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dulajun
dulajun
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April 6, 2012
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How to check if a link reside inside a folder called Links beside the document?

  • April 6, 2012
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How to check if a link reside inside a folder called Links beside the document?

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter < myDocument.allGraphics.length;myCounter++)

{

          var myGraphic = myDocument.allGraphics[myCounter];

          if(myGraphic.itemLink.status != LinkStatus.linkMissing)

          {

                    if (myGraphic.itemLink.filePath is Outside of the "Links" folder that reside beside this document)

                    {

                    }

          }

}

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Correct answer Kasyan Servetsky
Main();
function Main() {
    var i, link,
    doc = app.activeDocument,
    linksPath = doc.filePath.fsName + "\\Links",
    links = doc.links;
    
    for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
        link = links;
        if(link.status != LinkStatus.linkMissing) {
            if (File(link.filePath).parent.fsName === linksPath) {
                $.writeln(i + " - " + link.name + " - is inside 'Links' folder");
            }
            else {
                $.writeln(i + " - " + link.name + " - is outside 'Links' folder");
            }
        }
    }
}

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Kasyan Servetsky
Kasyan ServetskyCorrect answer
Legend
April 8, 2012
Main();
function Main() {
    var i, link,
    doc = app.activeDocument,
    linksPath = doc.filePath.fsName + "\\Links",
    links = doc.links;
    
    for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
        link = links;
        if(link.status != LinkStatus.linkMissing) {
            if (File(link.filePath).parent.fsName === linksPath) {
                $.writeln(i + " - " + link.name + " - is inside 'Links' folder");
            }
            else {
                $.writeln(i + " - " + link.name + " - is outside 'Links' folder");
            }
        }
    }
}
dulajun
dulajunAuthor
Inspiring
April 8, 2012

OK, Thanks, but:

What does function $.writeln do?

How to select the links in the Links panel instead of reporting?

Kasyan Servetsky
Kasyan Servetsky
Legend
April 8, 2012

What does function $.writeln do?

It writes the line to JS console in ESTK (just for demonstration)

How to select the links in the Links panel instead of reporting?

There is no need to select anything to process by a script. Instead of $.writeln you should call a function which would do something useful for you — for example, relink it to another image, remove the link, etc.

Anyway, if you want to select a link in the Links panel, you can do this by selecting the image like so:

...
else {
     app.select(link.parent);
     alert("This link is outside 'Links' folder");
     exit();
}
...

This selects the image — parent of the link — gives a warning and exits the script.

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