Selecting tools via scripts

Hello personal greetings to all:

Is it possible to select tools through scripting? I need to add the command a few buttons on a panel of HTML5. I tried to create action items for each of them, but some of them does not shares:

They are:

• The tool pen

• The free pen tool

• Add Anchor Point tool

• Delete Anchor Point tool

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• The marquee tool

• Elliptical selection tool

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• The polygonal Lasso tool

• The magnetic Lasso tool

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I hope that these help...

/////// Pentool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('penTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
////////freeform pentool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('freeformPenTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
//////////Add anchor point tool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('addKnotTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
//////////Delete anchor point tool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('deleteKnotTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
//////////rectangular marquee tool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('marqueeRectTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
//////////Elliptical Marquee Tool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('marqueeEllipTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
//////////Polygonal Lasso Tool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('polySelTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );
//////////Magnetic Lasso Tool
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putClass( app.stringIDToTypeID('magneticLassoTool') );
desc.putReference( app.charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
executeAction( app.charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO );

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