TaggedText - how to apply while placing in text frame

Hi there,
I wonder how I can make use of TaggedText, which I have in a Javascript string (mixed, "normal" characters and TaggedText) to be placed in a layout text frame.
Do I somehow have to switch on a TaggedText filter before placing my text and afterwards switching the filter off?
Please help on!
Thank you in advance,
TYPO

Hola Jongware!
Thanx for the quick answer...
I already suspected, that there's no easy way out of this, arghh!
I think, I'll try it with an external lookup table (txt file), something like the following, after I have parsed the content of the story for start and end position:
<tagA></tagA> app.selection[0].parentStory.characters.itemByRange(start,end).fillColor = "Red";
<tagB></tagB> app.selection[0].parentStory.characters.itemByRange(start,end).fillColor = "Green";
Unfortunately this will slow down the whole process, switching the TaggedText filter on and off would have been much more effective... the heck with it.
Thank you anyway,
TYPO

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