View total number of links within a pdf document

[Not_a_Fan_of_this]

I'm creating a pdf that has links throughout the document. Is there a way to view the total number of links contained within the pdf document once complete? I estimate there will be over 1000 and I'd rather not try to count those manually.

Thanks!

[try67]

Assuming they are actual Link objects you can use this script to count them all up:

var total = 0;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
	var box = this.getPageBox("Crop", p);
	var links = this.getLinks(p, box);
	if (links==null || links.length==0) continue;
	total+=links.length;
}
app.alert("There are " + total + " links in this file.",3);

[Delightful_idea157F]

Hi, I am also a novice at this - how would I apply this script? Do I have to have Acrobat or can I do this count through Adobe Reader? Thank you!

[try67]

It's possible to use that code in Reader but it's quite tricky since you can't access the JS Console that easily.

What you can do is put the code in a .js file in the application's JavaScripts folder and then attach it to a toolbar button that will execute it when clicked.

[Nasser21954996eeqw]

Hi, after adding the script where can I see the number of click?

[try67]

It will appear in an alert window when you run it, like this:

[bebarth]

Hi,
here is a script you can use for counting the number of links in your document:

var nbLinks=0;
for (var p=0; p < this.numPages; p++) {
var zone=this.getPageBox("Crop", p);
var theLinks=this.getLinks(p, zone);
nbLinks+=theLinks.length;
}
console.println("Number of links in this document: " + nbLinks);

@+

[bebarth]

oups! too late...