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How to open a link with a macro?

Posted: 2016-03-22 06:23:39
by Þorvarður
Is it possible to search for a word or string in a link and then, once found, open the link with a macro, i.e. without having to click on it with the mouse?

Re: How to open a link with a macro?

Posted: 2016-03-22 18:29:48
by phspaelti
The basic approach will be something like this:

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$term = 'Link'
$doc = Document.active
$found = $doc.text.find $term
if $found
	$link = $doc.text.linkAtIndex $found.location
	$link.activate $doc
else
	prompt 'Sorry. No links with term "' & $term & '" found'
end
Note however that Find will only search the display text for the term, not the link itself. If you wanted to search for words in the links, you'd probably have to write something more complicated.

Re: How to open a link with a macro?

Posted: 2016-03-23 04:05:09
by Þorvarður
This is fine. Thank you, Philip.