Using AppleScript to remove link boxes with no content

[PTLPP035C36]

I wrote a code as follows, but I found that it was not executed well. The error message was always: "Adobe InDesign CC 2019" encountered an error: "graphic of item 1 of every page of document id 4" did not understand the "count" information.

Can anyone tell me where the problem is?

tell application "Adobe InDesign CC 2019"

set currentDoc to active document

repeat with currentPage in pages of currentDoc

repeat with currentGraphic in (every graphic of currentPage)

if (class of currentGraphic is image) then

set theLink to (link of currentGraphic)

if (theLink is missing value) or (status of theLink is link missing) then

delete currentGraphic

end if

end if

end repeat

end repeat

end tell

[leo.r]

first, use all graphics instead of every graphic

[leo.r]

second, replace (link with (item link

[PTLPP035C36]

Sorry, I am not very familiar with the instructions in InDesign, so I don't know how to modify what you said. Can you help me make changes in my code? Thank you very much for your help~

[leo.r]

in your code, replace "every graphic" with "all graphics", and "(link" with "(item link".

you can use the find/replace facility in Script Editor (or another text editor).

[PTLPP035C36]

After the modification, it can run correctly, but these boxes are not deleted. Why is this? Please help me again

[leo.r]

Since you check for the image class, you need to delete parent of currentGraphic (i.e. delete rectangle), because you find rectangles that already have an image inside.

For empty frames, you should probably go through all page items, check for rectangle class, check its content type, then delete if it's empty. I'm not sure it's the best approach, it's just a general suggestion. I don't have a ready solution for this right now.

Make sure to carefully explore the InDesign dictionary in Script Editor.

[PTLPP035C36]

I tried different types of boxes, but it didn't work.

[Stefan Rakete]

tell application „Adobe InDesign 2025“

set currentDoc to active document

repeat with currentPage in pages of currentDoc

repeat with currentGraphic in (all graphics of currentPage)

if (class of currentGraphic is image) then

set theLink to (item link of currentGraphic)
if (theLink is missing value) or (status of theLink is link missing) then

set parentFrame to (parent of currentGraphic)

delete currentGraphic
delete parentFrame
end if
end if
end repeat

end repeat

end tell