// Doc contains photoshop:DocumentAncestors metadata - true or false! var xmpMeta = activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData; alert(ancestorsMeta(xmpMeta) + "\r" + "photoshop:DocumentAncestors"); function ancestorsMeta(str) { var regEx = new RegExp("\", "gim"); var results = str.match(regEx); if (results) return true; else return false; }