Re: JS to add url hyperlink to a rectangle shape?

Hi,

here's a script that might help you. I made it and tested it only for InDesign CS5.5.

How to use it: select any object in InDesign then run the script. At first, the script will try to see in the clipboard has valid URL (well, a text startiong with http…) and if so, the clipboard will be take as a good URL for the new created button. If no valid URL in the clipboard, the script will ask for the URL to be entered manually. If the ibject is a text frame, the script will try to take the text from inside the frame as a URL – if not valid, then the dialog pops up.

// -------------------------------------------- BEGIN SCRIPT ----------------------------------------------

if (app.selection.length==1) {

//get the selected object (only one object)

var xOBJECT = app.selection[0];

var xPAGE = xOBJECT.parentPage;

var xBOUNDS = xOBJECT.geometricBounds;

//create the button

var xBUTT = xPAGE.buttons.add({geometricBounds:xBOUNDS});

//add selected object to the normal state

xBUTT.states.item(0).addItemsToState(xOBJECT);

//create the gotoURL behavior

var xGOTOURL = xBUTT.gotoURLBehaviors.add({behaviorEvent:BehaviorEvents.mouseUp});

//get the clipboard

var xTEMP = app.documents[0].textFrames.add(); xTEMP.insertionPoints[-1].select(); app.paste(); var xCLIP = xTEMP.parentStory.contents; xTEMP.remove();

//check the clipboard or text frame's text; if it does not starts with "http" then it's not good and a dialog asking a good URL will popup

if (xOBJECT.constructor.name!="Rectangle")

{

    var xURL = xOBJECT.parentStory.contents;

} else {

    var xURL = xCLIP;

    };

if (xURL.substring(0, 6)!="http://") {

// do the dialog here

var xDIAG = app.dialogs.add();

with (xDIAG.dialogColumns.add().dialogRows.add()){staticTexts.add({staticL abel:"Enter URL:"}); var xURLTEXT = textEditboxes.add({editContents:xCLIP, minWidth:160});}

var xRESULT = xDIAG.show({name:"Button creation"});

if (xRESULT == true){xURL = xURLTEXT.editContents; xDIAG.destroy();} else { xURL="http://"; xDIAG.destroy();}   

}

// set the URL to the behavior

xGOTOURL.url=xURL;

// -------------------------------------------- END SCRIPT ----------------------------------------------

Have fun!