Event trapping when the active document changes

Hi all,
Apologies if this question has been asked / answered before. I don't get out much.
Is there any way, in ExtendScript, to get an event when the user brings a different document to the front? Something similar to the "beforeOpen" event, but which fires when the activeDocument changes?
Seems to me that something like that would be quite handy. But then, maybe I'm just odd.
Thanks,
Chuck

Well, I'll answer it...
There is no way to do it with ExtendScript and InDesign alone.
You can do it (and I do in one app I've written) with APID from Rorohiko. In fact, I use APID as my primary event engine.
Events I routinely use from APID:
subjectCreated - when a frame or something has been created.
subjectDelete - same, but
subjectModifed - when an object has been modified
subjectModifed-text - when a text object is reflown
docSelected
docDeselected
selected - a page item is selected
deselected - a page item is deselected
Regards
Bob

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