I forgot that the forum removes backslashes again.

Here's another attempt:

grepStyle.grepExpression = “Figure\d+\.\d+”;

Here I posted some links for first-time scripters. From my own experience (I'm not a programmer by background), I can tell you that EVERYBODY can write scripts — the devil is not so terrible as he is painted!

The most difficult is to make the first step. But when you make progress in it, another problem appears: you can't stop — scripting is very absorbing.

On this site, I find a lot of information on how to use InDesign — both for beginners and advanced users. There are many “ready to use” scripts here as well. But I've never seen a scripting tutorial here and remember reading only one scripting trick lately.

I think this is a big omission for indesignsecrets and suggest that a series of scripting lessons, tutorials, articles, tips & tricks, etc. should be started here on regular basis.

Main();

function Main() {
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
alert(“Please open a document and try again.”);
exit();
}
var doc = app.activeDocument;
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedLanguage = “English: USA”;
app.changeTextPreferences.appliedLanguage = “English: UK”;
doc.changeText();
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
}

I forgot that the forum removes backslashes — add two backslashes before d+.

grepStyle.grepExpression = “\d+”;

#target indesign
Main();

function Main() {
// the following 4 lines declare variables
// usually I declare all vars at the beginning of the function
// when you declare a variable with var, you limit its scope to the function
// (making them local),
// otherwise the scope is global which may cause you problems
// a rule-of-thumb is to use global vars only you really need them
var i, link, newFile,
doc = app.activeDocument, // set variable doc to the front most document
links = doc.links, // set variable links to collection of all links
newPath = “/c/temp/newproject/”; // path to the folder
for (i = links.length-1; i >= 0; i–) { // loop through all links backwards
// from the last to the first item
// it's very important when you modify or remove items from collection
// to process them back to front, never use in such cases direct loop like so:
// for (i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
link = links[i]; // set variable link to the current link
newFile = new File(newPath + link.name); // create file object
if (newFile.exists) link.relink(newFile); // relink only if the file exists
try { // if memory serves me right, unlike CS3,
// CS4 doesn't need update() command after using relink()
// if you use it , it would cause an error
// I use try-catch block to make the script compatible with CS3 and above
// In other words, if an error occurs here, skip it over and go on
link.update();
}
catch(err) {}
}
}

The links placed more than once are far more difficult to deal with — in short, they should be processed separately.

I can give you a few examples of how I do this:

Resize images for Power Switch (see the SetLink100percent function — this is the latest algorithm I made)

Relink Images and Apply “Rich Black” Color for Power Switch (see the RelinkLink function)

Resize images

Oops! It removed them again. I guess, on this forum, we should type two backslashes for one, and four for two.

In my previous post, forum software ate up double backslashes.
It should be:

newPath = 'c: backslash backslash temp backslash backslash newproject backslash backslash ';

Hi Ivan,

It doesn't work because you made too many mistakes in your code.

#target indesign
var i, link, newFile,
doc = app.activeDocument,
links = doc.links,
newPath = “/c/temp/newproject/”;

for (i = links.length-1; i >= 0; i–) {
link = links[i];
newFile = new File(newPath + link.name);
if (newFile.exists) link.relink(newFile);
try {
link.update();
}
catch(err) {}
}

BTW if you want to use Windows path names, you should escape backslashes:

newPath = 'c:tempnewproject';

I prefer URI path names:

newPath = “/c/temp/newproject/”;

Hope this helps.

Kasyan

P.S. I don't hang out on Adobe forums any more because they blocked access from my country. If you have more questions to me about scripting links (it's quite a tricky business), feel free to ask them here.