Qr code web hyperlink to hyperlink for interactive pdf.

[Joeri5E20]

Hello,

I'm creating a catalog in indesign. It's finished and about 800 pages. I just got asked to make it interactive. We have qr codes included on almost all the pages. I would like to ask if somebody knows if its possible to script a action to create a hyperlink from the currently used qr code web hyperlink 

What legendary scripter can help me with this 🙂

Thanks in advance!

[Sunil Yadav]

To add the hyperlink on QR code itself, so that while just onclick it should jump, you can give it a shot to below snippet :

//=======================================
addHyperlinkQRCode();
function addHyperlinkQRCode(){
    var myDoc = app.documents[0];
    for(var i = 0; i < myDoc.pages.length; i++){
        for(var p = 0; p < myDoc.pages[i].pageItems.length; p++){
            if(myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p].epss.length > 0){
                var QRCode = getHyperlinkQRCode(myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p].epss[0]);
                if(QRCode != null){
                    myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p].createHyperlinkQRCode(QRCode);
                    var src=myDoc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p]);
                    var dest = myDoc.hyperlinkURLDestinations.add(QRCode);
                    myDoc.hyperlinks.add(src, dest);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
//=======================================
function getHyperlinkQRCode(QRCodeObject){
    try{
        var idmsFile = File (Folder.temp+"/~QR.idms");
        QRCodeObject.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_SNIPPET, idmsFile);
        idmsFile.encoding = "UTF-8";
        idmsFile.open("r");
        var allData = new XML (idmsFile.read());
        idmsFile.close();
        idmsFile.remove();
        var qrcode = allData..HyperlinkQRCode.@UrlLink;
        if(qrcode.length() == 1) {
            return qrcode.toString();
            }
        else{
            null;
            }
        }
    catch(e){
        return null;
        }
    }
//=======================================

Best

Sunil

[Joeri5E20]

Hi Sunil!

Thanks for the snippet, but unfortunately it is not working. I'm getting an error.
See the attachment for the window error.

I hope this doesn't take to much time to find a fix for this!
Thanks alot for the effort!

Best 
Joeri

[Sunil Yadav · Accepted solution]

Just Put a try catch block for exception handling, that will take of things.

//=======================================
addHyperlinkQRCode();
function addHyperlinkQRCode(){
    var myDoc = app.documents[0];
    for(var i = 0; i < myDoc.pages.length; i++){
        for(var p = 0; p < myDoc.pages[i].pageItems.length; p++){
            try{
                if(myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p].epss.length > 0){
                    var QRCode = getHyperlinkQRCode(myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p].epss[0]);
                    if(QRCode != null){
                        myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p].createHyperlinkQRCode(QRCode);
                        var src=myDoc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(myDoc.pages[i].pageItems[p]);
                        var dest = myDoc.hyperlinkURLDestinations.add(QRCode);
                        myDoc.hyperlinks.add(src, dest);
                        }
                    }
                }
            catch(e){}
            }
        }
    }
//=======================================
function getHyperlinkQRCode(QRCodeObject){
    try{
        var idmsFile = File (Folder.temp+"/~QR.idms");
        QRCodeObject.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_SNIPPET, idmsFile);
        idmsFile.encoding = "UTF-8";
        idmsFile.open("r");
        var allData = new XML (idmsFile.read());
        idmsFile.close();
        idmsFile.remove();
        var qrcode = allData..HyperlinkQRCode.@UrlLink;
        if(qrcode.length() == 1) {
            return qrcode.toString();
            }
        else{
            null;
            }
        }
    catch(e){
        return null;
        }
    }
//=======================================

Best

Sunil

[Joeri5E20]

Thank you so much! It works like a charm!

Best
Joeri

[jlnhfschlg]

Thanks for the script. For QR-codes outside of test boxes it works fine. But when the QR-code stands inside an text field or an anchor object it doesn't work. Is there a solution for this? Thank you for your efforts. 

Best 

Julian

[brianp311]

Changed pageItems to allPageItems per page. Didn't test; let me know if errors.

//=======================================
addHyperlinkQRCode();
function addHyperlinkQRCode(){
    var myDoc = app.documents[0];
    var apis;
    for(var i = 0; i < myDoc.pages.length; i++){
        apis = myDoc.pages[i].allPageItems;
        for(var p = 0; p < apis.length; p++){
            try{
                if(apis[p].epss.length > 0){
                    var QRCode = getHyperlinkQRCode(apis[p].epss[0]);
                    if(QRCode != null){
                        apis[p].createHyperlinkQRCode(QRCode);
                        var src=myDoc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(apis[p]);
                        var dest = myDoc.hyperlinkURLDestinations.add(QRCode);
                        myDoc.hyperlinks.add(src, dest);
                        }
                    }
                }
            catch(e){}
            }
        }
    }
//=======================================
function getHyperlinkQRCode(QRCodeObject){
    try{
        var idmsFile = File (Folder.temp+"/~QR.idms");
        QRCodeObject.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_SNIPPET, idmsFile);
        idmsFile.encoding = "UTF-8";
        idmsFile.open("r");
        var allData = new XML (idmsFile.read());
        idmsFile.close();
        idmsFile.remove();
        var qrcode = allData..HyperlinkQRCode.@UrlLink;
        if(qrcode.length() == 1) {
            return qrcode.toString();
            }
        else{
            null;
            }
        }
    catch(e){
        return null;
        }
    }

[jlnhfschlg]

Tested it, but it works like the script before. Outside of textboxes it works fine, but in textboxes it won't work. Is there any other option? Thank you very much for your help.

Best

Julian

[Sunil Yadav]

Sorry for late response.

Can you show some screenshot of your document will make things clear.

Sunil