Link option in inactive in the Place dialog, even after a name is pasted from clipboard
I am working on a huge document with hundreds of linked images. All files are now changed due to company policy. So I need to relink a bunch of files. This is not possible automatically so I believed I found a solution. But the shortcut was devastating. If i choose say 10 links which have the same name, lets call them Image1 but now the name should be Image01. Same image is in other words used in several places in same file. I marked the links and chose Relink. So far so good.
I choose the new name Image01.ai and then I copy the filename and press OK until the first file is OK. Then it opens automatically a new window and i choose Ctrl-V with the image01.ai file and press enter. I enter this for all image files.
Then I realized that the Link button is turned off???
It´s on checked if i manually click image01.ai but not if i paste the filename.
Please fix this bug and to be honest, a professional program as Illustrator should have batch-possibilities!
Marko
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I tried to replicate this.
When I open the Place dialog, the Link option is indeed disabled and inactive (unlike Replace, which can be toggle form the get go).
When I paste the name of the file and hit Place button, Ai then verifies the name makes sense and the Link option becomes active, and now can be enabled.
I agree it feels excessive and don’t really see a reason behind disabling some option with no valid name provided...However, while it’s definitely a problem, the real problem is relinking multiple images at once.
There is a general feature request about it:
http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/34174264The solution you can use at the moment is this script:
https://github.com/dumbm1/ai_scripts/blob/master/jsx/fast_relink.jsx
Originally designed to quickly replace all selected images with one file, it can be also used on a single selected image.
Once the script is placed into a dedicated Scripts folder i Illustrator folder (and relaunched), you can create an action, record using this script from the File > Scripts, and then assign a hotkey to the script. Please try it and reply back, if it’s still a problem you face.
