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Hi Everyone,
How to click the "Convert All" button in the "Convert URLs to Hyperlink" menu, using indesign javascript.
Please help me!!!
Thanks,
Magesh
There is no script call for that. You'll have to write your own script to do that: find all URLs and convert the found text to hyperlinks.
P.
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There is no script call for that. You'll have to write your own script to do that: find all URLs and convert the found text to hyperlinks.
P.
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for this info, I've been searching for it to use in a batch convert, but only been getting the first URL fully converted when I use the URLtoHyperlinks.jsx.
Is it possible to edit the current URLtoHyperlinks.jsx to add the convert all bit (I'm currently trying to work this part out as I've never written a script before) and save it as another name?
Simone
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> Is it possible to edit the current URLtoHyperlinks.jsx to add the convert all bit
No, that's not really possible. It's a complex script that depends on its user interface. You'll have to come up with your own conversion code.
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Adobe implemented the Convert to Hyperlinks box as a script, rather than a plugin, so it is not scriptable.
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Go to https://console.adobe.io/downloads/id
Click on InDesign >> Plugin SDK >> 2020 >> Cross Platform
Note there is also a scripting SDK which would be the more logical location, but I'm indeed talking about the Plugin SDK.
Be warned that this is a 500 MB download.
In the archive, you'll find source/open/components/converturltohyperlink/ConvertURLToHyperlink.jsx and related files.
This has been around in the SDK since CS5 and steadily grown in size by 50%, so it is likely the current source for the feature. I did not further look at it.
Dirk