“Get Binary File Data String” is a miscellaneous utility script using the JSON Action Manager scripting library.
This stand-alone script written in JavaScript generates a string representing the data of a binary file. This is especially useful for embedding a small image into a script, or a patterns file into a JSON structure, for instance.
Notes:
- The generated string makes use of \u (Unicode) escape sequences; \x (hexadecimal) escape sequences could have been chosen since they are shorter (2 digits instead of 4), but they are not JSON-compatible.
- The maximum size of the binary file is hard-coded and deliberately limited to 100 Kb for performance reasons, since handling of long strings is notoriously slow in JavaScript.
var keyboardPNGFileBinaryData = "\u0089PNG\r\n\u001A\n\u0000\u0000\u0000\rIHDR\u0000\u0000\u0000\u001F\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0010\b\u0003\u0000\u0000\u0000Ù&TÞ\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0004gAMA\u0000\u0000ÖØÔOX2\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0019tEXtSoftware\u0000Adobe ImageReadyqÉe<\u0000\u0000\u0000TPLTEÿÿÿ\u001E\u001E\u001Eººº777\b\b\b!!!\u001A\u001A\u001A\r\r\rhhh\u0086\u0086\u0086\u0012\u0012\u0012---```¸¸¸GGGààà'''[[[ÙÙÙ|||ÅÅÅ\u001C\u001C\u001C\u008B\u008B\u008B\u0018\u0018\u0018...:::VVVRRRíô[q\u0000\u0000\u0000vIDATxÚ|\u0091I\nÀ \u0010\u0004Û8£Æìûöÿ\u007Ff#\u0090Ã\u008CÕ\u0017¡(\u0004EÙ\u001A\u009D¶\u0004W\u0016÷D*\u0086AþLÆÀØ\u0014\u0097G\u008A×/á;K\u0003\u0098ü\u000EdÂn\u007F8ÚÂ\u0098è\u001B\"\u009AôþÒ\u0088E¡ö\u001C¨^G§ö\u0004ç1Dµ\u001F(¢ö³ÚÿßB¸½ÿ¼Ð÷\u008C\u008E\u0013ÿËÝ)À\u0000Ô=\u0003ëq\u0096\u00AD2\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000IEND®B`\u0082";
var w = new Window ('dialog', "Keyboard");
w.add ('iconbutton', undefined, keyboardPNGFileBinaryData);
w.show ();
This script can be used in Adobe Photoshop CS or later. It has been successfully tested in CS and CS4 on Mac OS X, but should be platform agnostic.
This Software is copyright © 2015-2016 by Michel MARIANI.
This Software is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3.
Download the Zip file and unzip it.
Move the script to the Presets/Scripts folder in the default preset location of the Adobe Photoshop application. On next launch, the script will get directly accessible from Photoshop’s File menu: in Photoshop CS or CS2, it will appear in the File>Scripts submenu, among all other scripts sorted by lexical order; from Photoshop CS3, it will appear grouped by category in the File>Automate submenu.