Can you change all of the styles in a document at once?  We have a lot of long documents with multiple text boxes. By @Graphic Squirrel Yes, I wrote such a script. It replaces fonts according to the list in the CSV file. It's not the final version yet: in the process of testing. If you're interested (and I have time today), I will post it.   ... View more

Here's the Clear style overrides in InDesign documents script by grefel ... View more

Maybe something like this. You can sort it by link name to see in which documents it's used. ... View more

You can keep your script, say, in a shared folder on DropBox (or another shared location) and create shortcuts to it in the Scripts Panel folder on users' machines. Then you can update the script on DropBox (keeping the original file name) and the shortcuts will point to the updated script. ... View more

One more thing: if you're serious about scripting in VBS, check out the VBScript Editor. I evaluated and liked it. (My personal opinion) It's intuitive and user-friendly so I could write scripts without even reading its documentation. If I had some paid projects to write in VBS, I would definitely buy it.     ... View more

For reference, you can use Object Browser (e.g. in an MS Office app): To get started coding in VBS, I recommend you to read the InDesign scripting tutorial. For me it was enough, then I just googled for VB-specific answers as the questions arose. The InDesign scripting DOM is the same for all languages. You can easily find examples in JS and translate them to VBS which is much less popular nowadays. ... View more

I wonder if it's possible to modify that script to only search for missing links? @stevej61370215 Sure, why not?   Here's a new version. Please, let me know if it works for you.   ... View more

You can add the version number to the scriptName variable so every time you update the script a new html file will be created and opened. ... View more

The following code also deletes the files: Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.2022") Set myFileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set myBook = myInDesign.ActiveBook Set myBookContents = myBook.BookContents For Each myDoc In myBookContents Set myFile = myFileSystemObject.GetFile(myDoc.FullName) myDoc.Delete myFile.Delete Next It's been ages since I coded in Visual Basic last time: forgot almost everything. ... View more

You can't delete files with InDesign DOM only: you have to use FSO (file system object) for this. ... View more

Marc outstripped me while I was preparing my sample script. Here's how I do this: var scriptName = "My Test"; CreateDialog(); function CreateDialog() { var tmpFileName = scriptName.replace(/\-\s\d+\.\d+$/, "").replace(/\s+/g, "_").toLowerCase(); var w = new Window("dialog", scriptName); w.p = w.add("panel", undefined, "Panel:"); w.p.orientation = "column"; w.p.alignment = "fill"; w.p.alignChildren = "left"; w.p.g = w.p.add("group"); w.p.g.orientation = "row"; w.p.g.st = w.p.g.add("statictext", undefined, "Click me"); w.p.g.st.graphics.foregroundColor =w.p.g.st.graphics.newPen(w.p.g.st.graphics.PenType.SOLID_COLOR, [0, 0, 1], 1); /* var wgx = w.graphics, linePen = wgx.newPen(wgx.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0,0,1], 1); w.p.g.st.preferredSize[1] += 3; w.p.g.st.onDraw = function() { var gx = this.graphics, sz = this.preferredSize, y = sz[1]-1; gx.drawOSControl(); gx.newPath(); gx.moveTo(0, y); gx.lineTo(sz[0],y); gx.strokePath(linePen); }; */ w.p.g.st.addEventListener("click", JumpToLink); // Buttons w.bts = w.add("group"); w.bts.orientation = "row"; w.bts.alignment = "center"; w.bts.ok = w.bts.add("button", undefined, "OK", {name:"ok"}); w.bts.cancel = w.bts.add("button", undefined, "Cancel", {name:"cancel"}); var showDialog = w.show(); if (showDialog == 1) { Main(); } } function JumpToLink() { var tmpFolder = new Folder(Folder.temp.absoluteURI + "/InDesignScripts"); tmpFolder.create(); tmpFolder.create(); var linkJumper = File(tmpFolder.absoluteURI + "/" + tmpFileName + "_temp.html"); if (!linkJumper.exists) { linkJumper.open("w"); var linkBody = '<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=https://www.free-barcode-generator.net/ean-14/"></head><body> <p></body></html>' linkJumper.write(linkBody); linkJumper.close(); } linkJumper.execute(); } function Main() { alert("Finished.", scriptName); } When you click the 'quasi-link' (static text), the JumpToLink function creates a simple web page with the target URL in the temp folder and executes it.   In older InDesign versions (and currently in ESTK), we could go even further and add an underline so it looks like a real hyperlink: But in recent versions, something went broken in Script UI and it doesn't work anymore: the static text gets hidden. I included but out-commented the part of the code that makes the underline. By the way, it was created by Marc.               ... View more

Warning: if many people make changes to the excel (or another) file at the same time, you will get multiple conflicting versions. ... View more

