[AS] How to create an anchored rectangle in CS3 ?

Hi all,
I'm unable to create an anchored rectangle in CS3 using AppleScript.
I tried this:
tell insertion point 1 of text frame 1
make rectangle with properties {stroke weight:0, geometric bounds:{0, 0, 20, 20}}
end tell
Any help?

Hi Harbs,
As far as I can tell, recompose is still necessary. It's true that you'll usually get good bounds from the rectangle after creating it, but I want to stress the word "usually." I've seen bad bounds in some cases in CS5, so I'm not ready to declare that we can omit the recompose just yet.
Thanks,
Ole

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