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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Verdana">You got me
thinking about this. Here's some really basic ExtendScript code
that will iterate over all markers and check the text of
"message URL" Hypertext markers to see if they are valid files
(on the local file system). This would need to be cleaned up a
bit to make it useful, but definitely doable ..<br>
<br>
var doc = app.ActiveDoc;<br>
var marker = doc.FirstMarkerInDoc;<br>
while (marker.id) {<br>
if (marker.MarkerTypeId.Name == "Hypertext") {<br>
var markerText = marker.MarkerText;<br>
if (markerText.substr(0,11) == "message URL") {<br>
var target = markerText.substr(12);<br>
// tests for local files<br>
var file = File(target);<br>
if (file.exists) {<br>
Console("GOOD ["+target+"]");<br>
} else {<br>
Console("BAD ["+target+"]");<br>
}<br>
}<br>
}<br>
marker = marker.NextMarkerInDoc;<br>
}<br>
<br>
It turns out that you can test for remote (web-based) URLs using
the Socket object.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
...scott<br>
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On 4/29/14 5:55 PM, Scott Prentice wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Verdana">Hi John...<br>
<br>
Interesting.<br>
<br>
First, you'd have to define what it means for a link to be
"valid". Are these URLs to content on a web server? If so,
does valid mean that it doesn't return a 404 error (page not
found)? Or do you need to know that the page actually has the
content that you expected it to .. in which case you might
want to be able to scan the content at the target URL for text
that matches the link text?<br>
<br>
Or .. am I blowing this out of proportion, and you're just
looking on a local file system for a matching file name?<br>
<br>
If the latter, ExtendScript should be able to do what you
need, if the former, you might need a bit more processing
power like an FDK client.<br>
<br>
I'll be interested to see if anyone else has done this sort of
thing.<br>
<br>
If you need help developing such a script/utility .. give me a
holler.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
...scott<br>
<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Scott Prentice
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On 4/28/14 12:11 PM, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:OF437EAD0D.78B318E1-ON86257CC8.0068BE2F-85257CC8.00696B48@smtpgate.us.hsbc"
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<pre wrap="">Hi, guys...FM 11.
I have a section in my books that is just pages and pages of links to text,
sql, excel, and PDF files that are out on our Sharepoint system.
As we go forward, the links are becoming a maintenance issue. While I know
I cannot automate the creation of the links, I'd like to have something
that can validate my links.
Each link is defined as a "Go to URL" hyperlink and it is an absolute link,
not relative.
Has anyone done this kind of scripting?
Thanks
John X Posada
AML Syst & Ops Supt Data Analyst | US FCC & RC Systems Control & Analytics
| HSBC North America Holdings Inc
330 Madison Ave., NY NY
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