The link to the updated script is at the bottom of the page I mentioned in my previous post:   ... View more

Thanks for your useful tip, Uwe! I didn't know this. ... View more

Try it with my version of the script posted above: just replace Minion with Soho and Character Style None to Ninguno. I haven't tested BP with scripts using anonymous functions so have no idea if it would work or not. g — is the global variable containing so to say sub-variables and functions to interact with 'secondary' scripts. g.doc — as I mentioned in my previous post – is the reference to the currently opened doc in BP. Don't replace it with j. Alternatively, you can use app.activeDocument or app.documents[0]. BP uses its own 'namespace' to avoid clashes with vars and functions in the scripts triggered from it.   ... View more

Hi nicosh, After minor changes, your script works with my batch processor. Note: the variable called ‘g’ is the only variable that is not allowed. It’s used for exchanging data between both scripts. So, I replaced it with ‘j’. Also, I changed the font to Minion Pro and the character style to None (I am on the English version).  But ‘g.doc’ I left as it is: it’s the currently open document in the batch processor. Here are recommended settings: The result My version of the script: var i; var j = {}; j.cajasTexto = g.doc.stories; j.estilosParrafo = g.doc.paragraphStyles; j.estilosCaracter = g.doc.characterStyles; j.fuente = "Minion Pro"; j.estiloAplicado = j.estilosParrafo.itemByName("EW_Cat_03_Info_block"); j.estiloAplicadoDos = j.estilosParrafo.itemByName("EW_Cat_07_Bummer_info_block"); j.estiloAplicadoTres = j.estilosParrafo.itemByName("EW_Cat_07_Bummer_info_block_NO_RULE"); j.estiloCaracterAplicado = j.estilosCaracter.itemByName("[None]"); j.horas = [['1am', '1.00'], ['1:15am', '1.15'], ['1:30am', '1.30'], ['1:45am', '1.45'], ['2am', '2.00'], ['2:15am', '2.15'], ['2:30am', '2.30'], ['2:45am', '2.45'], ['3am', '3.00'], ['3:15am', '3.15'], ['3:30am', '3.30'], ['3:45am', '3.45'], ['4am', '4.00'], ['4:15am', '4.15'], ['4:30am', '4.30'], ['4:45am', '4.45'], ['5am', '5.00'], ['5:15am', '5.15'], ['5:30am', '5.30'], ['5:45am', '5.45'], ['6am', '6.00'], ['6:15am', '6.15'], ['6:30am', '6.30'], ['6:45am', '6.45'], ['7am', '7.00'], ['7:15am', '7.15'], ['7:30am', '7.300'], ['7:45am', '7.45'], ['8am', '8.00'], ['8:15am', '8.15'], ['8:30am', '8.30'], ['8:45am', '8.45'], ['9am', '9.00'], ['9:15am', '9.15'], ['9:30am', '9.30'], ['9:45am', '9.45'], ['10am', '10.00'], ['10:15am', '10.15'], ['10:30am', '10.30'], ['10:45am', '10.45'], ['11am', '11.00'], ['11:15am', '11.15'], ['11:30am', '11.30'], ['11:45am', '11.45'], ['1pm', '13.00'], ['1:15pm', '13.15'], ['1:30pm', '13.30'], ['1:45pm', '13.45'], ['2pm', '14.00'], ['2:15pm', '14.15'], ['2:30pm', '14.30'], ['2:45pm', '14.45'], ['3pm', '15.00'], ['3:15pm', '15.15'], ['3:30pm', '15.30'], ['3:45pm', '15.45'], ['4pm', '16.00'], ['4:15pm', '16.15'], ['4:30pm', '16.30'], ['4:45pm', '16.45'], ['5pm', '17.00'], ['5:15pm', '17.15'], ['5:30pm', '17.30'], ['5:45pm', '17.45'], ['6pm', '18.00'], ['6:15pm', '18.15'], ['6:30pm', '18.30'], ['6:45pm', '18.45'], ['7pm', '19.00'], ['7:15pm', '19.15'], ['7:30pm', '19.30'], ['7:45pm', '19.45'], ['8pm', '20.00'], ['8:15pm', '20.15'], ['8:30pm', '20.30'], ['8:45pm', '20.45'], ['9pm', '21.00'], ['9:15pm', '21.15'], ['9:30pm', '21.30'], ['9:45pm', '21.45'], ['10pm', '22.00'], ['10:15pm', '22.15'], ['10:30pm', '22.30'], ['10:45pm', '22.45'], ['11pm', '23.00'], ['11:15pm', '23.15'], ['11:30pm', '23.30'], ['11:45pm', '23.45'], ['12am', '12.00'], ['12:15am', '12.15'], ['12:30am', '12.30'], ['12:45am', '12.45'], ['12pm', '12.00'], ['12:15pm', '12.15'], ['12:30pm', '12.30'], ['12:45pm', '12.45'],]; j.diasSemana = [['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Mon', 'lu'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Tue', 'ma'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Wed', 'mié'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Thu', 'ju'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Fri', 'vi'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Sat', 'sá'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Sun', 'do']]; j.meses = [['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Jan', 'ene'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Feb', 'feb'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Mar', 'mar'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Apr', 'abr'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())May', 'may'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Jun', 'jun'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Jul', 'jul'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Aug', 'ago'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Sep', 'sep'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Oct', 'oct'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Nov', 'nov'], ['(?<=(\\s|~=|-|\\())Dec', 'dic']]; j.otrosCambios = [['daily', 'todos los días'], ['noon', 'mediodía'], ['midnight', 'medianoche'], ['then taxi', 'luego taxi'], ['last adm', 'última admisión'], ['public hols', 'festivos']]; //Set the find options. app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false; app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false; app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false; app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false; app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false; cambiarTodosItem(j.horas); cambiarTodosItem(j.diasSemana); cambiarTodosItem(j.meses); cambiarTodosItem(j.otrosCambios); function cambiarTodosItem(myArray_param) { for (i = 0; i < myArray_param.length; i++) { cambiarItem(myArray_param, j.estiloAplicado); //******CAMBIAR //Clear the find/change preferences after the search. app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } } function cambiarItem(item_arr, estiloAplicado_param) { app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = estiloAplicado_param; app.findGrepPreferences.appliedFont = j.fuente; app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = j.estilosCaracter.itemByName("[None]"); for (i = 0; i < item_arr.length; i++) { app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = item_arr[i][0]; app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = item_arr[i][1]; g.doc.changeGrep(); } } ... View more

