re-link /swap images in Indesign CS3

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#1

Can anyone help me with the following:

I have a lot of images with the extension .eps or .psd, the lowres images of these files are called .eps.lay or .psd.lay
What I would like is to have a script that replaces those lowres images with the highres ones.
The lowres and highres images are always in the same folder.

Thanks in advance.

–Peter–

#2

I don’t have time to write the whole thing but I can get you started. The basic form to relink is:

relink link “Name of Link as it appears in the Link palette” to (full path to the new link file)

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS3"
		tell document 1
				relink link "Name of Link" to (pathName & "NewFile.ext")
				try
					update link "Name of Link"  --sometimes the new link comes up modified. I don't know why.
				end try
		end tell
	end tell
#3

Peter:

I don’t know what kind of environment you’re using this in but this is what OPI is for. Have you considered looking into this?

Jim Neumann
BLUEFROG

#4

Thanks soo far.
One qestion though…

How do I define the variable “pathName”