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Karen JR
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October 28, 2023
Question

Change the Path script

  • October 28, 2023
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Dear all,

 

I have been using a script by Kasyan Servetsky for changing the link's path when I have to move my file to the hard drive to save cloud space.

This link has worked perfectly fine for the past few years, until today I tried to relink the file for my portfolio again, and it is showing this error. I tried deleting the scripts and restarting InDesign, and it still shows the same error. I don't have much knowledge, so I couldn't see why the code wasn't working.

 

Does anyone have an idea what is happening here?

Thank you.

 

Karen

 

 

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    willcampbell7
    willcampbell7
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    November 8, 2023

    One of these scripts might help...

     

    https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/links-grep-relink

     

    https://www.marspremedia.com/software/indesign/links-relink-subfolders

     

    William Campbell
    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2023

    From the error dialog you posted, it looks like there is a newer version of @Kasyan Servetsky ’s script—see this page:

     

    http://kasyan.ho.ua/indesign/link/restore_paths_of_links.html

     

    The new dialog looks like this:

     

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      Karen JRAuthor
      Known Participant
      November 5, 2023

      Hi! I downloaded the new version of the script and opened it in InDeisgn, the dialogue is still the same one I had before, not the one like your screenshot which I'm not sure why.

      Additionally, the new script also shows the same error with this line of code,

      currentLink.Relink(newFile);

       

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
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      November 5, 2023

      Can you show us an example of the full path to your linked files ?

       

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 28, 2023

      Hi Karen, the script is relinking the newFile to update the link—you can’t just change the filePath to relink. The error seems to from the relink command failing. Can you successfully relink the missing file manually from the UI?

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      Karen JRAuthor
      Known Participant
      October 28, 2023

      Hi Rob, I can manually relink each link but I always use this script to change the file path when I have to put my files on a hard drive. One document can contain hundreds of links there is no way I can relink everything manually which is why I found this script that can help me relink all the paths. I didn't understand why it didn't work all of a sudden.

      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Robert at ID-Tasker
      Legend
      October 29, 2023

      But have you tried relinking some files to the same folder as when using script? 

       

      Are you on a Mac? Have you updated OS recently? Do you have write permission to the destination folder? 

       

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