Duplicate a paragraph in place

Hello All,
I have a paragraph with an anchored frame in it.
A paragraph with some text and a frame [frame].
I would like to duplicate this paragraph so there are two identical paragraphs together.
A paragraph with some text and a frame [frame].
A paragraph with some text and a frame [frame].
I tried using the duplicate method, but the closest I can get the duplicate is at the end of the story. Thank you very much.
Rick Quatro
rick at frameexpert dot com
585-659-8267

Sorry about that. CS3 and JavaScript. Here is my code:
var oPgf = app.selection[0].paragraphs[0];
oPgf.duplicate(LocationOptions.AFTER,oPgf.parent);
Rick

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