Replacement of specific links to script

Our company is the subject of a change in name/logo and we have around indesign documents of 1000-1500, who need to have the logo replaced/re-related links.

I need help creating a script, javascript, which will allow me to recreate a link to about 10 files of different logos to completely different paths with different file names using preferably.   All files located on a windows-based server, and are all our users indesign cs5.0 windows based as well.  I would like the script to loop through a set of links specific logo it will replace any and all instances of former logos with new logos.

Example of

K:\poor\directory\structure\sadface\RedCoLogo_White.EPS becomes L:\CompanyLogos\BlueIncLogo_W.eps

K:\poor\directory\structure\sadface\RedCoLogo_Black.EPS becomes L:\CompanyLogos\BlueIncLogo_B.eps

K:\poor\directory\structure\sadface\RedCoLogo_Red.EPS becomes L:\CompanyLogos\BlueIncLogo_R.eps

K:\poor\directory\structure\sadface\RedCoLogo_Green.EPS becomes L:\CompanyLogos\BlueIncLogo_G.eps

I've tried some premade scripts that use dialogs at the entrance of the old and new path, but I need the script runs without user intervention, so it can batch run by using another script that I found which will open the indesign files in a given directory, run a script, save and close.

I do not know very well of javascript, but I'm fimiliar with its functioning and its syntax/etc; I've already customized a handful of FindChangeByList scripts to use different txt files and active loop through a number of indesign files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello

I added the adjustment options...

#target InDesign

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT
app.activate();

var myFolder = 'L:/CompanyLogos/';
var toSearch = ['RedCoLogo_White.eps', 'RedCoLogo_Black.eps', 'RedCoLogo_Red.eps', 'RedCoLogo_Green.eps'];
var toRelink = ['BlueIncLogo_W.eps', 'BlueIncLogo_B.eps', 'BlueIncLogo_R.eps', 'BlueIncLogo_G.eps'];

var inddFiles = Folder.selectDialog ('Please choose folder with *.indd-files').getFiles('*.indd');
var l = inddFiles.length;

 if (l === 0){displayDialog('The selcted folder doesn\'t contain ID-Files'); exit()};

while(l--){
    try{
app.open(inddFiles[l]);
var theDoc = app.activeDocument;

var allLinkNames =theDoc.links.everyItem().name;

for(var i = 0; i < toSearch.length; i++)
{
var myName = toSearch[i];
for(var s = 0; s < allLinkNames.length; s++)
{
var linkName = allLinkNames[s];
if    (linkName === myName){
var newFile = File(myFolder + toRelink[i]);

with(theDoc.links[s]){
    relink(newFile);
parent.fit(FitOptions.fillProportionally);
parent.fit(FitOptions.centerContent);
}

        }
    }
        }

        theDoc.save();
theDoc.close();

}catch (e){
    app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;
    displayDialog(e);
    app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.NEVER_INTERACT;
    }
}

app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.INTERACT_WITH_ALL;

function displayDialog(aString){
var infoWindow = new Window("palette");
infoWindow.add("statictext", undefined, aString);
infoWindow.show();
$.sleep(2000);
infoWindow.close();
}

Hope this will work

Tags: InDesign

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