How can relink and renaming image

[karthikS]

Dear Friends,

Hi all, I need to relink lots of -missing- images (i.e. "K_MNYCEPT221161_C01PT_002T.ai") to  (i.e. "K_MNLESE850231_C01PT_002T.ai"). I have listed my coding below, tell one good suggestion friends.

Application version: Cs6 indesign

var    
  mLinks = app.activeDocument.links.everyItem().getElements(),    
  cLink, cFile;    
 alert(mLinks.length)  

while ( cLink = mLinks.pop() )   
  alert(cLink.length)  
{    
  if (cLink.status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) continue;    
  cFile = File(cLink.name.replace("K_MNYCEPT221161_","K_MNLESE850231_") );   
  if ( !cFile.exists ) continue;    
  cLink.relink(cFile);    
  }  

Thanks in advance,

[Ronald63]

Hi,

some mistakes :

1°) continue syntax

2°) alert(cLink.length) is wrong, cLink is a object

3°) cLink.name replaced by cLink.filePath

var mLinks = app.activeDocument.links.everyItem().getElements(), cLink, cFile;
alert(mLinks.length)

while ( cLink = mLinks.pop() ){
  if (cLink.status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) { continue; }
  cFile = File(cLink.filePath.replace("K_MNYCEPT221161_","K_MNLESE850231_") );
  if ( !cFile.exists ){ continue; }
  cLink.relink(cFile);
}

[karthikS]

Hi Ronald

Sorry for the late replay,

I have run your coding cs6, but images not relink and replace here. what can i do friend.

Thanks your quick replay Ronald.

Thanks in advance

[Ronald63]

Hi,

The path of good-image must be the same that the path of  missing-image

[karthikS]

Hi Ronald,

Yes - same path:

Thanks

[Ronald63 · Accepted solution]

This script works on MacOS 10.11.2 & CS6

I add console log in the code, give me the result ...

var mLinks = app.activeDocument.links.everyItem().getElements(), cLink, cFile;
alert(mLinks.length)

while ( cLink = mLinks.pop() ){
  $.writeln('Link path : ' + cLink.filePath)
  if (cLink.status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) { continue; }
  cFile = File(cLink.filePath.replace("page","pages") );
  $.writeln('New Link path : ' + cFile.fsName)
  $.writeln('New file exist : ' + cFile.exists)
  if ( !cFile.exists ){ continue; }
  cLink.relink(cFile);
}

[karthikS]

Hi Ronald,

Script is working good,

Thank U so match Ronald,

Thanks

[dersenn]

Hello Ronald
Great! I have been looking for something like this the whole Day! And this script seems to work like a charm. Thanks a lot! It even works in CS 5.5, if anybody wonders.

How would I proceed if I wanted to look for multiple strings to replace? Say: "2015.psd" to "2015_CMYK_C.psd" and "2015_U.psd" to "2015_CMYK_U.psd"? And possibly even more?

Thanks for any Help!

Best, Christoph

[Ronald63]

Hi Christoph,

Just a quick update ... (not tested)

var mLinks = app.activeDocument.links.everyItem().getElements(), cLink, cFile;  
alert(mLinks.length)  

while ( cLink = mLinks.pop() ){  
  $.writeln('Link path : ' + cLink.filePath)  
  if (cLink.status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) { continue; }  

  if (cLink.filePath.match("2015.psd")) {
      cFile = File(cLink.filePath.replace("2015.psd","2015_CMYK_C.psd") );
  }

  if (cLink.filePath.match("2015_U.psd")) {
      cFile = File(cLink.filePath.replace("2015_U.psd","2015_CMYK_U.psd") );
  } 
  $.writeln('New Link path : ' + cFile.fsName)  
  $.writeln('New file exist : ' + cFile.exists)  
  if ( !cFile.exists ){ continue; }  
  cLink.relink(cFile);  
} 

[dersenn]

Ronald, this works. Thanks a lot!