Class

Link

 A link to a placed file.

QuickLinks

editOriginal, extractLabel, insertLabel, relink, show, unembed, unlink, update

Hierarchy

Graphic | Movie | Sound | Story

Link

Properties

Property	Type	Access	Description
assetEtag	string	readonly	The asset etag of the linked object.
assetID	Array of Longs Strings	readonly	The asset ID of the linked object. Can return: Array of Strings or Longs.
assetURL	string	readonly	The asset URL of the linked object.
date	Date	readonly	The date and time the Link was created.
edited	bool	readonly	If true, indicates the linked object has been edited in the current document but the source file has not been updated.
filePath	File	readonly	The full path to the file.
id	number	readonly	The unique ID of the Link.
index	number	readonly	The index of the link in the links collection.
label	string	r/w	A property that can be set to any string.
linkType	string	readonly	The file type of the linked object.
name	string	readonly	The name of the Link.
needed	bool	readonly	If true, indicates a link to a full-resolution version of the source file is needed. If false, indicates the object is embedded.
parent	Graphic Movie Sound Story	readonly	The linked object. Can return: Story, Graphic, Movie or Sound.
properties	Object	r/w	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
size	number	readonly	Size of the file
status	LinkStatus: LinkStatus.NORMAL LinkStatus.LINK_OUT_OF_DATE LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING LinkStatus.LINK_EMBEDDED	readonly	The status of the link.

Methods

Instances

void editOriginal ()
Opens the source file of the link in the default editor for the source file type.

string extractLabel (key: string)
Gets the label value associated with the specified key.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string	The key.

void insertLabel (key: string, value: string)
Sets the label to the value associated with the specified key.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string	The key.
value	string	The value.

void relink (to: File)
Points the link to a new source file.

Parameter	Type	Description
to	File	The full path name of the new source file.

void show ()
Selects the link.

void unembed ([to: File])
Unembeds the source file. If no folder is specified, creates a link to the original source file; if a folder is specified, copies the file to the folder and creates a link to the copied file.

Parameter	Type	Description
to	File	The folder to which to copy the unembedded file. (Optional)

void unlink ()
Embeds the source file in the document.

Link update ()
Updates the link if the source file has been changed.

Element of

EPS.itemLink

Graphic.itemLink

Image.itemLink

Movie.itemLink

PDF.itemLink

PICT.itemLink

Sound.itemLink

Story.itemLink

WMF.itemLink

Return

Link Link.update ()

Jongware, 27-Jun-2010 v3.0.3d

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