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tann90111232
tann90111232
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Oct 3, 2017 8:35 AM UTC
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Relink missing links with script

HI everyone, does anyone have a script that can: choose missing links from the active document and relink them to the folder that we also put its path into the script, so that i only need press 1 button to do it?

Kasyan Servetsky
Kasyan ServetskyCorrect answer
Legend
Oct 4, 2017 12:32 PM UTC

Thank you so much Kasyan. I make over 100 documents per day and about 100 photos in each document need to be relinked to only 1 folder. Yes the feature "Relink to folder" is the way I am doing. But in each document, some photos are already relinked and some are not. I just want to speed up workflow by only "pressing a button" and the scipt will: choose missing links in the document I am working on, and relink them to the folder I want (and i want to pass through the dialog box "choosing folder" because I have only 1 folder)

And i am apreciated about the script above but sadly it didnt work .


Here I wrote a quick & dirty script for you.

Change the path variable in line 9 to whatever the path you want.

Select an image with black or white arrow and run the script.

var scriptName = "Relink selected link to folder",
doc;
PreCheck();
//===================================== FUNCTIONS ======================================
function Main(image) {
    var file,
    path = "/E/Archive/My folder/", // type the path to your folder here
    link = image.itemLink;
    
    if (link.status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING) {
        file = new File(path + link.name);
        
        if (file.exists) {
            link.relink(file);
        }
    }
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function PreCheck() {
    var image;
    if (app.documents.length == 0) ErrorExit("Please open a document and try again.", true);
    doc = app.activeDocument;
    if (doc.converted) ErrorExit("The current document has been modified by being converted from older version of InDesign. Please save the document and try again.", true);
    if (!doc.saved) ErrorExit("The current document has not been saved since it was created. Please save the document and try again.", true);
    if (app.selection.length == 0) ErrorExit("Nothing is selected.", true);
    
    if (app.selection[0].constructor.name == "Image") {
        image = app.selection[0];
    }
    else if (app.selection[0].images.length == 1) {
        image = app.selection[0].images[0];
    }
    else {
        ErrorExit("There's no image in selection.", true);
    }
    Main(image);
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function ErrorExit(error, icon) {
    alert(error, scriptName, icon);
    exit();
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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sirokolabs
sirokolabs
Participant
Aug 6, 2026 4:35 PM UTC

This is an old thread, but for anyone finding it while looking for the same workflow: I’ve released a free script that does this without requiring the folder path to be hard-coded.

Smart Relinker Lite can:

  • relink missing links from a chosen folder,
  • search its subfolders recursively,
  • relink all document links after a project has been moved,
  • skip ambiguous duplicate filename matches instead of guessing.

It uses exact filename matching and is free:

https://sirokolabs.gumroad.com/l/SmartRelinkerLite

Full disclosure: I’m the developer.

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
Dec 14, 2020 8:12 PM UTC

Hi abdullah,

as far as I can see from your screenshot you run the script in PhotoShop.

Kasyan's script is for InDesign documents.

 

Best,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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infomamun
infomamun
Inspiring
Dec 11, 2020 6:29 AM UTC

Why nothing is selected is showing while I have selected one image there?

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Kasyan Servetsky
Kasyan Servetsky
Legend
Oct 4, 2017 6:48 AM UTC

Why don't you want to use the Relink to Folder feature?

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Anantha Prabu G
Anantha Prabu G
Legend
Oct 3, 2017 9:58 AM UTC

Hi,

Hope this helps!!

Get the missing links from server

Re: need to relink missing links to files with extensions

Thanks,

Prabu G

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    tann90111232
    tann90111232Author
    Participant
    Oct 4, 2017 1:49 AM UTC

    Thank Prabu G, its nearly exactly what I am looking for. But one more thing, it is possible to put the path of the folder into the script, so I dont need to choose the folder anymore.

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    Kasyan Servetsky
    Kasyan Servetsky
    Legend
    Oct 4, 2017 7:05 AM UTC

    But one more thing, it is possible to put the path of the folder into the script, so I dont need to choose the folder anymore.

    I didn't look carefully into the script, but I'd made the following adjustments:

    Note: the script processes all open documents and looks for the images starting from the 'root' folder and down there.

    Below is my (quick & dirty) modified (totally untested) version:

    var i, j, searchfolder;  
    for (j=0; j<app.documents.length; j++) {  
        doc = app.documents;  
      
        imgs = doc.links;  
        path = "/E/Archive";  // type here the path for the folder to start
        searchfolder = new Folder(path);  
        for (i=0; i<imgs.length; i++)  
        {  
            // Missing?  
        $.writeln("Image "+i);  
            if (imgs.status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING)  
            {  
            $.writeln("Missing: "+imgs.name+" lookign in "+searchfolder);  
                // Do we have a file?  
                imglist = findAnyFileDownThere(imgs.name, searchfolder);  
            $.writeln("Found "+imglist.length+" possible replacements.");  
                if (imglist.length == 1)  
                {  
                    // Oh yeah  
                    imgs.relink(imglist[0]);  
            $.writeln("Relinked to "+imglist[0]);  
                }  
            }  
        }  
    }  
    function findAnyFileDownThere (filename, path)  
    {  
    var result, folderList, fl;  
    result = Folder(path).getFiles (filename+".*");  
    if (result.length > 0)  
      return result;  
    folderList = Folder(path).getFiles(function(item) { return item instanceof Folder && !item.hidden; });  
      
    for (fl=0; fl<folderList.length; fl++)  
    {  
            $.writeln("Looking in: "+path+"/"+folderList[fl].name);  
      result = findAnyFileDownThere (filename, path+"/"+folderList[fl].name);  
      if (result.length > 0)  
       return result;  
    }  
    return [];  
    } 
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