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Has anyone been able to relink images using InDesign CS4 or InDesign CS4 Server?

I can not get my old CS3 scripts to run. Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks

Hi Sheldon,

I've had no problem relinking with InDesign CS4. Typically, I use something like this:



function myReplaceLink(myLink, myFilePath){ 
	myLink.relink(File(myFilePath)); 
	myLink.update(); 
}



Where "myLink" is a link and "myFilePath" is a string.

Thanks,

Ole

I have been doing the same thing for years, without a problem, using InDesign or InDesign Server.

I am just starting to test InDesign Server CS4 and I am finding that it fails everytime I attempt to call the relink method.

Do you have any experience with InDesign Server CS4?

Hi Sheldon,

re: "Do you have any experience with InDesign Server CS4?"

Sure. Can you provide a little bit more code? Are you iterating? Does it work for you in the desktop version of CS4?

Thanks,

Ole

I'm using VB.Net, and as I indicated earlier this code works 100% using InDesign Server CS3. Here is a simplified version of the code I am using to relink a image.

For X As Integer = 1 To InDesignServerPublication.Document.Links.Count
	Dim Link As InDesignServer.Link = InDesignServerPublication.Document.Links.Item(X)

	'I pulled the code that determines the new file name for simplicity
	Dim strFile as String = "SomeImage"

	If Not Link.Status = InDesignServer.idLinkStatus.idNormal Then
		If strFile <> Link.FilePath.ToString Then
			Link.Relink(strFile)
			Link.Update()
		End If
	End If
Next

When the code gets to the Link.Relink(strFile) line it errors out with the following error: �HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a com component.�

I have not had a chance to try this code with CS4 Desktop, I had to unistall it to get the Server Version installed. I was told by Adobe support that the two can not co-exist on the same machine.

Hi Sheldon,

re: " I was told by Adobe support that the two can not co-exist on the same machine."

That's incorrect. I wonder where in the world they got that idea.

There's always a danger, when iterating through links, that you'll end up pointing at an object reference that is no longer valid. When you relink a link, the original link object is destroyed and a new link object is created. The links collection, therefore, shuffles. Does your problem go away if you iterate in reverse order?

Also, it looks to me as if the Relink method now wants a File object (as shown in the JavaScript version above), rather than just a string. Here's an example in VBSCript form.



Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.CS4") 
Set myFileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 
Set myDocument = myInDesign.Documents.Item(1) 
For X = myDocument.Links.Count To 1 Step -1 
    Set myLink = myDocument.Links.Item(X) 
    strFile = "C:\test.jpg" 
    Rem If Not myLink.Status = idLinkStatus.idNormal Then 
        If strFile <> myLink.FilePath Then 
            myLink.Relink myFileSystemObject.GetFile(strFile) 
            myLink.Update 
        End If 
    End If 
Next

Thanks,

Ole

Ole,

Your a genius! I never thought of checking the input parameter, I just assumed that it would not have changed. I tried using a file object rather than just the file name and it works.

I guess my question to Adobe would be why change the parameter type?

Either way thank-you very much for the help,
Sheldon

Hi Sheldon,

Glad it's working!

re: "I guess my question to Adobe would be why change the parameter type?"

I have no idea, and certainly didn't notice it during development. In general, I develop/test using JavaScript and then port to VBScript and AppleScript, which means that I could easily have missed it (in JavaScript, it always takes a File object).

In general, we're supposed to be able to refer to files as either file paths as strings or File objects. Every now and then, someone gets the idea that we need stronger typing, and messes it up.:-)

Thanks,

Ole