Change layer's order InDesign CS4 js

Hi, I need to move layer below another layer and what I tried doesn't work:
myDoc.layers.item("INSTRUCTIONS (TURN OFF)").move (locationOptions.AFTER(myDoc.layers.item ("Die")));
Thank you for your help.
Yulia

You seem to have the syntax wrong:
myDoc.layers.item("INSTRUCTIONS (TURN OFF)").
move(locationOptions.AFTER(myDoc.layers.item("Die")));
locationOptions.AFTER is a constant, it is not a parametrized function. I don't have the syntax of the move() method in front of me [gasp!...], but I believe it it takes two parameters ,the locationOption and the destination [maybe the other order], so it should be:
move(locationOptions.AFTER,myDoc.layers.item("Die"))
or somesuch.

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yn wrote:
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Please forgive my weird sense of humor, but, it looks like you've found a perfect way to delete 95% of your index markers in a book.
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