[JS IDCS5] changing geometricBounds

When I change the geometricBounds of a frame (myFrame.geometricBounds = [0, 0, 100, 100]), the graphic within that frame is moving. I want to change these bounds, but the graphic inside has to stay at his position (x = 0, y = 0).
Regards, Sjoerd

Solution:
save the geometricBounds of the frame
resize Frame
declare values of the saved geometricBounds
move the inline graphic backwards with the declared values
Example:
var myBounds = mySelection[i].geometricBounds;
mySelection[i].geometricBounds = ["0mm", "0mm", "130mm", "130mm"];
var myX = myBounds[0];
var myY = myBounds[1];
mySelection[i].graphics[0].move(undefined, [-myY, -myX]);
Sjoerd

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Hi Jongware,
Thanks for your reply.
I have modified the code little bit after referring one of the post. Here is the updated code. It is working fine for the whole number (var oldposition1) as input value and does not work for decimal values (var oldposition2, var oldposition3, var oldposition4 and var oldposition5). However, it repositions the frames with decimal values (newposition1, newposition2 and newposition3). I am facing problem with the decimal input values for original position of text frames. Is there any other way to give decimal values as input as my document comes with these decimal values as X, Y position.
var oldposition1 = [216, 103] // original position, upper left corner
var oldposition2 = [216.425, 78.945] // original position, upper left corner
var oldposition3 = [216.425, 79.157] // original position, upper left corner
var oldposition4 = [213.425, 74.409] // original position, upper left corner
var oldposition5 = [213.425, 486.647] // original position, upper left corner
var newposition1 = [216.425, 54] // new position, upper left corner
var newposition2 = [36, 54] // new position, upper left corner
var newposition3 = [216.425, 437.4] // new position, upper left corner
var myObjects = app.activeDocument.pageItems.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i=0; i<myObjects.length; i++){
    if (Math.round(myObjects[i].geometricBounds[1])==oldposition1[0]&&Math.round(myObjects[i].ge ometricBounds[0])==oldposition1[1]){
        myObjects[i].move(newposition1);
    else if (Math.round(myObjects[i].geometricBounds[1])==oldposition2[0]&&Math.round(myObjects[i].ge ometricBounds[0])==oldposition2[1]){
        myObjects[i].move(newposition1);
    else if (Math.round(myObjects[i].geometricBounds[1])==oldposition3[0]&&Math.round(myObjects[i].ge ometricBounds[0])==oldposition3[1]){
        myObjects[i].move(newposition1);
    else if (Math.round(myObjects[i].geometricBounds[1])==oldposition4[0]&&Math.round(myObjects[i].ge ometricBounds[0])==oldposition4[1]){
        myObjects[i].move(newposition1);
    else if (Math.round(myObjects[i].geometricBounds[1])==oldposition5[0]&&Math.round(myObjects[i].ge ometricBounds[0])==oldposition5[1]){
        myObjects[i].move(newposition3);

With CS4, some things have changed

This topic is not about new features but changes, primarily in the object model, that will affect scripts that run perfectly well under CS3.
Bear in mind that as before, you can create a folder for previous version scripts and run from there, in which case the previous object model is employed -- indeed, CS4 allows you to do this for scripts all the way back to CS scripts. The Object Model Viewer in ESTK, once you've initialized it by opening it once and choosing the InDesign CS4 Object Model, allows you to see all four supported object models.

This script produces different results in CS3 and CS4:
var myDoc = app.documents.add();
var myTF = myDoc.pages[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myDoc.pages[0].bounds});
var myTable = myTF.parentStory.tables.add(LocationOptions.atEnd);
myTable.bodyRowCount = 7;
for (var j = myTable.bodyRowCount - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
myTable.cells.item("0:" + j).contents = String(j);
var myArray = myTable.columns[0].cells.itemByRange(1, myTable.bodyRowCount -1).texts[0].contents;
alert(myArray)
In CS3, you get an alert that reads:
1,2,3,4,5,6
In CS4, you get just:
1
To get the same alert in CS4 you need to use this to construct myArray:
var myArray = myTable.columns[0].cells.itemByRange(1, myTable.bodyRowCount-1).cells.everyItem().contents;
Dave

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