General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop. The command "Play" is not currently available

[sowmyakavali]

I have person image with white background , and I have one more image which I am going to use it as new background for person. I am trying to do it in photoshop application with python script.

This is the script I have tried,

import os
import win32com.client

SILENT_CLOSE = 2

# This actually fires up Photoshop if not already running.
ps = win32com.client.Dispatch("Photoshop.Application")
ps.DisplayDialogs = 3            # psDisplayNoDialogs
ps.Preferences.RulerUnits = 1    # psPixels
folder_path = r"C:\Users\MCPL-265\Desktop\ps_connect\TEST\Input"

# Get a list of files in the folder
files = os.listdir(folder_path)
output_folder = r"C:\Users\MCPL-265\Desktop\ps_connect\TEST\Output"

# Create the output folder if it doesn't exist
if not os.path.exists(output_folder):
    os.makedirs(output_folder)

# Loop through the files and open them in Photoshop
for file in files:
    file_path = os.path.join(folder_path, file)
    ps.Open(file_path)

    ps.DoAction("Set1", "Actions")
    output_file = os.path.join(output_folder, file)

    jpgSaveOptions = win32com.client.Dispatch("Photoshop.JPEGSaveOptions" )
    ps.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(output_file, jpgSaveOptions, True, 2)

ps.Quit() # Stops the Photoshop application

NOTE : Here Set1 is the custom action that I have added already in photoshop application. This is the custom action I have loaded.

But It is throwing this error

File "<COMObject Photoshop.Application>", line 2, in DoAction
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe Photoshop', 'General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.\n- The command "Play" is not currently available.', None, 0, -2147212704), None)

Please can anyone help me to resolve this issue?

[oh-ok]

Looks like you're referencing the Action Set, not the Action itself here. Changing ps.DoAction("Set1", "Actions") to ps.DoAction("BG", "Set1") will probably make this work.