Changing art file names without reimporting?

Question

I have a book project just completed with about 150 pieces of art imported ... the publisher would like the art file names appended with the book title on them. I can do that easily enough in Bridge, but is there a way to accomplish this within InDesign so all 150 won't show up as missing and have to be reimported? Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello,
Here's a solution I used for myself in a similar situation to yours. The approach is similar to what Jarek suggests in #1. This script should relink all graphics including anchored/inline graphics and multiple instances of the same link. It puts the links in the format listed below (which you can change). Assuming your document name is "test.indd":
links are named:
test_originalNameofLink.ext
Lindsay
//set active document
var doc = app.activeDocument;
//set document name
var docName = doc.name.split(".")[0];
//set destination folder
var destFolder = "~/Desktop/test/";
//count links
linkCount = doc.links.length;
//loop through links
for (i=linkCount-1; i>=0; i--) {
    //get current link name
     var currentLink = doc.links[i];
     var clFullName = currentLink.name;
     var clFullNameCount = clFullName.length;
     var clName = clFullName.split(".")[0];
     //get current link file path
     var clFilePath = currentLink.filePath;
     var clFilePathCount = clFilePath.length;
     var clFilePathSplitList = clFilePath.split (":");//<--- the colon is specific to mac file paths change to / for windows
     var clFilePathListCount = clFilePathSplitList.length;
     var clFileName = clFilePathSplitList[clFilePathListCount-1];
     var clFileNameCount = clFileName.length;
     //check for link status
     if (currentLink.status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) {
             //set filename without document name
             var clNameNoPrefix = clFullName;
             //set relink destination folder & filename
             var reLinkDest = destFolder + docName + "_" + clNameNoPrefix;
             //set relink destination file
             var relinkDestFile = File (reLinkDest);
             //check if link is named and relinked
             if (!relinkDestFile.exists) {
                 //relink file
                 currentLink.copyLink (new File (reLinkDest));
                 //relink to already existing file
                 } else if (reLinkDest != clFilePath && relinkDestFile.exists) {
                     //relink file
                    currentLink.relink (relinkDestFile);
              //alert user link is inaccessible
             } else if (currentLink.status == LinkStatus.LINK_INACCESSIBLE || currentLink.status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING || currentLink.status == LinkStatus.LINK_OUT_OF_DATE) {
                 //alert user
                 alert (clFullName + "\n\nThis link is missing, out of date, or inaccessible and can not be updated.")
alert ("Done.");