Call JavaScript from AppleScript using InDesign CS2

Can this be done?
The following script:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
tell active document
do script "var thisNumber = 5;" language javascript
end tell
end tell
results in the error:
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS2"
do script "var thisNumber = 5;" language javascript
"Adobe InDesign CS2 got an error: \"var thisNumber = 5;\" doesnt understand the do script message."
Why doesn't this work and what can I do to fix it?
William

On 4/12/08 5:41 AM, "Olav Kvern" <[email protected]> wrote:<br /><br />> These sorts of things are hard to see in AppleScript, because the dictionary<br />> browser(s) don't group methods with their parent objects. Sal Soghoian at<br />> Apple has long said that this needs fixing.<br /><br />And in fact it has been fixed -- it just needs app developers to write their<br />dictionaries appropriately. For a good example, have a look at the<br />dictionary of Script Debugger 4.5 -- you'll see classes listed with<br />elements, properties, and "Responds to". And none of that truncation ID's<br />dictionary is full of.<br /><br />-- <br />Shane Stanley <[email protected]><br />AppleScript Pro Florida, April 2009 <a href=http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

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