Document Setup size change-frame defaults to centering

In ID CS3, by default I have my Reference Point set to the upper left. I often get a repeat layout that may have a size change. If I originally had a 3"x5" ad and the repeat calls for a 4"x7", I reset the document setup. The frame goes to the left (0 x coord) but centers itself vertically (0.5" y coord). In QuarkXPress, the frame (box) would go to the 0 x and y coordinates. This is how i'd like InDesign to behave. Any way to do that?

Hi Chinna, thank you for this - this is great - apologies if i didn't make it clear but this displays the info as an alert, and i needed it to appear in the "PageSize" text variable field as per the text in my post. However i think I've managed to work it out (pasted below if you're interested), and it works a treat now, so thank you ever so much for all your help.
var doc = app.activeDocument; 
doc.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.millimeters; 
doc.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.millimeters; 
for(var i =0;i<doc.pages.length;i++)
    pagesize = app.activeDocument.textVariables.itemByName("PageSize"); 
pagesize.variableOptions.contents = doc.pages[i].bounds[2] + "mm x " + doc.pages[i].bounds[3] + "mm"

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