[JS,CS3,CS4] Converting Paragraph numbering to text

Question

I'm trying to add line numbers by applying paragraph numbering to selected text (which I call "myText"), then converting numbers to text (then later I'll use GREP to remove the period and shift them to the right).
I'm new to scripting, and wonder why the following doesn't work:
myText.bulletsAndNumberingListType=1280601709;
myText.convertBulletsAndNumberingToText();
The first line seems to add the numbering as I'd like, but the second line just makes them disappear again!
Thanks for any help you can give -- Jeremy

Answer 1

I just had a similar problem.
I have no idea whether my solution works in CS3.
( function() {
     var doc = app.activeDocument;
     // the image page item
     var r = doc.rectangles.item(0);
     // the destination textframe to hold the inline
     var tf = doc.textFrames.item(0);
     // it should already be tagged.
     // create a nested, blank tag
     var xe = tf.associatedXMLElement.xmlElements.add("bla");
     // copy the rect as inline
     xe.placeIntoInlineCopy(r,true);
Dirk