Sending anchored objects to back (Indesign CS3)

I would like to create a graphic, make it inline, move it over type and send to back so that the type appears on top.
No problem until I anchor it.
Thanks for any help.

Can it be done this way, if so what is the correct syntax. If not than I'm clueless on how to do it. so some help would be greatly appreciated.No it cant, but why?
If any additional info is needed just post and I'll get it to you!What problems have you encountered with the code you are trying? Any errors you want to share?
Also, 1 of the reason to why it wont work is because your method dealCard(), doesnt return anything, so how do you expect to add that to and ArrayList?
There are other faults that can be spotted as well. But you need to post an complete runnable program, that you can work with and share. Just showing this little code, without any error messages, aint gonna help much in localizing the errors and faults in the code.
Edited by: prigas on Apr 18, 2009 1:40 PM <-- Needs a spelling course.

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