type of link is .doc doc.links.everyItem().update(); not work

[laurence roussel12011930]

hi this function on app.activedocument

			doc.links.everyItem().update();
			doc.save();

it  not work my only link into indd file is .doc

thanks in advance

[Laubender]

Hi @laurence roussel12011930 ,

your code should work for all placed and linked images.

You could also test something else:

// Create an array of all links of the document:
var allLinks = app.documents[0].links.everyItem().getElements();

// Loop the array:
for( var n=0; n<allLinks.length; n++ )
{
allLinks[n].update();
};

Or use relink(File) in the loop.

So you do a relink to the same file:

// Create an array of all links of the document:
var allLinks = app.documents[0].links.everyItem().getElements();

// Loop the array:
for( var n=0; n<allLinks.length; n++ )
{
allLinks[n].relink( allLinks[n].filePath );
};

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[Loic.Aigon]

Totally working on my side. Which InDesign version are you running? 

[laurence roussel12011930]

on the last 2022 i will try to do a video

[laurence roussel12011930]

sorry i forget an information, error appear if only link is .doc AND this link is missing 

https://youtu.be/UL5IQOABSiw

[Manan Joshi]

Some pertinent questione would be

• How did you conclude that it's not working. Do you get any errors?
• Does this happen with only this doc link or all the links in this file.
• How about executing this code on another INDD file, what happens in that case?

-Manan

[laurence roussel12011930]

visual code stop (wait the video is uploaded) 

doc.links.everyItem().update();

Exception has occurred: 35842

• missing link 

[Loic.Aigon]

Your issue is that link is actually missing (interrogation mark in red dot). So you are asking InDesign to update a link it just doesn't reach. Hence the failure.

If you can access the resource, you need to relink() and not update().

Otherwise, you are hitting a wall.

[laurence roussel12011930]

		    if (internal_link[k].status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING){
			    var folderPath = (File.openDialog(internal_link[k].filePath));
			    var imglist = Folder(folderPath).getFiles(internal_link[k].name+".*");
			    if (imglist.length == 1){
				internal_link[k].relink(imglist[0]);
			    }
		    }
			else {
					doc.links.everyItem().update();
					doc.save();
			}

but 

			    var imglist = Folder(folderPath).getFiles(internal_link[k].name+".*");

visual code tell than  folder().getfiles is not a function

[Loic.Aigon]

[EDIT]discard answer, can't remove message[/EDIT]

[Loic.Aigon]

Why the use of getFiles anyway? If you know file location, just use a File object => .relink(File(linkPath));

Obviously check for File(linkPath).exists first.

Loic

[Manan Joshi]

Hi @Loic.Aigon,

I have been having this discussion with @laurence roussel12011930 on the code snippet he shared in his last post. It's difficult to understand what he is trying to achieve but do go through the discussion so far on the other thread. Probably I am missing something and you might be able to add in something that leads him to a solution

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/function-getfiles-for-file-and-not-for-folder/m-...

-Manan

[Loic.Aigon]

Indeed, it reminds me at my early stage where every line of code was a questioning 🙂

[laurence roussel12011930]

exactly

[laurence roussel12011930]

because someone write me that.... ^^

if link is missing, we open a dial windows for choose the  good file for replace, mean we will replace the oldfile path by new choosed