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Auto update files that have "different layers than the imported version" ?

Forum|Forum|12 years ago
February 6, 2013
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Hello all,

Is there a way to auto update all links that have modified layer options?

I have a lot of illustrator files which have a lot of layers in them, I import each file into indesign and use "object layer options" to toggle layers on/off.

I then duplicate the object in indesign and change the object layer options to toggle a new layer on.

When I'm done, on average I will have about 100 linked file which will be used 5 times with differernt layers toggled on.

Updating modified links is not a hassle but if I add, rename, remove, or change the layer order of the orginal file, I get the following error when updating:

"The file xxxx has different layers than the imported version. The link will be updated with the source file's current layer visibiltiy setttings."

I have to keep clicking ok for each time I used the same file with a different layer showing is time consuming.

Is there a way of updating my indesign file without having to hit "ok" for each link when the modified linked file has different layers?

I am on a Mac and any help would be greatly appericated.

Thank you all.

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ursuss

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Well, I use a simple and somewhat childish solution: I keep the Enter key pressed until it imports all the files It works like wonder.

Jump_Over

Legend

Hi,

All you wrote you do - it means - script does?

(since you are on scripting forum)

If yes try to toggle between:

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.neverInteract;

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;

rgds

U

uDesignAuthor

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Hey, thanks for the reply!

Sorry, I should have been more clear and I apologize ahead of time if I posted to the wrong section.

I do not have a script for any of the above.

I actually do not know anything about scripting and it intimidates me

Currently, I am doing everything manually.

Adding files and toggling layers on and off is fine and needs to be done manually.

Each Illustrator files = to a styles

Each style has multiple colors (some styles have 2 colors other may have 30+)

Each color is on its own layer (each layer is named the colors name)

Other people have access to the illustrator files.

They add, delete, rename layers.

When we goto update our indesign files, we get the above error and need to manually click "ok" to each change.

Once inside indesign, any file we clicked "ok" on will need to have its object layer options fixed because indesign turned all layers on again.

This ends up being a lot of clicks just to get into the file so we can fix the layer options again.

I was looking for help / a script / a plugin / advice / solution to the above problem.

I would love it if indesign remembered which layer I had toggled on, regardless of layer order or number of layers but I don't think this is possible?

Thanks again!

Jump_Over

Legend

Hi,

Is possible, I think. Even much more.

Imagine this (in short):

- you have an .indd file with all those images updated to proper link and layers.

- you run a script, which could name every graphic box in your doc (i.e. using linked file name) and would fill its script label with active layer's name which is ON. You can see a Script Labels panel to see these values.

- later on, if some links need to be modified - you run a script which could do it reading those values to set a proper properties.

It could works this way, I think...

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