[CS3] Getting object style used by a page item

If I have a UIDRef of a multi-column text frame, how can I get the object style applied to it? It looks like there was a thread on this previously but it seems to have been pruned from the list.
Thanks.

IID_IOBJECTSTYLEINFO
For setting, you will need kApplyObjectStyleCmdBoss, the IID_IUIDDATA points to the style. As that command does not update the attributes, you'll also need a bunch of other commands, I'd watch out for a Facade instead.
Dirk

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I now see the problem, though I do not know the solution.
If I open up a new document and create a text frame, the font is that old ugly but familiar Times-Roman 12 point.
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@poortip87 – make a rectangle with the coordinates ActionScript is suggesting on your page together with your placed image. Then you can see how this correlates to the path points of the rectangle that holds the image.
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The selection subsystem hides most ideas of direct adressing (e.g. UID of page item(s) or story) into the concrete selection, while from the outside you only work on the suite interfaces of the abstract selection. So you don't ask whether the selection is some kind of page item and you don't peek at the actual items. Instead you ask about their capabilities and applied values.
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I have added a observer class in my plugin which derives from ActiveSelectionObserver.
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