Link

Methods:

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

Objects:

Boolean, Date, File, LinkStatus, Number, Object, String,

Property Listing

Property	Type	Access	Description
assetEtag	String	readonly	The asset etag of the linked object.
assetID	Array of Strings Array of Longs	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	Boolean	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	read/write	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	Boolean	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		readonly	The linked object. Can return: Story, Graphic, Movie or Sound.
properties	Object	read/write	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
size	Number	readonly	Size of the file
status	LinkStatus LinkStatus.LINK_EMBEDDED LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING LinkStatus.LINK_OUT_OF_DATE LinkStatus.NORMAL	readonly	The status of the link.

Method Listing

undefined 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.

undefined 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.

undefined 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.

undefined show ()

Selects the link.

undefined 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)

undefined unlink ()

Embeds the source file in the document.

Link update ()

Updates the link if the source file has been changed.

Object of

Movie.itemLink

Sound.itemLink

Image.itemLink

EPS.itemLink

PDF.itemLink

WMF.itemLink

PICT.itemLink

Graphic.itemLink

Story.itemLink

Return

Link.update()