Relink syntax - VB - CS4

I just upgraded to CS 4 and I am going through and updating my scripts. I have a script that goes through text boxes and updates the links to a new path. I keep getting an error when I relink.
syntax example....
'This is how I define what link I want to relink
myLink = myTextFrame.ParentStory.ItemLink
strLink = "C:\1-Setup...." 'Path goes here
myLink.Relink(strLink)
myLink.Update()
This used to work fine is CS2. Is there something I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Hi, Mark.
Try this:
myLink = myTextFrame.ParentStory.ItemLink
strLink = "C:\1-Setup...." 'Path goes here
Dim fso, fileLink
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fileLink = fso.GetFile(strLink) 'Path goes here
myLink.Relink(fileLink) 'fileLink is file, not string
myLink.Update()
Best regards

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From my understanding, everything between the (~ ~) tags/delimiter (including them) should be colored in the 3rd party tag color or not? Also the open INPUT tag with the name "dynamic" confuses the normal HTML syntax highlighting of DW. I thought everything between my custom tags is kind of separated from the rest of the code? (the validator doesn't care either what's inside the custom tags).
Any ideas?
Cheers!

I thought everything between my custom tags is kind of separated from the rest of the code? (the validator doesn't care either what's inside the custom tags).
But it still goes looking for its own tags, which in your case simply isn't closed, hence the confusion.
I restarted Dreamweaver to be sure...but no code/tag is highlighted!
Are you sure the checkbox is ticked?
Mylenium

Cs4 + swfObject = syntax error *sometimes*

With CS4, on some sites I get a syntax error notice, always
pointing to the line following the javascript for a swfObject
insertion. But it only happens on some pages, not all. I have
compared dtd's, css, and anything else I can think of that might be
different, with no success in determining what is causing this. The
page renders fine, but the yellow warning bar is a real annoyance,
and I'd like to cure it?
jimbo

You are getting this syntax error IN CS4, right?
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> This page does not create the yellow bar syntax error
message:
>
http://fordhammarket.com/index.html
>
> This page does create the yellow bar syntax error
message, and it always
> points to the line AFTER the swfObject javascript
insert, even if that
> line is
> empty:
>
>
http://donaldkallenforpresident.com/index.html
>
> screen shot:
>
http://jimbo.us/lab/syntaxError.jpg
>
> thanks,
> jimbo
>

Relinking to other filepath in Indesing CS4

I have a javascript in CS3 that remaps the linkfile-path from a windows fileserver to an OSX file server.
but that script will not work in CS4, link.filePath return an empty string if the image is unavailable in CS4
< snippet>
for (i = myImages.length-1; i >= 0 ; i--) {
var myImage = myImages[i].itemLink
alert(myImage.filePath);
< end snippet >
does anyone known a sollution how to read the filePath

Similar issues were discussed a few times on this and ID forums -- last time in this tread.
I suggest the following options:
Modify the attached script to your needs.
Use Relink to Folder feature
Use Update path names in links script.
However, you say that link.filePath returns an empty string for missing links. I remember that one guy on this forum had a problem like this — the reason was that the files were converted from Quark by some plug-in — it seems Q2ID its name — and were corrupted: if memory serves me right, link.filePath was empty string, but link.name contained what should have been link.filePath.
I solved it by modifying the script attached
Kasyan

Batch relink images in InDesign CS4

Hi all your InDesign wizkids.
I have a document with 800 image links that all have changed location and filename.
all instances have a product number as filename. They have now been changed.
so filename was eg. changed from --> to:
123456.tif --> 1203456.tif
112233GB.tif --> 1102233GB.tif
79657.tif     -->     790657.tif
13657NHZ.tif -->     130657NHZ.tif
The only change is that there have been added a 0 as third digit.
Also it would be cool to update path in same action to some/new/folder/to/file
It would be a major help if any one could solve this.
Best regards
Alexander

Thanks a lot.. it looks really good, but doesn't seem to work..
The ExtendScript toolkit just keeps running (15 min) on a test doc i made with 20 links.
What is wrong?
Was it possible to make script without relink, so i just do that from the linkspalette??
Here is script:
newPath = "smb://sql-srv/marketing$/Marketing/TOOLBOX/Pictures/PACKSHOTS/Charms/TIFF CMYK/"
myLinks = app.activeDocument.links
for (i = 0; i < myLinks.length; i++){
     var oldName = myLinks[i].name;
     var newName = oldName.slice(0,2) + "0" + oldName.slice(2);
     myLinks[i].relink(newPath+newName)

How to relink bridge to Photoshop CS4

Hey thrill seekers! I took a look at Photoshop CS5 extended. Not for me, so I uninstalled the trial software. Now whenever I double click a file in Bridge, it tells me it can't find cs5. How do I get the thing back to working?

Thanks! I went to there and saw that everything I'd expect photoshop to open had Photoshop as the default application. Then It dawned on me to click it anyhow. It looks like installing the trial had changed all of them to Adobe Photoshop CS5, and now that it's gone, it's all depressed and is just whining for Photoshop without purpose or direction. So sad. So I'm going to all the associations that list a generic Photoshop and pointing them to Adobe Photoshop CS4 one at a time. DOH
Thanks for the input. I would have foundered forever.

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