Align multiple objects

Hi Scripters,
I have selected 3 graphic frames in my current page. Now I want to use "align horizontal centers". It is possible do this in CS2 using javascript?
thanks in advance
regards
a r u l

Hi
try this, Im conform in CS3
app.menuActions.item("Align to Selection").invoke();
app.menuActions.item("Horizontal Align Center").invoke();

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Your description above interested me, because I've been wrestling with the annoying limitations of manipulating and adding compound objects in anchored frames. For many situations, it's probably simplest to assemble each iteration of a compound object, that introduces a new element, outside the anchored frame, then group the elements and paste the grouped object into the anchored frame.
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