Getting the page of a link

Question

hello forum
I use applescript to automate indesign.
now I've to do a job, where I make textframes on a new layer, same size and position as image/grafic-objects on other layers.
to do this, I check the links of the document. if there are more than one page, I need the page-number/id to position my textframe.
I've tried a lot of things to find out the page of a link, but nothing is perfect.
does anybody know an absolutly sure way to get the page number of a link - for example the to get the number in the link palette of the application.
InDesign CS3 on Mac OS X 10.4.11
thank you in advance.

Answer 1

P.S. Once you know that the link is on a page, you can easily find the page name (aka page number). Take note that this function works for images nested in groups (no matter how deep).
#target indesign
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myLink = myDoc.links[0];
myMessage = whereIsTheLink(myLink);
alert("My link is on " + myMessage);
function whereIsTheLink(theLink){
   while (theLink.constructor.name != 'Application') {
      if (theLink instanceof Page) {
         var myPageName = theLink.name;
   theLink = theLink.parent;
   myHierarchy += theLink.constructor.name + '|';
   if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Character|Story|Document|Application|') != -1)
      return 'inline object';
   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Page|MasterSpread|Document|Application|') != -1)
      return 'master page';
   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|MasterSpread|Document|Application|') != -1)
      return 'pasteboard of master page';
   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Page|Spread|Document|Application|') != -1)
      return 'page ' + myPageName;
   else if (myHierarchy.lastIndexOf('|Spread|Document|Application|') != -1)
      return 'pasteboard';