Images Relink Subfolders
Script for Adobe Illustrator
Latest update 4/9/2024, version 1.1
Search a folder and all subfolders below it for missing links, and update all.
- Process the active document
- Process open documents or a folder of documents
- Update graphic links buried in subfolders
- Specify folder to search for graphic links
- Alerts user when multiple files the same name
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How to use the script
The interface has two sections: Process and Search for links in folder. Set the desired options and click the OK button to begin. A progress bar is displayed as documents are examined and placed graphics are relinked.
Because subfolders could allow files of the same name to exist, only in different folders, the script checks the file list for duplicates. For any links that have duplicate files the same name, the link is not updated, and the condition is reported in a log file. Examine the log file to determine which files are the correct link and relink each manually.
Section 1: Process
Active Document — processes the document that is currently open and the top-most window if multiple documents are open.
Open documents — processes every open document.
Folder — processes every document found in the selected folder.
Include subfolders — if enabled, documents in all subfolders are also processed.
Section 2: Search for links in folder
Folder — click to select the folder containing subfolders of files to relink.
Ignore — enter folder names to ignore or leave blank to include all subfolders. Separate multiple folder names with a comma.
Relink missing links — only links reported as missing in the Links panel are searched for, and if found, updated.
Relink all links — all links are updated including links that are not missing (most likely files in the Links folder below the document location). If the file is found in the folder to search, the placed graphic is linked to the file found in the search folder instead of the file in the Links folder.
Any placed graphics that are embedded are ignored.
Once all graphics are linked, if desired use the Illustrator Package feature (File menu) to gather the previously missing links into a single folder.
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