Find.text Then apply Paragraph.Style

Hi Everyone,
Is that possible we find the text then apply the paragraph style every find text.
We find [CN] then apply paragraph style "Chap_Num", Find next  [CT] apply PS "Chap_TTL" Find next [COX1] apply PS "Chap_Para".
Any trick find and apply para style one time.
Thank you! I appreciate your help and explanation Adv.

@s_ashok – you'll find the right methods and properties in the CHM file for InDesign CS2 at:
http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html
Just a few hints:
InDesign CS2 does not support GREP search/replace, so every line in your code that points to GREP does not work.
Further: "app.findTextPreferences" and "app.changeTextPreferences" were "app.findPreferences" and "app.changePreferences" in InDesign CS2. And then there were no "findChangeTextOptions" or any counterpart for that in CS2…
That should get you running…
I have no InDesign CS2 installed to debug, so this is all I can say…
Uwe

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    @s_ashok – you'll find the right methods and properties in the CHM file for InDesign CS2 at:
    http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html
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    Further: "app.findTextPreferences" and "app.changeTextPreferences" were "app.findPreferences" and "app.changePreferences" in InDesign CS2. And then there were no "findChangeTextOptions" or any counterpart for that in CS2…
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    Is that making any sense?

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