Deleting Unused Swatches

Because I'm unable to invoke the "Select All Unused" menu item of the Swatches panel menu I'm trying to attack it programmatically.
What I'm trying to determine is if it's sufficient to compare the Fill and Stroke Color of each Path Item (every path item of current document) or are there other items that should be examined to achieve the same results as the command in the Swatches panel menu? Page Items doesn't appear to contain a Fill Color property. I've got AppleScript code that appears to do the trick, but I'd like to get input so as to make sure I'm not missing something that my testing might not have uncovered.
Thanks!
Stephan

Another method might be to remove the extra swatches from the startup files (or New Document Profiles as they are now known) So there are fewer unused swatches to deal with. Relatively few people take the time to modify the action sets aside from adding new ones. Here's how the Delete Unused Panel Items looks in the Default _Actions.aia file
/action-10 {
    /name (Delete Unused Panel Items)
    /keyIndex 0
    /colorIndex 0
    /isOpen 0
    /eventCount 8
    /event-1 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_symbol_palette)
        /localizedName (Symbols)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette -1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Select All Unused)
            /value 12
    /event-2 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_symbol_palette)
        /localizedName (Symbols)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 1
        /showDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette -1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Delete Symbol)
            /value 5
    /event-3 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_styles)
        /localizedName (Graphic Styles)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette 1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Select All Unused)
            /value 14
    /event-4 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_styles)
        /localizedName (Graphic Styles)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 1
        /showDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette 1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Delete Style)
            /value 3
    /event-5 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_brush)
        /localizedName (Brush)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette 1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Select All Unused)
            /value 8
    /event-6 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_brush)
        /localizedName (Brush)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 1
        /showDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette 1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Delete Brush)
            /value 3
    /event-7 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_swatches)
        /localizedName (Swatches)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette 1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Select All Unused)
            /value 11
    /event-8 {
        /internalName (ai_plugin_swatches)
        /localizedName (Swatches)
        /isOpen 0
        /isOn 1
        /hasDialog 1
        /showDialog 0
        /parameterCount 1
        /parameter-1 {
            /key 1835363957
            /showInPalette 1
            /type (enumerated)
            /name (Delete Swatch)
            /value 3

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