CS3 Get ObjectType of pageItem

Hello, When getting pageitems from a page i have some problems to get their type (e.g. Group, TextFrame). I have found a solution but i do not know if i can get some trouble with using getElements(): var curDoc = app.activeDocument; var curPage = curDoc.pages[0]; var pageItems = curPage.pageItems; for(var i=0; i<pageItems.length; i++) { var curBox = pageItems[i]; var element = curBox.getElements(); if(element.length > 0) { var groupItems = element[0]; alert(groupItems.constructor.name); } } Is there any better solution to get the type of a pageItem? In my case <element> has only one element and i do not know if there is a case where there could be more elements in the array. Thank you, asci

Hello everyone!
I'm having the same problem with the rotated page's items.
If someone know enything haw to deal with it please help.
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