[SCRIPT] Any way to check a hyperlink using specific pageItem as sourcePageItem?

Hi @lfcorullon13651490 

For best performance you should probably create a pageItemId-to-hyperSourceId map (once) and cache it in your remove function. Now the way to maintain this map highly depends on the client script. If hyperlinks and/or page items are randomly created, either manually or from your main processing routine, you obviously need to update that map while addressing such and such events.

Anyway the basic mechanism might be implemented as follows.

var removeHyperSource = function(/*Document*/doc,/*PageItem*/item,  id,K,q,re,t,a,b,i,r)
//----------------------------------
// Conditionally removes the hyperlinkPageItemSource object that points out to item.
// If the link no longer exists or cannot be removed, returns false.
// => true [OK]  |  false [KO]
{
   // Checkpoint.
   // ---
   if( (!doc) || 'Document'!=doc.constructor.name ) throw "Invalid document";
   if( !(item||0).isValid || !(id=item.id) ) throw "Invalid PageItem";
   
   // HyperlinkPageItemsSources (collection.)
   // ---
   K = doc.hyperlinkPageItemSources;

   // Id-to-id map, made up once (cache.)
   // q :: { PageItemId => HyperlinkPageItemSourceId }
   // ---
   if( !(q=callee.MAP) )
   {
      re = /\d+(?=\]"\))/g;
      t = K.everyItem();
      a = t.sourcePageItem.toSource().match(re)||[]; // `<pageItemId>`[]
      b = t.id;                                      // <hypiSrcId>[]
      if( a.length != b.length ) throw "Invalid 1-to-1 correspondance.";
      q = callee.MAP = {};
      for( i=-1 ; ++i < a.length ; q[a[i]]=b[i] );
   }

   // Identify and remove the hypersource.
   // ---
   r = (t=q[id]) && (t=K.itemByID(t)).isValid;
   if( r )
   {
      try{ t.remove(); }catch(_){ r=false; }
      delete q[id];
   }

   return r;
};

// TEST
//----------------------------------
var doc = app.properties.activeDocument;
var item = app.selection[0];
var r = removeHyperSource(doc,item);
alert( r ? "OK" : "KO" );

Best,

Marc

Hi lf.corullon,

could you provide a simple test document?

Some options are already at the table…

You could loop the sources and retrieve the id of a given source if it is a pageItem and compare it to the one you like to use.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

myText.findHyperlinks() will give you an array of all hyperlinks that intersect with the specified text range.

Ariel

Can't really think of a better way than this, but something like: 

var removeSource = function(doc, id) {
    var hlpis = doc.hyperlinkPageItemSources;
    for (var i = 0; i < hlpis.length; i++) {
        if (hlpis[i].sourcePageItem.id == id) {
            hlpis[i].remove();
            break;
        }
    }
}

var main = function() {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var pi = app.selection[0];
    
    try{  
        var myHyperlinkSource = doc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(pi);
        myHyperlinkSource.name = "hi" + pi.id;
    }
    catch(e) {
        if (/already in use/gi.test(e)) {
            removeSource(doc, pi.id);
            var myHyperlinkSource = doc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(pi);
            myHyperlinkSource.name = "hi" + pi.id;
        } else {
            alert("Something is wrong with the source " + e); 
            return; 
        }
    }
}
main();