// searchLinks.jsx v.0.1  
// an InDesign CS6 JavaScript for searching linked file names 
// Stephan Möbius, 26 Sept. 2019 
 
searchString = new String(); 
myDisplayDialog(searchString); 
 
function mySearchLinks(searchString) { 
    myLinks = app.activeDocument.links; 
    var foundLinks = new Array(); 
    for(var i=0; i < myLinks.length; i++){ 
        var myLinkName = myLinks[i].name; 
        myLinkName = myLinkName.toLowerCase(); 
        if(myLinkName.indexOf(searchString.toLowerCase()) != -1) { 
            foundLinks.push(myLinks[i]); 
        } 
    } 
    if (foundLinks.length == 0) alert('No link containing "' + searchString.toLowerCase() + '"'); 
    else { 
        for(var j=0; j < foundLinks.length; j++){ 
            try { 
                foundLinks[j].show(); 
            } 
            catch(ex) { var errorString = ex; } 
            if (foundLinks.length-1 > j) { 
                confirm(((errorString && errorString!='')? errorString + '\n\n' : '') + 'Continue?') ? errorString = '' : exit(); 
            } 
        } 
    } 
} 
 
 
function myDisplayDialog(searchString){ 
 var myDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"searchLinks.jsx"}); 
 with(myDialog.dialogColumns.add()){ 
  with(dialogRows.add()){ 
       with(dialogColumns.add()){ 
        staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Search linked file names for ..."}); 
       } 
  } 
  with(dialogRows.add()){ 
   with(dialogColumns.add()){ 
    var mySearchStringField = textEditboxes.add({editContents:'', minWidth:200}); 
   } 
  } 
 } 
 var myResult = myDialog.show(); 
 if(myResult == true && mySearchStringField.editContents!=''){ 
  searchString = mySearchStringField.editContents; 
  myDialog.destroy(); 
  mySearchLinks(searchString); 
 } 
 else{ 
  myDialog.destroy(); 
 } 
}