get graphic-paths

[cmoke73]

Hi.

To check the deletable paths, I need to collect the contents of some documents. I'm only looking for graphic objects.

The following script works in principle (if I search the paths individually), only at one point the error message is output: "null is not an object".

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myPaths = Array();
var eachGrafic = myDoc.allGraphics.length;
var myGraphics = myDoc.allGraphics;
for(i=0; i<eachGrafic; i++){
    if(app.activeDocument.allGraphics.itemLink.filePath != null) {
//~         app.select(app.activeDocument.allGraphics);
//~         alert(app.activeDocument.allGraphics.itemLink.filePath)
        myPaths.push(myGraphics.itemLink.filePath)
        }
    }
alert(myPaths);

There are no hidden objects or layers. What could be the reason?

[BarlaeDC]

Hi,

Without seeing the document I am not sure why your code is raising an error.

Although you could use this as it should return all the graphics in the document.

var myGraphics = app.activeDocument.pages.everyItem().pageItems.everyItem().graphics.everyItem().getElements();

Feel free to post the document to a file sharing site and we can take a look at why your code is not working.

Regards

Malcolm

[cmoke73]

Hi Malcolm!

Thank you for replying. Now I recognized the script is working with an other document, with even more content. So I have no idea why or why not. Unfortunately I cannot share the document. It´s from the company I´m working at and it is not allowed.

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi cmoke73 ,

there could be graphics in the document where no itemLink is there.

Pixels perhaps that are pasted from e.g. PhotoShop.

Screenshot from my German InDesign:

"Ebenen" means "Layers"

"Ebene 1" means "Layer 1"

"<eingefügte Grafik>" means "<pasted Graphic>"

"Verknüpfungen" means "Links"

In the sample document shown above there is one pasted bunch of pixels from PhotoShop.

allGraphics array length is 1.

app.documents[0].allGraphics[0].itemLink ; // Returns null
app.documents[0].allGraphics[0].itemLink.filePath ; // Throws an error: Null is not an object

So always check, if itemLink == null before going on with any property of itemLink.

Regards,
Uwe

[cmoke73]

Hallo Uwe.

Danke für den Hinweis!

So I tried nearly the same to avoid the error:

if (app.documents[0].allGraphics[0].itemLink.filePath != null) {
...
}

But your hint was the salvation.

Thank you.

[Laubender]

Nearly the same?

Hm. No. 🙂

Best,
Uwe