Your question is incorrect so most probably it will never be answered. A label is a little bit of text attached to a page item via the 'Script Label' panel which helps a script to find the correct object. It has nothing to do with the XML structure. I guess you want to find a specific XML element -- e.g. bbb inside abc -- and apply the character style 'None' to its (placed) contents. ... View more

I played with Attribute Changer and it seems when the time difference reaches 4 secs, InDesign marks the link as modified. ... View more

It was many years ago, but as far as I remember, I did it — checked the exact time difference — like so: Select a linked image (its container) with the Selection tool (black arrow) and run this script: main(); function main() { var doc = app.activeDocument; var sel = app.selection[0]; var link = sel.images[0].itemLink; var filePath = link.filePath; var linkXmp = link.linkXmp; var modificationDate = new Date(linkXmp.modificationDate); var time_1 = modificationDate.getTime(); var file = new File(filePath); var modified = file.modified; var time_2 = modified.getTime(); alert("time_1 = " + time_1 + " , time_2 = " + time_2); } It reports the number of milliseconds from January 1, 1970 00:00:00 till the modification date: time_1 — for the link’s modification date stored in InDesign time_2 — for the file’s actual modification date in Finder / Explorer Note the small time difference: 1000 milliseconds. I guess — but don’t know for sure — that InDesign has some tolerance value beyond which it will consider the link to be out of date. In my case, it considers it to be normal despite the 1000 millisecs difference. ... View more

1) Install the script. Assign a shortcut to it. Hit the shortcut with a document (with/without outdated links) open. If the doc has no outdated links, it doesn't hurt. 2) If links remain updated or not, depends on your server. Check the exact date: in Indy and Finder. ... View more

I suggest the following approach: Find all text frames with an object style applied and compare the properties used in style with those applied to each found item, If they are different, push the info into the array. Finally, display all the info in an alert, or write to a log file / console / whatever.     var arr = []; main(); function main() { var doc = app.activeDocument; var objStyle = doc.objectStyles.itemByName("My Object Style"); var foundItem; app.findChangeObjectOptions.objectType = ObjectTypes.TEXT_FRAMES_TYPE; app.findObjectPreferences = app.changeObjectPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING; app.findObjectPreferences.appliedObjectStyles = "My Object Style"; var foundItems = doc.findObject(); for (var i = 0; i < foundItems.length; i++) { foundItem = foundItems[i]; ckeckProperties(foundItem, objStyle); } if (arr.length == 0) { alert("No overriden text frames were found.", "Script"); } else { alert(arr.length + " overriden text frame" + ((arr.length == 1) ? " was" : "s were") + " found:\n" +arr.join("\n"), "Script"); } } function ckeckProperties(item, objStyle) { if (item.fillColor != objStyle.fillColor) { arr.push("Color " + item.fillColor.name + " on page " + item.parentPage.name); } }     The test doc is attached. I used only one property -- fill color -- as an example. Other properties should be added depending on what's in your object style. ... View more

Here are a few useful functions. ... View more