Adobe Flex Builder 3.
• Creative Suite 3 or 4 Design Collection Standard or Premium.
• Creative Suite 3 or 4 Web Collection Standard or Premium.