Scripting Styles keyboard shortcuts

Hi.
I'm creating an Applescript for Indd 5.5 that will create a number of documents and add them to a book file. I'm trying to flesh out all the book's documents with as many text and object styles as I can, and ensure each document has only the swatches etc. needed for the book.
I've managed to create text styles and groups (folders) quite easily, but I can't find a way of assigning a keyboard shortcut to a style. Typically, I will be using shortcuts on the numeric keypad, and using the command key (Mac) – Command+Num 8, for example. I've searched the web, but can't find anything that shows how to do it – only how to assign global shortcut sets for InDesign.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
K@

Well, I was proposing a slightly different strategy.
Export one style from the INDD to IDMS, and then delete
all the extra crap that is not the style definition. That
leaves you with about 20 lines of XML.
Then, write your AppleScript to create a 20-line XML file
containing those literal 20 lines, while adjusting the name
and shortcut of the style.
Then your Applescript can place the IDMS snippet file after it
writes it, and then delete the temporary file. You can then
modify the attributes of that imported paragraph style
in our script.
That's a little bit clunky but it shouldn't keep you from putting the
shortcuts in your applescript code. You are just dynamically
generating IDMS/IDML/XML from your applescript.
You mention maybe you would prefer not to format the style within
the script? Well, then I guess you have even more options
available!

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