Footnotes - restart numbering with every chapter (workaround)

Question

Hello Everyone,
AFAIK there is no way how to reset the footnote numbering in ID CS4 (it would be ideal to have any possibility to choose the paragraph style, which could invoke that). There are available only three options for reseting, every IMHO quite useless for double sided documents - page, pair of pages and division (I have it localized so names can differ). My chapters starts always on the recto page. If individual 'divisions' would be created for every chapter and reseting set to the beginning of each that division, as the division starts on the verso page !!! (cannot be changed), it resets footnote numbers of the previous chapter if they appear on that verso page. But I agree that for single side documents this option would be sufficient for me.
Is there any workaround how to restart footnotes numbering with every chapter in double sided documents? Could it be scripted? I really need this...
Regards,
Jan

Answer 1

There you go. Don't forget, where it says "head", fill in the paragraph style name for your start of chapter style.
The first two lines delete ALL EXISTING SECTIONS, which may come in handy. If you defined some sections yourself (e.g., to change page numbering to roman numerals for some front matter) and wish to preserve them, you must DELETE these lines -- and manually delete all sections made earlier by the script as well.
//DESCRIPTION:Magic Section Marker
// A Jongware Script 8-Sep-2010
// Dangerous Curve: Remove *ALL* existing Sections
while (app.activeDocument.sections.length > 1)
     app.activeDocument.sections[-1].remove();
// The script Proper
// Find the style using the regular Find command
app.findTextPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "head"; // <- Change Me.
list = app.activeDocument.findText();
// Loop over the found items
while (list.length)
    // Fetch next item -- a Text -- and get the Frame it's in
    next = list.pop().parentTextFrames[0];
    // It might be nested somewhere 'deep' so go up and up in the chain until ..
    while (!(next instanceof Page || next instanceof Spread || next instanceof Application))
        if (next instanceof Character)
            next = next.parentTextFrames[0];
        else
            next = next.parent;
    // .. we find the actual page. First check if there isn't already a section ..
    if (next instanceof Page &&
        next.appliedSection.pageStart != next)
        // No -- let's add one! All settings are set to sensible defaults, it appears.
        app.activeDocument.sections.add(next);