How to Retrieve the Linked Object from a LinkedPageItem in InDesign

[Lordrhavin]

object.LinkedPageItemOption.parent does *not* get the linked object, it is just the object.

How do I get the linked object!?

If object-A is a link of Object-B, how do I get object-B if i have object-A?

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[rob day]

It returns the linked item not the source:

var sel = app.selection[0]
alert("LinkedPageOptions parent ID: " + sel.linkedPageItemOptions.parent.id + "     Selection ID: " + sel.id)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

        lnks[i].goToSource();

By @rob day

Unfortunately, this changes current selection...

[rob day]

Unfortunately, this changes current selection...

We have a reference to the selection, so reselect. A function might be something like this:

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = doc.selection[0];
$.writeln(getLinkSource(doc,sel))
//returns the source object

var source = getLinkSource(doc,sel)
source.fillColor= "Black";
app.activeDocument.links.everyItem().update();

/**
* Get a selected linked page item’s source
* @ param d, the document 
* @ param sel a linked selection 
* @ return the link’s source object, 
* undefined if there is no selection or source 
* 
*/
function getLinkSource(d,sel){
    var lnks = d.links.everyItem().getElements();
    var src;
    for (var i = 0; i < lnks.length; i++){
        try { 
            if (sel.id == lnks[i].parent.id) {
                lnks[i].goToSource();
                src=app.selection[0];
                app.select(sel)
            } 
        }catch(e) {}  
    }
    return src;
}

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

We have a reference to the selection, so reselect.

By @rob day

Yes, I know that I can.