Extracting info from Links panel

Ah, thanks.

Peter

Harbs,

Given "var FindWhere = function (obj, where)", what's the second parameter you call FindWhere with? A page (optionally)? Later on in the function you have "if(where == undefined){var where = Page;}", so that if you call FindWhere with just one parameter (any object), the script asserts Page. Why do you use this approach?

Peter

Here is my function that finds the page name the link is on:

#target indesign

myDoc = app.activeDocument;

myLink = myDoc.links[0];

myMessage = whereIsTheLink(myLink);

if (!isNaN(parseInt(myMessage))){

   myMessage = 'page ' + myMessage;

}

alert("My link is on " + myMessage);



function whereIsTheLink(theLink){

   while (theLink.constructor.name != 'Application') {

      if (theLink instanceof Page) {

         var myPageName = theLink.name;

         return myPageName;

      }

      if (theLink instanceof Character) {

         var thePage = whereIsTheLink(theLink.parentTextFrames[0]);

         if (thePage != undefined) return  thePage;

      }

   theLink = theLink.parent;

   myHierarchy += theLink.constructor.name + '|';

   }

  

   if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Page|MasterSpread|Document|Application|') != -1)

      {

      return 'master page';

      }

   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|MasterSpread|Document|Application|') != -1)

      {

      return 'pasteboard of master page';

      }

   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Spread|Document|Application|') != -1)

      {

      return 'pasteboard';

      }

}

Thanks, Harbs.

Hi Peter,

I've reworked that function to make it more complete.

Here's my current version...

var FindWhere = function (obj, where){

  var kAppVersion = parseFloat(app.version);

  var getTextContainer = function (s){

    if(kAppVersion<5){return s.textFrames[-1]}else{return s.textContainers[s.textContainers.length-1]}

    }

  var getobj = function (fm){//returns the parent text frame, or the last one of the parent story

    if(fm != undefined){return fm;}else{return getTextContainer(obj.parentStory);}

    }

  var getobj_ptf  = function (obj){//get the parent text frame or return the original object (necessary for Notes)

    try{ return obj.parentTextFrames[0]}catch(e){return obj}

    }

  var getobj_cell = function (fm){//returns the parent text frame, or the last one of the parnet story -- for cells

    if(fm != undefined){return fm;}else{return getTextContainer(obj.insertionPoints[0].parentStory);}

    }

  var getnote_tf = function (note){//gets the note location for both footnotes and notes in all versions...

    if(kAppVersion<5){

      if(note.hasOwnProperty("footnoteTextFrame")){var parentFrame = note.footnoteTextFrame}//no good for overset...

      else{var parentFrame = note.parentTextFrame}

      if(parentFrame){return parentFrame}

      else{return note.parent}

      }

    else{return note.storyOffset}

    }

  var e;

  if(!obj){return null}

  if(where == undefined){var where = Page;}

  if(obj.hasOwnProperty("baseline")){obj = getobj(getobj_ptf (obj))}

  while(obj){

    switch(obj.constructor){

      case where: return obj;

      case Story: obj = getTextContainer(obj);break;

      case Character: obj = getobj(getobj_ptf (obj));break;

      case Cell: obj = getobj_cell(getobj_ptf(obj.insertionPoints[0]));break;

      case Note:

      case Footnote: obj = getnote_tf(obj);break;

      case Application: return null;

      }

    if (!obj) return null;

    obj = obj.parent;

    }

  return null;

  }

Peter,
This worked like a charm. Thank you!

Kris

Kris,

Here's the adapted script. I shamelessly copied a routine posted by Harbs (see http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b77ee3/6) so that you get a link's page number no matter where it is.

Peter

f = new File ('~/coordinates.txt');

f.open ('w');



g = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i = 0; i < g.length; i++)

   {

   data = File (g.itemLink.filePath).name + '\t';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteHorizontalScale + ',';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteVerticalScale + '\t';

   data += FindWhere (g.itemLink).name;

   f.writeln (data)

   }



f.close();



function FindWhere (theObj,where)

   {

   var err;

   if(where==undefined){where=Page}

   if (theObj.hasOwnProperty("baseline"))

      {

      try{theObj = theObj.parentTextFrames[0];}

         catch(err){}

      }

   while (theObj != undefined) {

      var whatIsIt = theObj.constructor;

      switch (whatIsIt) {

         case where : return theObj;

         case Note:

         case Footnote: theObj = theObj.storyOffset;break;

         case Character: theObj = theObj.parentTextFrames[0]; break;

         case Cell: theObj = theObj.insertionPoints[0].parentTextFrames[0]; break;

         case Application: return null;

         }

      if (theObj == undefined) return null;

      theObj = theObj.parent;

      }

   return null;

   }