Extracting info from Links panel

[GilsonAtlantic]

Has anyone come up with a way to extract the information in the Links panel?

I would love to be able to get a list of all links, the page number they are on and scaling percentages.

[_Dave_Saunders_]

It is somewhere between easy and trivial depending on your experience.

It also matters which version of InDesign you're using and what scripting language you had in mind.

Dave

[Peter Kahrel]

Kristi,

A script was posted a while ago that may work for you. See here: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c063998/0

Peter

[GilsonAtlantic]

Peter,
The script at the link helped a lot. I took out the info that I didn't need for the coordinates but is it possible to add a page number to help identify the link?

f = new File ('~/coordinates.txt');
f.open ('w');

g = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;
for (i = 0; i < g.length; i++)
{
data = File(g.itemLink.filePath).name + '\t';
data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteHorizontalScale + ',';
data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteVerticalScale;
f.writeln (data)
}

f.close();

[Peter Kahrel]

an itemLink's greatgrandparent is a page:

f = new File ('~/coordinates.txt');

f.open ('w');



g = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i = 0; i < g.length; i++)

   {

   data = File (g.itemLink.filePath).name + '\t';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteHorizontalScale + ',';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteVerticalScale + '\t';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.parent.parent.name;

   f.writeln (data)

   }



f.close();

Peter

[GilsonAtlantic]

Thanks for all your help Peter. I really appreciate it.

The line for the page number worked perfectly...until I tried it on a file containing anchored graphics. On the files containing any anchored graphics, an error message popped up: Error 55. Object does not support the property or method 'name.'

Kris

[Peter Kahrel]

Yes, I should have warned you that this was a quicky that doesn't do any (error) checking. Graphics in tables are a problem, too. Hold on a bit.

Peter

[Peter Kahrel]

Kris,

Here's the adapted script. I shamelessly copied a routine posted by Harbs (see http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b77ee3/6) so that you get a link's page number no matter where it is.

Peter

f = new File ('~/coordinates.txt');

f.open ('w');



g = app.activeDocument.allGraphics;

for (i = 0; i < g.length; i++)

   {

   data = File (g.itemLink.filePath).name + '\t';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteHorizontalScale + ',';

   data += g.itemLink.parent.absoluteVerticalScale + '\t';

   data += FindWhere (g.itemLink).name;

   f.writeln (data)

   }



f.close();



function FindWhere (theObj,where)

   {

   var err;

   if(where==undefined){where=Page}

   if (theObj.hasOwnProperty("baseline"))

      {

      try{theObj = theObj.parentTextFrames[0];}

         catch(err){}

      }

   while (theObj != undefined) {

      var whatIsIt = theObj.constructor;

      switch (whatIsIt) {

         case where : return theObj;

         case Note:

         case Footnote: theObj = theObj.storyOffset;break;

         case Character: theObj = theObj.parentTextFrames[0]; break;

         case Cell: theObj = theObj.insertionPoints[0].parentTextFrames[0]; break;

         case Application: return null;

         }

      if (theObj == undefined) return null;

      theObj = theObj.parent;

      }

   return null;

   }

[GilsonAtlantic]

Peter,
This worked like a charm. Thank you!

Kris

[Harbs.]

Hi Peter,

I've reworked that function to make it more complete.

Here's my current version...

var FindWhere = function (obj, where){

  var kAppVersion = parseFloat(app.version);

  var getTextContainer = function (s){

    if(kAppVersion<5){return s.textFrames[-1]}else{return s.textContainers[s.textContainers.length-1]}

    }

  var getobj = function (fm){//returns the parent text frame, or the last one of the parent story

    if(fm != undefined){return fm;}else{return getTextContainer(obj.parentStory);}

    }

  var getobj_ptf  = function (obj){//get the parent text frame or return the original object (necessary for Notes)

    try{ return obj.parentTextFrames[0]}catch(e){return obj}

    }

  var getobj_cell = function (fm){//returns the parent text frame, or the last one of the parnet story -- for cells

    if(fm != undefined){return fm;}else{return getTextContainer(obj.insertionPoints[0].parentStory);}

    }

  var getnote_tf = function (note){//gets the note location for both footnotes and notes in all versions...

    if(kAppVersion<5){

      if(note.hasOwnProperty("footnoteTextFrame")){var parentFrame = note.footnoteTextFrame}//no good for overset...

      else{var parentFrame = note.parentTextFrame}

      if(parentFrame){return parentFrame}

      else{return note.parent}

      }

    else{return note.storyOffset}

    }

  var e;

  if(!obj){return null}

  if(where == undefined){var where = Page;}

  if(obj.hasOwnProperty("baseline")){obj = getobj(getobj_ptf (obj))}

  while(obj){

    switch(obj.constructor){

      case where: return obj;

      case Story: obj = getTextContainer(obj);break;

      case Character: obj = getobj(getobj_ptf (obj));break;

      case Cell: obj = getobj_cell(getobj_ptf(obj.insertionPoints[0]));break;

      case Note:

      case Footnote: obj = getnote_tf(obj);break;

      case Application: return null;

      }

    if (!obj) return null;

    obj = obj.parent;

    }

  return null;

  }

[Peter Kahrel]

Thanks, Harbs.

[Kasyan Servetsky]

Here is my function that finds the page name the link is on:

#target indesign

myDoc = app.activeDocument;

myLink = myDoc.links[0];

myMessage = whereIsTheLink(myLink);

if (!isNaN(parseInt(myMessage))){

   myMessage = 'page ' + myMessage;

}

alert("My link is on " + myMessage);



function whereIsTheLink(theLink){

   while (theLink.constructor.name != 'Application') {

      if (theLink instanceof Page) {

         var myPageName = theLink.name;

         return myPageName;

      }

      if (theLink instanceof Character) {

         var thePage = whereIsTheLink(theLink.parentTextFrames[0]);

         if (thePage != undefined) return  thePage;

      }

   theLink = theLink.parent;

   myHierarchy += theLink.constructor.name + '|';

   }

  

   if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Page|MasterSpread|Document|Application|') != -1)

      {

      return 'master page';

      }

   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|MasterSpread|Document|Application|') != -1)

      {

      return 'pasteboard of master page';

      }

   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Spread|Document|Application|') != -1)

      {

      return 'pasteboard';

      }

}

[Peter Kahrel]

Harbs,

Given "var FindWhere = function (obj, where)", what's the second parameter you call FindWhere with? A page (optionally)? Later on in the function you have "if(where == undefined){var where = Page;}", so that if you call FindWhere with just one parameter (any object), the script asserts Page. Why do you use this approach?

Peter

[Harbs.]

Peter Kahrel wrote:
> what's the second parameter you call FindWhere with?

Anything! For "Page" I leave it blank (hence the "if where ==
undefined"). I use it for: Spread, MasterSpread, TextFrame, Group, etc...

Very, very useful animal!

--
Harbs
http://www.in-tools.com

[Peter Kahrel]

Ah, thanks.

Peter