Simple script needed

I work with InDesign doing text layout. I have used scripts, but have never had the time to learn JavaScript. I need what I assume is a fairly simple script. The script needs to do the following:
1. Open a document.
2. Ignore the missing font dialog box.
3. Load all text style from another file, with the styles from that file overwriting the styles in the current document.
4. Save the open document with the same name.
The script needs to be able to batch process all of the document in a folder.
If this is simple enough to do with several lines of code, I would appreciate it if someone could help me out. If it is more complex than that, I can possibly pay.

Hi kwilson68, could you contact me by email? I might be able to help you out.

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