How to Undo Multiple Actions in ActionScript [CS5]

I am wwriting an InDesign extension for CS5 using ActionScript. I want to be able to undo a group of actions as a sungle transaction. In JS, I would use doScript() for this purpose.
How do I do it in ActionScript?
TIA,
mlavie

Harbs,
I read all the material on the subject (thanks for the reference), however I seem not to be able to pass parameters to the JavaScript (even primitive types), which is essential for what I want to do.
In fact, the example from the JS Scripting Guide doesn't work:
var myParameters:String = ["Hello from DoScript", "Your message here."];
var myJavaScript:String = "alert(\"First argument: \" + arguments[0] + \"\\rSecond argument:\" + arguments[1]);";
InDesign.app.doScript(myJavaScript, ScriptLanguage.javascript, myParameters);
Any ideas?
mlavie

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