Apply stroke to text (JS, CS2 or higher)

Hi all,
I'm having some problems applying a 3 points red stroke to a text layer using JS on PS-CS2 (or higher).
I've tried adapting xbyto's script ( http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2021#2021 ), but to no avail.
Any help is appreciated.
Cheers.

The script in that post is for doing fine grain control of text styles within a text layer. If all you want to do is apply a 3px red stroke to the entire text layer, use a layer style and script listener code. You'll end up with something like this:
function stroke3pxRed() {
function cTID(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
function sTID(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };
    var desc39 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref13 = new ActionReference();
        ref13.putProperty( cTID('Prpr'), cTID('Lefx') );
        ref13.putEnumerated( cTID('Lyr '), cTID('Ordn'), cTID('Trgt') );
    desc39.putReference( cTID('null'), ref13 );
        var desc40 = new ActionDescriptor();
        desc40.putUnitDouble( cTID('Scl '), cTID('#Prc'), 100.000000 );
            var desc41 = new ActionDescriptor();
            desc41.putBoolean( cTID('enab'), true );
            desc41.putEnumerated( cTID('Styl'), cTID('FStl'), cTID('OutF') );
            desc41.putEnumerated( cTID('PntT'), cTID('FrFl'), cTID('SClr') );
            desc41.putEnumerated( cTID('Md '), cTID('BlnM'), cTID('Nrml') );
            desc41.putUnitDouble( cTID('Opct'), cTID('#Prc'), 100.000000 );
            desc41.putUnitDouble( cTID('Sz '), cTID('#Pxl'), 3.000000 );
                var desc42 = new ActionDescriptor();
                desc42.putDouble( cTID('Rd '), 255.000000 );
                desc42.putDouble( cTID('Grn '), 0.000000 );
                desc42.putDouble( cTID('Bl '), 0.000000 );
            desc41.putObject( cTID('Clr '), cTID('RGBC'), desc42 );
        desc40.putObject( cTID('FrFX'), cTID('FrFX'), desc41 );
    desc39.putObject( cTID('T   '), cTID('Lefx'), desc40 );
    executeAction( cTID('setd'), desc39, DialogModes.NO );
-X

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